Sony Trinitron KV-V2110P, Trinitron KV-V1430P, Trinitron KV-V2110K Operating Instructions Manual

© 1995 by Sony Corporation Printed in Spain

3-858-249-11 (1)

Operating Instructions

KV-V1430K/P
KV-V2110K/P

PAL NTSC 4.43

Trinitron Colour Video TV

GB

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Getting Started

WARNING

Precautions

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the
unit to rain or moisture.
Dangerously high voltages are present inside the
set. Do not open the cabinet. Refer servicing to
qualified personnel only.

Caution

Television programmes, films, video tapes and
other materials may be copyrighted.
Unauthorized recording of such materials may be
contrary to the provisions of the copyright laws.

Colour System of Your
Set

This video TV is designed to receive TV
programmes based on PAL (B/G and D/K) and
SECAM (B/G and D/K) colour systems and to
record and play on PAL and MESECAM colour
systems. Also, the video TV can play tapes on
NTSC colour system.

Safety Information

For general safety:

• Do not expose the unit to rain or moisture.

• Do not open the rear cover.

For safe installation:

• Do not block the ventilation openings.

• Do not install the unit in hot, humid, or

excessively dusty places.

• Do not install the unit where it may be exposed to

mechanical vibrations.

For safe operations:

• Do not operate the unit on anything but 230 V

AC.

• Do not operate the unit if any liquid or solid

object falls in it—have it checked immediately.

• Unplug the unit from the wall outlet if you do not

intend to use it for an extended period of time. To
disconnect the cord, pull it out by the plug, never
by the cord.

For your protection, refer all servicing to qualified
personnel.

About Moisture
Condensation

If the unit is brought directly from a cold place to a
warm place, moisture may condense on the video
head drum. If this happens, the tape may stick to
the head drum and it may be damaged or the unit
may not operate correctly. To avoid possible
damage caused by moisture condensation, be sure
not to leave a cassette inside the compartment
when the unit is not in use. When bringing the unit
from a cold place to a warm place, wait for about
10 minutes before operating it.
If the tape operation buttons do not work due to
moisture condensation, leave the unit for more
than one hour with the power on.

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Contents

Getting Started

Step 1—Preparation ................................................... 4

Checking the supplied accessories ....................... 4

Inserting batteries into the Remote

Commander .......................................................... 4

Step 2—Connecting the aerial ................................... 5

Connecting an indoor aerial

(KV-V1430K/P only) ........................................... 5

Connecting an outdoor aerial ................................ 5

Step 3—Tuning in to TV stations ............................. 6

Selecting the language on the menu..................... 6

Presetting channels automatically ........................ 7

Presetting channels manually ............................... 8

Skipping programme positions ............................ 9

Captioning a TV station name ............................ 10

Manual fine-tuning ............................................... 11

Step 4—Setting the clock ......................................... 12

Basic Operations

Watching the TV ....................................................... 13

Switching the TV on and off ................................ 13

Selecting TV programmes .................................... 13

Adjusting the volume ........................................... 13

Muting the sound .................................................. 14

Displaying the on-screen information ............... 14

Adjusting the picture ............................................ 14

Watching line input .............................................. 16

Listening with headphones ................................. 16

Playing a Tape ........................................................... 17

Inserting a video cassette ..................................... 17

Ejecting a video cassette ....................................... 17

Protecting your cassette against accidental

erasure ................................................................ 17

Playing a tape ........................................................ 18

Playing a tape repeatedly (Auto Repeat)........... 19

Displaying the on-screen indications ................. 19

Resetting the tape counter ................................... 19

Recording TV programmes ..................................... 20

Recording TV programmes ................................. 20

Recording with the TV off ................................... 20

Recording TV programmes using the timer ......... 21

Setting the timer .................................................... 21

Using the video TV before timer recording

starts ..................................................................... 23

Checking the timer settings ................................. 24

Changing or canceling the timer settings .......... 24

Recording using the quick-timer ........................ 25

Additional Operations

Switching off automatically—Sleep timer ............ 26

Switching on at your desired time—On timer ..... 27

Enhancing video picture quality ............................ 28

Adjusting the tracking .......................................... 28

Adjusting with the optimum picture control

(OPC) ................................................................... 29

About the auto head cleaner ............................... 29

Connecting optional equipment ............................. 30

Watching the picture input from optional

equipment ........................................................... 30

Editing with another VCR ................................... 30

Additional Information

Troubleshooting ........................................................ 31

Taking care of your video TV ................................. 33

Video head cleaning ............................................. 33

Worn video heads ................................................. 33

Check the video heads after 1,000 hours

of use .................................................................... 33

Specifications ............................................................. 34

Receivable channels .............................................. 34

Index to parts and controls...................................... 35

Video TV set—front .............................................. 35

Remote Commander ..............................Back cover

About This Manual

The instructions in this manual are for models KV­V1430K/P and KV-V2110K/P.
The KV-V2110K/P differs from the KV-V1430K/P
in the location of some jacks on rear panel of the
video TV.
There are no differences between these models in
operation.

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Getting Started

Getting Started

Step 1 — Preparation

Checking the Supplied Accessories

When you have taken everything out of the carton, check that you have
these items:

• Remote Commander

• Two R6 (size AA) batteries

• Monopole aerial (KV-V1430K/P only)

• Aerial connector (KV-V1430K/P only)

Inserting Batteries into the Remote
Commander

Turn the Commander over,
and remove the cover.

Check the polarities and
position two R6 batteries
correctly.

Close the cover.

(KV-V1430K/P only)

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Connecting an Outdoor Aerial

For better TV reception and recording with clear video picture, connect an
outdoor aerial to your video TV.

To connect a VHF aerial or a combination
VHF/UHF aerial—75-ohm coaxial cable (round)

Attach an IEC aerial connector to 75-ohm coaxial cable.
Plug the connector into the (aerial) socket of the video TV.

To connect both VHF and UHF aerials

Attach the aerial cable ends to the VHF/UHF mixer (not supplied).
Plug the mixer into the (aerial) socket of the video TV.

After connecting the aerial, connect the mains lead to a wall outlet.

Connecting an Indoor Aerial (KV­V1430K/P only)

If your local VHF/UHF signal is strong, an indoor aerial can be used to
obtain a clear picture. Connect the supplied dipole aerial as follows.

1 Insert the aerial until it clicks.
2 After turning on the video TV, adjust the aerial for best reception.

1

2

Rear

or

On a wall

VHF/UHF aerial

Rear

300-ohm twin-lead cable

VHF/UHF mixer

75-ohm coaxial cable

UHF aerial VHF aerial

Step 2 — Connecting the Aerial

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Getting Started

You should preset the channels (up to 60 channels) by choosing either the
automatic or manual method.
The automatic method is easier if you want to preset all receivable
channels at once. Use the manual method if you want to allocate
programme numbers to the channels one by one.

Before you begin

• If the u lamp on the video TV is lit in red, press ;, PROGR +/– or a

number button on the Remote Commander.

Selecting the Language on the
Menu

You can select one of several languages for the menu and on-screen
information.
The initial setting is English.

1 Press MENU.

The main menu appears.

2 Move the cursor (z) to “LANGUAGE” with + ◊ or – √ and press OK.

The LANGUAGE menu appears.

3 Select the language you want with + ◊ or – √ and press OK.

The selected language is coloured green, and the menu appears in the
selected language.

4 Press MENU to go back to the original screen.

Step 3 — Tuning in to TV Stations

Note on the DEMONSTRATION
function

If you choose “DEMONSTRATION”
on the main menu and press OK,
you can see a sequential
demonstration on the menu
functions on the screen. Press any
button (e.g. MENU) to stop this
function.

ON TIMER

SLEEP

TIMER REC

REC

REW

STOP PAUSE

FFPLAY

COUNTER

RESET

TIMER

ON SCREEN

ON/OFF

CLEAR

MENU

OK

PROGR

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TIMER

QUICK

OK

MENU

VISUAL MODE
ON TIMER SET
CLOCK SET
TRACKING CONTROL
LANGUAGE
PROGRAMME PRESET
DEMONSTRATION

Sape l ec t nd r es s

OK

LANGUAGE

ENGLISH
DEUTSCH
FRANÇAIS
ITALIANO
ESPAÑOL
NEDERLANDS
PORTUGUÊS

Sape l ec t nd r es s

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Presetting Channels Automatically

1 Press MENU to display the main menu.

2 Move the cursor (z) to “PROGRAMME PRESET” with + ◊ or – √ and

press OK.
The PROGRAMME PRESET menu appears.

3 Move the cursor (z) to “AUTO PROGRAMME” with + ◊ or – √ and press

OK.
The AUTO PROGRAMME menu appears.

4 Move the cursor (z) to “B/G” or “D/K” with + ◊ or – √ and press OK.

The programme number you previously watched appears in red in the
“PROG” position.
Using + ◊ or – √, select the programme number from which you want to
start presetting.

5 Press OK.

The tuning bar appears, and the video TV starts scanning and presetting a
receivable channel from programme number selected in step 4.
The band scanning by tuning bar is displayed in the “BAND” position.

The preset programme and channel numbers are displayed on the screen
in sequence. When presetting is finished, the original screen appears. All
available channels are now stored on successive number buttons.

To stop automatic channel
presetting

Press ? on the Remote
Commander.

ON TIMER

SLEEP

TIMER REC

REC

REW

STOP PAUSE

FFPLAY

COUNTER

RESET

TIMER

ON SCREEN

ON/OFF

CLEAR

MENU

OK

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0

PROGR

TIMER

QUICK

OK

PROGRAMME PRESET

AUTO PROGRAMME
MANUAL PROGRAMME

Sapelect nd ress

OK

AUTO PROGRAMME
SYSTEM

B

Sap

elect nd ress

PROG BAND

/G –– –––

D/K –– –––

OK

AUTO PROGRAMME
SYSTEM

B

Sape l ec t nd r ess

PROG BAND

/G 01 V–L

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For programme positions
beyond 2

The display scrolls by pressing – √
repeatedly.

If you have made a mistake

Press ? to go back to the previous
position.

Presetting Channels Manually

1 Press MENU to display the main menu.

2 Move the cursor (z) to “PROGRAMME PRESET” with + ◊ or – √ and

press OK.
The PROGRAMME PRESET menu appears.

3 Move the cursor (z) to “MANUAL PROGRAMME” with + ◊ or – √ and

press OK.
The MANUAL PROGRAMME menu appears.

4 Using + ◊ or – √, move the cursor (z) to the programme position (number

button) to which you want to preset the channel, and press OK.

5 Press OK.

The BAND position turns red.

6 Select the band (V-L, V-H or UHF) you want to preset with + ◊ or – √, and

press OK repeatedly until the tuning bar turns red.

7 Press + ◊ (up) or – √ (down).

The tuning bar turns green and starts scanning receivable channels. When
the receivable channel is found, the tuning bar stops. If you want to preset
this channel, press OK. If not, press + ◊ or – √ again to search for another
band.

8 Repeat steps 4 to 7 to preset other channels.

9 After you finish presetting, press MENU to go back to the original screen.

ON TIMER

SLEEP

TIMER REC

REC

REW

STOP PAUSE

FFPLAY

COUNTER

RESET

TIMER

ON SCREEN

ON/OFF

CLEAR

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-/--

0

PROGR

MENU

OK

TIMER

QUICK

OK

PROGRAMME PRESET

AUTO PROGRAMME
MANUAL PROGRAMME

Sap

e l ec t nd r es s

OK

MANUAL PROGRAMME
PROG

Sap

elect nd ress

SYS BAND

0V––––

LABEL AFT

1
2

B

B/GG/

B/G

L
V–H
UHF

–– ON
––––– ON
––––– ON

OK

MANUAL PROGRAMME
PROG

Sap

e l ec t nd r es s

SYS BAND

0V––––

LABEL AFT

1
2

B

B/GG/

B/G

L
V–H
UHF

–– ON
––––– ON
––––– ON

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Skipping Programme Positions

You can skip unused programme positions when selecting programme
with PROGR +/– buttons. However, the skipped programmes may still
be called up when you select them with the number buttons.

1 Press MENU to display the main menu.

2 Move the cursor (z) to “PROGRAMME PRESET” with + ◊ or – √ and

press OK.
The PROGRAMME PRESET menu appears.

3 Move the cursor (z) to “MANUAL PROGRAMME” with + ◊ or – √ and

press OK.
The MANUAL PROGRAMME menu appears.

4 Using + ◊ or – √, move the cursor (z) to the programme position which

you want to skip and press OK.
The “SYS” position turns red.

5 Press + ◊ or – √ until “---” appears in the “SYS” position and press OK.

When you select programmes using the PROGR +/– buttons, the
programme position is skipped.

6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to skip other programme positions.

7 Press MENU to go back to the original screen.

For programme positions
beyond 2

The display scrolls by pressing – √
repeatedly.

ON TIMER

SLEEP

TIMER REC

REC

REW

STOP PAUSE

FFPLAY

COUNTER

RESET

TIMER

ON SCREEN

ON/OFF

CLEAR

MENU

OK

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-/--

0

PROGR

TIMER

QUICK

OK

MANUAL PROGRAMME
PROG

Sapelect nd ress

SYS BAND

0V––––

LABEL AFT

1
2

B

B/GG/

B/G

L
V–H
UHF

–– ON
––––– ON
––––– ON

OK

MANUAL PROGRAMME
PROG

Sap

e l ec t nd r es s

SYS BAND

0V––––

LABEL AFT

1
2

BG/

B/G

L
V–H
UHF

–– ON
––––– ON
––––– ON

–––

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Captioning a TV Station Name

You can name a channel using up to five characters (letters or numbers) to
be displayed on the TV screen (e.g. MTV). Using this function, you can
easily identify which channel you are watching.

1 Press MENU to display the main menu.

2 Move the cursor (z) to “PROGRAMME PRESET” with + ◊ or – √ and

press OK.
The PROGRAMME PRESET menu appears.

3 Move the cursor (z) to “MANUAL PROGRAMME” with + ◊ or – √ and

press OK.
The MANUAL PROGRAMME menu appears.

4 Using + ◊ or – √, move the cursor (z) to the programme position you want

to caption and press OK repeatedly until the first element of the “LABEL”
position turns red.

5 Select a letter or number with + ◊ or – √ and press OK.

The next element turns red. Select other characters in the same way. For
the element you want to leave blank, select “-” and press OK.

6 After selecting all the characters, press OK repeatedly until the cursor

appears. Now the caption you chose is stored.

7 Repeat steps 4 to 6 to caption other channels.

8 Press MENU to go back to the original screen.

If you have made a mistake

Press ? to go back to the previous
position.

ON TIMER

SLEEP

TIMER REC

REC

REW

STOP PAUSE

FFPLAY

COUNTER

RESET

TIMER

ON SCREEN

ON/OFF

CLEAR

MENU

OK

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-/--

0

PROGR

TIMER

QUICK

OK

MANUAL PROGRAMME
PROG

Sap

e l ec t nd r es s

SYS BAND

0V––––

LABEL AFT

1
2

B

B/GG/

B/G

L
V–H
UHF

–– ON
––––– ON
––––– ON

OK

MANUAL PROGRAMME
PROG

Sap

elect nd ress

SYS BAND

0V––––

LABEL AFT

1
2

B

B/GG/

B/G

L
V–H
UHF

–– ON
––––– OFF
MTV–– ON

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Manual Fine-Tuning

Normally, the automatic fine-tuning (AFT) is already working. However, if
the picture of a programme is distorted, you can use the manual fine­tuning function to obtain better picture reception.

1 Press MENU to display the main menu.

2 Move the cursor (z) to “PROGRAMME PRESET” with + ◊ or – √ and press

OK.
The PROGRAMME PRESET menu appears.

3 Move the cursor (z) to “MANUAL PROGRAMME” with + ◊ or – √ and

press OK.
The MANUAL PROGRAMME menu appears.

4 Using + ◊ or – √, move the cursor (z) to the programme position which

you want to manually fine-tune.

5 Press OK repeatedly until the AFT position turns red, then press + ◊ or – √

to select OFF.

6 Press OK.

The tuning bar turns red.
While holding down + ◊ or – √, the tuning bar flashes red and green by
turns, and the channel is fine-tuned. When the best TV reception is found,
release + ◊ or – √.

7 Press OK.

The cursor (z) appears. Now the fine-tuned level is stored.

8 Repeat steps 4 to 7 to fine-tune other channels.

9 Press MENU to go back to the original screen.

To reactivate automatic fine­tuning (AFT)

Repeat from the beginning and
select “ON” in step 5.

ON TIMER

SLEEP

TIMER REC

REC

REW

STOP PAUSE

FFPLAY

COUNTER

RESET

TIMER

ON SCREEN

ON/OFF

CLEAR

MENU

OK

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-/--

0

PROGR

TIMER

QUICK

OK

MANUAL PROGRAMME
PROG

Sapelect nd ress

SYS BAND

0V––––

LABEL AFT

1
2

BG/

B/G

L
V–H
UHF

–– ON
––––– ON
––––– ON

B/G