Sony Kdf E42a11e Operating Instructions

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Getting Started3: Connecting an aerial/VCR
A
1
Rear of the TV
Coaxial cable 
(not supplied)
Coaxial cable 
(supplied)
IN
OUT
R/D/D/D(VARIABLE)
L/G/S/IYPR/CRPB/CBL/G/
S/IR/D/
D/D
(SmartLink)
//
6R     L
MODEM
5V  500 mA
Coaxial cable 
(not supplied)
Scart lead 
(not supplied)
RF lead 
(not 
supplied)
2-1
1
Rear of the TV
2-3
VCR
2-2
Coaxial cable 
(supplied)
B
 

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1Connect your aerial to the   socket on the 
rear of the TV.
If connecting to an aerial only (A)Connect the   socket to the   socket on the rear of 
the TV with the supplied coaxial cable.
Go to step 3.
If connecting to a VCR with an aerial (B)Go to step 2.
2Connect your VCR.
1Connect the   socket on the rear of the TV to the 
input socket on your VCR with the RF lead.
2Connect the output socket on your VCR to the     
socket on the rear of the TV with the supplied 
coaxial cable.
3Connect the...

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Getting Started7: Auto-tuning the TV
After selecting the language and country/region, a 
message confirming the TV start auto-tuning appears 
on the screen.
You must tune the TV to receive channels (TV 
broadcasts). Do the following to search and store all 
available channels.
1Press OK to select “Yes”.
The TV starts searching for all available digital 
channels followed by all available analogue 
channels. This may take some time, please be 
patient and do not press any buttons on the TV or...

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Watching TV
1Press 1 on the TV (Front side) to switch on 
the TV.
When the TV is in standby mode (the 1 (standby) 
indicator on the front of the TV is red), press TV 
"/1 on the remote to switch on the TV.
2Press DIGITAL to switch to digital mode      
or  ANALOG to switch to analogue mode.
The channels available vary depending on the 
mode.
3Press the number buttons or PROG
 +/- to select a TV channel.
To select channel numbers 10 and above using the 
number buttons, enter the second and...

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Watching TV
To access Text
Press /. Each time you press /, the display changes 
cyclically as follows:
Text t Text over the TV picture (mix mode) t No 
Text (exit the Text service)
To select a page, press the number buttons or PROG 
+/-.
To hold a page, press  / .
To reveal hidden information, press  / .
Return to normal TV mode, press ANALOG.
Tips
• Ensure that the TV is receiving a good signal, or some text 
errors may occur.
• Most TV channels broadcast a Text service. For 
information on the...

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Checking the Digital Electronic Programme Guide 
(EPG) 
001
002
003
006
007
008
009
014
024
029
030
040BBC ONE Wales
BBC 2W
ITV 1 Wales
ITV 2
BBC THREE
Channel 4
Teletext
E4
price-drop.tv
UKTV FOOD
CBBC Channel
BBC NEWS 24Thu 27 May All Categories
Select: Action list: +/- 1 day on/off Thu 27 May 10:31
10:30 11:00City Hospital   Houses Be…   Bargain Hu…   Cash in the…
The…   The…   Sch…   Sch…   The Daily Politics
This M…   i   i   This Morning                      i   This Morning
Sally Jessy Rap…...

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Watching TV
Set a programme to be displayed 
automatically on the screen when it starts 
– Reminder1Press m/M/

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Using the Favourite list 
Tip 
 functions are available only for   countries (page 2) To Do this
Create your Favourite list for the first time A message appears asking if you want to add channels to the Favourite list 
when you press   for the first time.
1Press OK to select “Yes”.
2Press m/M to select the channel you want to add, then press 
OK.
If there are more than five channels in the list, press the green button for 
the next five channels or press the red button for the previous five...

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Using the Menu
Viewing pictures from 
connected equipment
Switch on the connected equipment, then 
perform one of the following operation.
For equipment connected to the scart sockets using a 
fully-wired 21-pin scart lead
Start playback on the connected equipment.
The picture from the connected equipment appears on 
the screen.
For an auto-tuned VCR page 11
Press PROG +/-, or the number buttons, to select the 
video channel. You can also press  /  repeatedly 
until the correct input symbol (see...

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Overview of the menus
The following options are available in each menu. For 
details on navigating through menus, see (page 19).
Also, see page in parentheses for details of each menu.
1Picture Adjustment
Picture Mode (21)   
Contrast/Brightness/Colour/Hue/
Sharpness (21) 
Colour Tone (21)
Reset (22)
Noise Reduction (22)
Iris (22)
 
2Sound Adjustment
Sound Effect (23)
Treble/Bass/Balance (23)
Reset (23)
Dual Sound (24)
Auto Volume (24)
3Screen
Auto Format (25)
Screen Format (25)
RGB Center (25)...