Sony KV-SW252: x

x: Sony KV-SW252

x

Enjoying stereo or bilingual programs

You can enjoy stereo sound or bilingual programs of NICAM and A2 stereo

systems by using the A/B button.

When receiving a NICAM program

Broadcasting On-screen display (Selected sound)

A/B

NICAM

NICAM

t

Mono

A/B

stereo

(Stereo sound)

(Regular sound)

1

2

3

t

4

5

6

NICAM

NICAM Main

tt

NICAM Sub

Mono

bilingual

7

8

9

(Main sound)

(Sub sound)

(Regular sound)

t

0

PROG

NICAM

NICAM Main

t

Mono

monaural

(Main sound)

(Regular sound)

t

When receiving an A2 program

WEGA

Broadcasting On-screen display (Selected sound)

RETURN

GATE

A2

Stereo

t

Mono

stereo

(Stereo sound)

(Regular sound)

t

TV

A2

Main

t

Sub

bilingual

(Main sound)

(Sub sound)

t

Note

If the stereo sound is noisy when receiving a stereo program, select “Mono”. The sound

becomes monaural but the noise is reduced.

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x Viewing Teletext

Some TV stations broadcast an information service called Teletext which allows

you to receive various information, such as stock market reports and news.

You can use the buttons on the remote to view Teletext.

To Do this

display a Teletext Press . Each time you press , the

A/B

A/B

page on the screen changes as follows:

TV picture Teletext t Teletext and TV t TV.

1

1

2

2

3

3

If there is no Teletext broadcast, “100” is

4

4

5

5

6

6

displayed at the top left corner of the

7

7

8

8

9

9

screen.

0

0

,

PROG

PROG

check the contents Press .

of a Teletext service An overview of the Teletext contents,

including page numbers, appears on the

screen.

select a Teletext page Press the number buttons to enter the

WEGA

RETURN

RETURN

RETURN

WEGA

WEGA

GATE

GATE

GATE

three-digit page number of the desired

Teletext page. If you make a mistake,

(red,

reenter the correct page number. To

green,

TV

TV

access the next or previous page, press

yellow,

or .

blue)

hold (pause) a Press to display the symbol “ ” at

Teletext display the top left corner of the screen. To

resume normal Teletext viewing, press

.

reveal concealed Press .

information (e.g., To conceal the information, press the

an answer to a quiz) button again.

enlarge the Teletext Press . Each time you press , the

display Teletext display changes as follows:

Enlarge upper half t Enlarge lower

half t Normal size.

stand by for a Teletext (1) Enter the Teletext page number that

page while watching you want to refer to, then press

.

a TV program (2) When the page number is displayed,

press

to show the text.

select a FASTEXT Press (red, green, yellow and blue)

menu or the colored that corresponds to the desired menu or

boxes page number.

turn off Teletext Press a.

Note

The FASTEXT feature can be used only when the FASTEXT broadcast is available.

14 Advanced Operations

Menu Adjustment

x Introducing the WEGA GATE

navigator

WEGA GATE is a gateway that allows you access to preset TV channels,

connected external inputs, FM Radio mode and “Settings” menu.

WEGA GATE

TV

TV

01

External Inputs

“TV”

02

watch the preset TV

FM Radio

03

channels (see page 6)

Settings

04

05

Select

Confirm

Select

Confirm

End

External Inputs

1

Video 1

2

Video 2

“External Inputs”

select the inputs for the

3

Video 3

connected equipment

DVD

(see page 22)

Select

Confirm

End

FM Radio

listen to the FM Radio

“FM Radio”

Preset 1:

(see page 12)

---.--

Please setup FM Radio

Select Preset 1-9

PROG+

Search

Fine

Exit

Picture

Picture Mode: Vivid

Picture Adjustment

“Settings”

change the settings

Color Temperature: Cool

Intelligent Picture: On

of your TV

(see page 16)

Select

Confirm

End

How to use WEGA GATE

WEGA GATE

TV

TV

01

External Inputs

02

03

FM Radio

04

Settings

05

Select

Confirm

Select

Confirm

End

(1) Press WEGA GATE to display or cancel

(3) Press V or v to select the desired item.

the WEGA GATE menu.

TV

WEGA GATE

01

TV

02

External Inputs

03

FM Radio

04

Settings

05

Select

Confirm

End

Select

Confirm

(4) Press RETURN to move to the previous

(2) Press

(or b) to confirm your selection

level.

or go to the next level.

Tip

The WEGA GATE,

and V,v,B,b buttons on the front panel can also be used for the operations

above.

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x “Settings” Adjustment

You are able to change the settings of your TV from “Settings” in WEGA GATE

menu.

Press WEGA GATE button to display WEGA GATE menu. Press V or v to select

“Settings” and press

.

The following is an overview of the items that can be adjusted.

Picture

“Picture” (see page 17)

Picture Mode: Vivid

“Picture Mode”: “Vivid”

“Standard” “Custom”

Picture Adjustment

Color Temperature: Cool

“Picture Adjustment”: “Picture”, “Brightness”, “Color”, “Hue”,

Intelligent Picture: On

“Sharpness”, “Reset”

“Color Temperature”: “Cool”

“Neutral” “Warm”

Select

Confirm

End

“Intelligent Picture”: “On”

“Off”

Sound

“Sound” (see page 18)

Sound Mode: Dynamic

Sound Adjustment

“Sound Mode”: “Dynamic”

“Standard” “Custom”

Balance

“Sound Adjustment”: “Adjust”, “Reset”

Intelligent Volume:

Off

Surround: Off

“Balance”

“Intelligent Volume”: “On” “Off”

Select

Confirm

End

“Surround”: “On”

“Simulated” “Off”

Channel Setup

“Channel Setup” (see page 19)

Auto Program

“Auto Program”

Manual Program

Program Sorting/Edit

“Manual Program”

FM Radio Setup

“Program”: “00” - “99”

“TV System”: “B/G”

“I” “D/K” “M”

Select

Confirm

End

“VHF Low”/“VHF High”/“UHF”

“Fine”: “Auto”

“Manual”

“Signal Booster”: “Auto”

“Off”

“Program Sorting/Edit”

“FM Radio Setup”

Setup

“Setup” (see page 21)

Language:

English

Picture Position

“Language”: “English”

” (Russian)

Video Label

“Picture Position”: “Picture Rotation”, “Picture V-Position”

Color System: Auto

Factory Settings

“Video Label”: “Video Input”, “Label”

Select

Confirm

End

“Color System”: “Auto” “PAL” “SECAM” “NTSC3.58”

“NTSC4.43”

“Factory Settings”: “Yes”

“No”

Note

When a feature is dimmed in the menu, it is not selectable.

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x Changing the “Picture” setting

The “Picture” menu allows you to adjust the picture settings.

Press WEGA GATE and select “Settings”.

1

Make sure the “Picture” icon (

) is

Picture

2

Picture Mode: Vivid

selected, then press

.

Picture Adjustment

Color Temperature: Cool

Intelligent Picture: On

Select

Confirm

End

Press V or v to select the desired item (e.g., “Picture Mode”), then press

.

3

Select To

“Picture Mode” choose either “Vivid”, “Standard” or “Custom”*

(see page 11).

“Color Temperature” adjust white color tint.

Choose either “Cool” (blue tint), “Neutral” (neutral tint) or

“Warm” (red tint).

“Intelligent Picture” optimize picture quality.

Press V or v to select “On”, then press

.

To cancel, select “Off”, then press .

* You can adjust the setting to your personal preference in the “Picture Adjustment” and

“Color Temperature” options only when the “Custom” mode is selected.

Adjusting the “Picture Adjustment” items under

“Custom” mode

Press V or v to select either “Picture” (contrast), “Brightness”, “Color”,

1

“Hue” (color tones) or “Sharpness”, then press

.

Selecting “Reset” will set your TV to the factory settings.

Press V,v,B or b to adjust the setting of your selected item, then press

.

2

Repeat the above steps to adjust other items.

3

The adjusted settings will be received when you select “Custom”.

Notes

“Hue” can be adjusted for the NTSC color system only.

Reducing “Sharpness” can also reduce picture noise.

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x Changing the “Sound” setting

The “Sound” menu allows you to adjust the sound settings.

Press WEGA GATE and select “Settings”.

1

Press V or v to select the “Sound”

Sound

2

Sound Mode: Dynamic

icon (

), then press .

Sound Adjustment

Balance

Intelligent Volume: Off

Surround: Off

Select

Confirm

End

Press V or v to select the desired item (e.g., “Sound Mode”), then press

.

3

Select To

“Sound Mode” choose either “Dynamic”, “Standard” or “Custom”*

(see page 11).

“Balance” Press v or B to emphasize the left speaker.

Press V or b to emphasize the right speaker.

“Intelligent Volume” adjust the volume of all program numbers and video inputs

automatically.

Press V or v to select “On”, then press

.

To cancel, select “Off”, then press .

“Surround” choose either “On” (surround), “Simulated” (stereo-like

monaural sound) or “Off”.

* You can adjust the setting to your personal preference in the “Sound Adjustment”

option only when the “Custom” mode is selected.

Adjusting the “Sound Adjustment” items under

“Custom” mode

The 5-Band Graphic Equalizer feature allows you to adjust sound frequency settings

of “Custom” mode in the menu.

Make sure that “Adjust” is selected, then press

.

1

Selecting “Reset” will set your TV to the factory settings.

Press B or b to select the desired sound frequency, then press V or v to

2

adjust the setting and press

.

The adjusted settings will be received when you select “Custom”.

Notes

Adjusting higher frequency will affect higher pitched sound and adjusting lower frequency

will affect lower pitched sound.

You may display the settings directly by using the

button on the remote control (see

page 11).

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x C

hanging the “Channel Setup”

setting

The “Channel Setup” menu allows you to preset channels automatically,

manually preset channels, sort or edit the channels and preset FM radio stations.

Press WEGA GATE and select “Settings”.

1

Press V or v to select the “Channel Setup”

2

icon (

), then press .

Press V or v to select the desired item (e.g., “Auto Program”), then press

.

3

Select To

“Auto Program” preset channels automatically.

“Manual Program” manually preset desired channels and channels that cannot be

preset automatically (see Presetting channels manually in

page 20).

“Program Sorting/Edit” change the order in which the channels appear on the screen,

label the program number, skip the program number and block

unwanted programs.

(see step 3 of the section “Initial Setup” in page 6).

“FM Radio Setup”* preset up to nine FM radio stations.

You can manually preset each FM radio station that can be

received in your area and then store the radio frequency of the

desired FM radio stations.

(1) Press V or v to select the desired FM radio station position,

then press

.

(2) Press V or v to search the FM radio stations.

Searching stops automatically when a station is tuned in.

If the station has a weak signal, press B or b to fine tune the

radio frequency manually, then press

to store the FM

radio station.

(3) You may edit the FM radio station label. Press V or v to

select alphanumeric characters for the label, then press

.

(4) Repeat steps (1) through (3) to preset other FM radio stations.

* The “FM Radio Setup” feature is only available in FM Radio

mode. To enable this feature, access to FM Radio mode by using

WEGA GATE system (see page 15) or pressing the FM button

on the front panel (see page 8), then preset your desired FM

radio stations according to the steps mentioned above.

Notes

If you preset a blocked program number, that program number will be unblocked

automatically.

If you sort a blocked program, that program will remain blocked.

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continue

Presetting channels manually

After selecting “Manual Program”, select the program

1

number to which you want to preset a channel.

(1) Make sure “Program” is selected, then press

.

(2) Press V or v

until the program number you want

to preset appears on the menu, then press

.

Select the desired channel.

2

(1) Make sure either “VHF Low”, “VHF High” or “UHF” is selected, then press

.

(2) Press V or v until the desired channel’s broadcast appears on the TV screen,

then press

.

If the sound of the desired channel is abnormal, select the appropriate TV

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system.

(1) Press V or v

to select “TV System”, then press .

(2) Press V or v

until the sound becomes normal, then press .

If you are not satisfied with the picture and sound quality, you may be able

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to improve them by using the “Fine” tuning feature.

(1) Press V or v

to select “Fine”, then press .

(2) Press V or v

to select “Manual”, then press .

(3)

Press V,v,B or b until the picture and sound quality are optimal, then press .

The + or – icon on the menu flashes while tuning.

If the TV signal is too strong (picture distorted; picture with lines; signal

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interference) or weak (snowy picture), you may be able to improve the

picture quality by setting the “Signal Booster” feature.

(1) Press V or v

to select “Signal Booster”, then press .

(2) Press V or v

to select either “Off”(for picture distorted; picture with lines;

signal interference) or “Auto” (for snowy picture), then press

.

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TV System:

B/G

VHF Low

Fine:

Manual Program

Program:

Select

Confirm

01

Auto

Signal Booster:

Auto

End

continued

x C

hanging the “Setup” setting

The “Setup” menu allows you to change the menu language, adjust the picture

position, label the connected equipment, select the color system and reset your

TV to factory settings.

Press WEGA GATE and select “Settings”.

1

Setup

Press V or v to select the “Setup” icon (

),

2

Language: English

then press

.

Picture Position

Video Label

Color System:

Auto

Factory Settings

Select

Confirm

End

Press V or v to select the desired item (e.g., “Language”), then press

.

3

Select To

“Language” change the menu language.

Press V or v to select either “English” or “

” (Russian),

then press

.

“Picture Position”

adjust the picture position when it is not aligned with the TV screen.

Press V or v to select “Picture Rotation” or “Picture V-Position”,

then press

.

Press V, v, B or b to adjust the picture position, then press

.

“Video Label” label the connected equipment.

(1) Select “Video Input” and press

.

Press V or v to select the input you want to label, then press .

(2) Select “Label” and press , then press V or v to select the

label options: “Video 1”/ “Video 2”/ “Video 3”/ “DVD”,

“VCR”, “SAT”, “Game” or “Edit”*.

* You may edit the video label to your favorite name.

Press V or v to select alphanumeric characters for the label,

then press

.

“Color System” select the color system.

Press V or v to select either “Auto”, “PAL”, “SECAM”,

“NTSC3.58” or “NTSC4.43”, then press

. Normally, set this to

“Auto”.

“Factory Settings” reset your TV to factory settings.

Press

and press V or v to select “Yes”, then press .

To cancel, select “No”, then press

Note

Color system is not selectable in FM Radio mode.

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Additional Information

x Connecting optional components

Connecting to the video input terminal ( t )

TV front panel

Audio/Video cable

(not supplied)

L(MONO) R

2

Camcorder

Antenna cable

TV rear panel

(not supplied)

TV, CATV, Satellite

or

When there is no

FM signal

C

B

Antenna

RLY

C

R

selector

FM signal

1

3

TV signal

Audio/Video cable

(not supplied)

VCR

Antenna cable

(not supplied)

DVD player

Note

If you connect a VCR to 8 (antenna input), preset the signal output from the VCR to the

program number 0 on the TV (see page 20).

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Connecting to the monitor output terminal ( T )

TV rear panel

Audio system

RLY

C

B

C

R

Audio/Video cable

1

3

(not supplied)

VCR

Connecting to the component video input terminal ( )

TV rear panel

Component

video cable

RLY

CB

CR

(not supplied)

1

3

DVD player

Audio cable

(not supplied)

Notes

If your DVD player can output interlace and progressive mode signals, select the interlace

output when connecting to

(component video input) on your TV. Your TV can receive

either 525i/60Hz or 625i/50Hz interlace signals.

The component video terminals on your DVD player are sometimes labeled Y/CB/CR, Y/PB/

PR, Y/Cb/Cr or Y/B-Y/R-Y.

If you select “DVD” on your TV screen, the signal from the T (monitor output) jacks will not

be output properly. This does not indicate a malfunction.

Additional Information

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