Sony KV-29CL10K: Introducing and Using the Menu System

Introducing and Using the Menu System: Sony KV-29CL10K

Introducing and Using the Menu System

Your TV uses an on-screen menu system to guide you through the operations. Use the

following buttons on the Remote Control to operate the menu system:

1 Press the MENU button to switch the first level menu on.

MENU

2 • To highlight the desired menu or option, press or .

• To enter to the selected menu or option, press .

• To return to the last menu or option, press .

• To alter settings of your selected option, press // or .

• To confirm and store your selection, press OK.

3 Press the MENU button to remove the menu from the screen.

MENU

Menu Guide

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 / Function

Picture Adjustment

Picture Adjustment

PICTURE ADJUSTMENT

Mode: Personal

Mode: Personal

The “Picture Adjustment” menu allows you to

Contrast

Contrast

Brightness

Brightness

Colour

Colour

alter the picture adjustments.

Sharpness

Sharpness

Hue

Hue

Reset

Reset

OK

OK

To do this: after selecting the item you want to

alter press , then press / / or

repeatedly to adjust it and finally press OK to

store the new adjustment.

This menu also allows you to customise the picture mode based on the programme you are watching:

Mode Personal (for individual settings).

Live (for live broadcast programmes, DVD and Digital Set Top Box receivers).

Movie (for films).

Brightness, Colour and Sharpness can only be altered if “Personal” mode is selected.

Hue is only available for NTSC colour signal (e.g: USA video tapes).

Select Reset and press OK to reset the picture to the factory preset levels.

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Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 / Function

Picture Adjustment

SOUND ADJUSTMENT

Mode: Personal

Contrast

The “Sound Adjustment” menu allows you to

Brightness

Colour

Sharpness

alter the sound adjustments.

Hue

Reset

OK

To do this: after selecting the item you want to

alter, press , then press / / or

repeatedly to adjust it and finally press OK to

Sound Adjustment

Sound Adjustment

Mode: Personal

Mode: Personal

store the new adjustment.

Treble

Treble

Bass

Bass

Balance

Balance

Reset

Reset

Dual Sound: Mono

Dual Sound: Mono

Detail Adjustment

Detail Adjustment

OK

OK

This menu also contains two submenus as following:

Mode Personal (for individual settings)

Rock

Pop

Jazz

Detail Adjustment Sound Effect: Off: Normal.

Spatial: Acoustic sound effect.

GB

Auto volume: Off: Volume level changes according

to the broadcast signal.

On: Volume level of the channels will

stay the same, independent of the

broadcast signal (e.g. in the case

of advertisements).

TV Speakers: Off: Sound from external amplifier

connected to the audio outputs

on the rear of the TV set.

On: Sound from the TV set.

Treble and Bass can only be altered if “Personal” mode is selected.

Select Reset and press OK to reset the sound to the factory preset levels.

In case of a bilingual broadcast select Dual Sound and set A for sound channel 1, B for sound

channel 2 or Mono for mono channel if available. For a stereo broadcast you can choose Stereo or

Mono.

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Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 / Function

Picture Adjustment

SLEEP TIMER

Mode: Personal

Contrast

The “Sleep Timer” option in the “Timer” menu

Brightness

Colour

Sharpness

allows you to select a time period for the TV to

Hue

Reset

switch itself automatically into the standby

OK

mode.

To do this: after selecting the option press ,

Timer

Timer

then press or to set the time period delay

Sleep Timer: Off

Sleep Timer: Off

(max. of 4 hours) and finally press OK to store.

OK

OK

While watching the TV, you can press the button on the remote control to display the time

remaining.

One minute before the TV switches itself into standby mode, the time remaining is displayed on

the TV screen automatically.

Picture Adjustment

LANGUAGE / COUNTRY

Mode: Personal

Contrast

The “Language/Country” option in the “Set

Brightness

Colour

Sharpness

Up” menu allows you to select the language

Hue

Reset

that the menus are displayed in. It also allows

OK

you to select the country in which you wish to

operate the TV set.

Set Up

Language/Country

Set Up

To do this: after selecting the option, press

Auto Tuning

Language/Country

Programme Sorting

Auto Tuning

Progamme Labels

and then proceed in the same way as in the

Programme Sorting

AV Preset

Progamme Labels

Manual Programme Preset

AV Preset

steps 2 and 3 of the section “Switching On the

Detail Set Up

Manual Programme Preset

Detail Set Up

OK

TV and Automatically Tuning”.

OK

Picture Adjustment

AUTO TUNING

Mode: Personal

Contrast

Brightness

The “Auto Tuning” option in the “Set Up”

Colour

Sharpness

Hue

menu allows you to automatically search for

Reset

and store all available TV channels.

OK

To do this: after selecting the option, press

Set Up

Set Up

and then proceed in the same way as in TV

Language/Country

Language/Country

Auto Tuning

Auto Tuning

steps 5 and 6 of the section “Switching On the

Programme Sorting

Programme Sorting

Progamme Labels

Progamme Labels

AV Preset

TV and Automatically Tuning” on page 8.

AV Preset

Manual Programme Preset

Manual Programme Preset

Detail Set Up

Detail Set Up

OK

OK

Picture Adjustment

PROGRAMME SORTING

Mode: Personal

Contrast

Brightness

The “Programme Sorting” option in the “Set

Colour

Sharpness

Hue

Up” menu allows you to change the order in

Reset

which the channels (TV Broadcast) appear on

OK

the screen.

Set Up

Set Up

To do this: after selecting the option, press

Language/Country

Language/Country

Auto Tuning

Auto Tuning

and then proceed in the same way as in step 7

Programme Sorting

Programme Sorting

Progamme Labels

Progamme Labels

b) of the section “Switching On the TV and

AV Preset

AV Preset

Manual Programme Preset

Manual Programme Preset

Automatically Tuning” on page 8.

Detail Set Up

Detail Set Up

OK

OK

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Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 / Function

Picture Adjustment

PROGRAMME LABELS

Mode: Personal

Contrast

The “Programme Labels” option in the “Set

Brightness

Colour

Sharpness

Up” menu allows you to name a channel using

Hue

Reset

up to five characters (letters or numbers).

OK

To do this:

1 After selecting the option, press , then press

Set Up

Set Up

or to select the programme number

Language/Country

Language/Country

Auto Tuning

Auto Tuning

Programme Sorting

Programme Sorting

with the channel you wish to name.

Progamme Labels

Progamme Labels

AV Preset

AV Preset

Manual Programme Preset

Manual Programme Preset

2 Press . With the first element of the Label

Detail Set Up

Detail Set Up

OK

column highlighted, press or to select

OK

a letter or number (select “-“ for a blank), then

press to confirm this character. Select the

other four characters in the same way. Finally

press OK to store.

Picture Adjustment

AV PRESET

Mode: Personal

Contrast

The “AV Preset” option in the “Set Up” menu

Brightness

Colour

Sharpness

allows you to designate a name to the external

Hue

Reset

equipment you have connected to the sockets of

OK

this TV.

GB

To do this:

Set Up

Set Up

Language/Country

Language/Country

1 After selecting the option, press , then

Auto Tuning

Auto Tuning

Programme Sorting

Programme Sorting

press or to select the input source you

Progamme Labels

Progamme Labels

AV Preset

AV Preset

Manual Programme Preset

Manual Programme Preset

wish to name (AV1 and AV2 are for the rear

Detail Set Up

Detail Set Up

Scarts and AV3 for front connectors). Then

OK

OK

press .

2 In the label column automatically appears a

label:

a) If you want to use one of the 6 predefined

label (CABLE, GAME, CAM, DVD,

VIDEO or SAT), press or to select

the desired label and finally press OK to

store.

b) If you want to set a different label, select

Edit and press . Then with the first

element highlighted, press or to

select a letter, number or “-“ for a blank,

then press to confirm this character.

Select the other four characters in the same

way and finally press OK to store.

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Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 / Function

MANUAL PROGRAMME PRESET

Picture Adjustment

Mode: Personal

Contrast

The “Manual Programme Preset” option in the

Brightness

Colour

“Set Up” menu allows you to:

Sharpness

Hue

Reset

OK

Set Up

Set Up

Language/Country

Language/Country

Auto Tuning

Auto Tuning

Programme Sorting

Programme Sorting

Progamme Labels

Progamme Labels

AV Preset

AV Preset

Manual Programme Preset

Manual Programme Preset

Detail Set Up

Detail Set Up

OK

OK

a) Preset channels or a video input source one by one to the programme order of your choice.

To do this:

1 After selecting the ”Manual Programme Preset” option, press then with Programme

option highlighted press . Press or to select on which programme number you

want to preset the channel (for VCR, select programme number “0”). Then press .

2 The following option is only available depending on the country you have selected

in the “Language/Country” menu.

After selecting the System option, press . Then press or to select the TV

Broadcast system (B/G for western European countries or D/K for eastern European

countries). Then press .

3 After selecting the Channel option, press . Then press or to select the channel

tuning (“C” for terrestrial channels or “S” for cable channels). Next press . After that,

press the number buttons to enter directly the channel number of the TV Broadcast or the

channel of the VCR signal. If you do not know the channel number, press or to

search for it. When you have tuned the desired channel, press OK twice to store.

Repeat all the above steps to tune and store more channels.

b) Label a channel using up to five characters.

To do this: Highlighting the Programme option, press the PROGR +/- button to select the

programme number with the channel you wish to name. When the programme you want to

name appears on the screen, select the Label option and press . Next press or to

select a letter, number or “-“ for a blank. Press to confirm this character. Select the other

four characters in the same way. After selecting all the characters, press OK twice to store.

c) Normally the automatic fine tuning (AFT) is operating, however you can manually fine tune

the TV to obtain a better picture reception in the case that the picture is distorted.

To do this: while watching the channel (TV Broadcast) you wish to fine tune, select the AFT

option and press . Next press or to adjust the fine tuning between -15 and +15.

Finally press OK twice to store.

d) Skip any unwanted programme numbers when they are selected with the PROGR +/-

buttons.

To do this: Highlighting the Programme option, press the PROGR +/- button to select the

programme number you want to skip. When the programme you want to skip appears on

the screen, select the Skip option and press . Next press or to select Yes. Finally

press OK twice to confirm and store.

To cancel this function afterwards, select “No” instead of “Yes” in the step above.

e) View and record correctly scrambled channels when using a decoder connected directly to

the Scart :2/ or through a VCR.

S

This option is only available depending on the country you have selected in the “Language/

Country” menu.

To do this: select the Decoder option and press . Next press or to select On. Finally

press OK twice to confirm and store.

To cancel this function afterwards, select “Off” instead of “On” in the step above.

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Menu System

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 / Function

Picture Adjustment

NOISE REDUCTION

Mode: Personal

Contrast

The “Noise Reduction” option in the “Detail Set

Brightness

Colour

Up” menu allows you to automatically reduce

Sharpness

Hue

Reset

the picture noise visible in the broasdcast

OK

signal.

Set Up

Detail Set Up

To do this: after selecting the option, press .

Language/Country

Noise Reduction:

Auto

Auto Tuning

AV2 Output:

TV

Then press or to select Auto. Finally

Programme Sorting

RGB Centring:

0

Picture Rotation:

0

Progamme Labels

press OK to confirm and store.

AV Preset

Manual Programme Preset

Detail Set Up

OK

To cancel this function afterwards, select “Off”

OK

instead of “Auto” in the step above.

AV2 OUTPUT

Picture Adjustment

Mode: Personal

The “AV2 Output” option in the “Detail Set

Contrast

Brightness

Colour

Up” menu allows you to select the source to be

Sharpness

Hue

Reset

output from the Scart connector :2/q in

OK

order you can record from this Scart any signal

coming from the TV or from external

Set Up

Detail Set Up

equipment connected to the Scart connector

Language/Country

Noise Reduction:

Auto

Auto Tuning

AV2 Output:

TV

:1/ or front connectors 3 and 3.

RGB Centring:

0

GB

Programme Sorting

Progamme Labels

Picture Rotation:

0

AV Preset

Manual Programme Preset

Detail Set Up

If your VCR supports SmartLink, this

OK

OK

procedure is not necessary.

To do this: after selecting the option, press .

Then press or to select the desired

output signal: TV, AV1, AV3 or AUTO.

If you select “AUTO”, the output signal

will always be the same one that is

displayed on the screen.

If you have connected a decoder to the

Scart :2/q or to a VCR connected to

this Scart, please remember to change back

the “AV2 Output” to “AUTO” or “TV” for

correct unscrambling.

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Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 / Function

RGB CENTRING

Picture Adjustment

Mode: Personal

When connecting an RGB source, such as a

Contrast

Brightness

Colour

“PlayStation”, you may need to readjust the

Sharpness

Hue

Reset

horizontal position of the picture. In that case,

OK

you can readjust it through the “RGB Centring”

option in the “Detail Set Up”.

Set Up

Detail Set Up

Language/Country

Noise Reduction:

Auto

To do this: while watching an RGB source select

Auto Tuning

AV2 Output:

TV

Programme Sorting

RGB Centring:

0

Progamme Labels

Picture Rotation:

0

the “RGB Centring” option and press . Then

AV Preset

Manual Programme Preset

press or to adjust the centre of the

Detail Set Up

OK

OK

picture between –10 and +10. Finally press OK

to confirm and store.

PICTURE ROTATION

Picture Adjustment

Mode: Personal

Because of the earth’s magnetism, the picture

Contrast

Brightness

Colour

may slant. In this case, you can correct the

Sharpness

Hue

Reset

picture slant by using the option “Picture

OK

Rotation” in the “Detail Set Up” menu.

To do this: after selecting the option, press .

Set Up

Detail Set Up

Language/Country

Noise Reduction:

Auto

Auto Tuning

AV2 Output:

TV

Then press or to correct any slant of the

Programme Sorting

RGB Centring:

0

Progamme Labels

Picture Rotation:

0

picture between -5 and +5 and finally press OK

AV Preset

Manual Programme Preset

Detail Set Up

to store.

OK

OK

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