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Sony KV-14V5U TV VCR Combo User Manual

1. Y 3 858 264 11 1 KV 1 AVM 5 Operating Instructions EN _ KV 21VIVIBMT Trinitron Color Video TV Logo PAL NTSC 4 43 1996 by Sony Corporation WARNING 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 Safety Information This unit operates on extremely high voltages To prevent fire or electric shock please follow the safety procedures below For your protection refer all servicing to qualified personnel only 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 exces sively 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 110 240 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 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
2. 11 Skipping program positions 12 Captioning a station name 13 Manual fine tuning 14 Step 5 Setting the clock 15 Basic Operations Watching the LV iecore det 16 Switching the TV on and 16 Selecting TV programs iicet tne 16 Adjusting the volume sissisota 16 Muting the Sound ient rentre thes 17 Displaying the on screen indications 17 Adjusting the picture eei 17 Watching line input 18 Playing a tapes tese 19 Inserting a video cassette 19 Ejecting a video cassette 19 Protecting your cassette against accidental erasure 19 Playing tne 20 Playing a tape repeatedly Auto repeat 22 Displaying the on screen indications 23 Resetting the tape counter 23 Recording TV programs sees 24 Recording TV programs sss 24 Recording with the TV off 24 Recording TV programs using the timer 25 Setting the Ber cemere 25 Using the video TV before timer recording starts 27 Checking the timer settings ssss 28 Changing or canceling the timer settings 28 Recording using the quick timer 29 Additional Operations Switch
3. ez TRACKING AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET Gr G DRY Caso REC To stop playback Press STOP The video TV goes back to the normal TV picture To stop playback for a moment Press PAUSE The picture pauses Press PAUSE Ill again or press PLAY D gt to resume playback If you leave your video TV in pause mode normal playback resumes after about 5 minutes to protect the quality of video tapes To fast forward the tape Pess STOP W then press FF P To rewind the tape Press STOP W then press REW lt To search a tape at high speed During playback press SEARCH rewind or SEARCH 69 fast forward A high speed picture appears on the TV screen To resume normal playback press PLAY E gt To view the picture in fast forward or rewind mode Press and hold FF during fast forward or REW lt lt during rewind While you hold the button you can view the picture When you release the button fast forward or rewind mode is resumed Basic Operations 21 22 7 8 D DISPLAY TIMER REC FF r m 2 2 EI N ON OI COCHO lt o m o 2 OOGO iO qx QE ONTIMER SLEE INDEX TRACKING AUTO REC RESET PAUSE SEARCH Basic Operations Playing a Tape Repeatedly Auto Repeat You can play the recorded portion of the tape repeatedly 1 Press MENU
4. To stop timer recording Press TIMER REC ON OFF Using the Video TV before Timer Recording Starts You can watch a TV program check the timer settings and reset the counter in timer recording standby mode However press TIMER REC ON OFF to turn off the TIMER REC lamp on the front of the video TV to do the following operations ejecting the cassette using the tape operation buttons changing or canceling the timer settings Remember to press TIMER REC ON OFF again to make the TIMER REC lamp light after the above operations Basic Operations 27 28 INPUT TIMER REC SELECT ONSCREEN ON OFF CLEAR PICTURE MODE MENU COOCH 0 LOCOCO lt 2 v D Q e 2 ONTIMER SLEE UO 09 ake INDEX TRACKING AUTO MANUAL REC COUNTER RESET Gr O qm pe a 5 SONY Basic Operations 0 Checking the Timer Settings You can display the list of the timer settings which you preset Press TIMER ON SCREEN The PROGRAM LIST appears PROGRAM LIST 22 1 1 SUN DATE START STOP PROG per 20 15 7 SAT 8 30 MON SAT 23 00 EVERYSUN 9 55 Select 4 and press Press TIMER ON SCREEN again to erase the PROGRAM LIST Changing or Canceling the Timer Settings Press TIMER REC ON OFF to turn off the TIMER REC lamp on the front of the video TV Press TIMER ON SCREEN to display the PROGR
5. 2 Move the cursor to MODE with 2 or v and press ENTER VCR MODE PAPC ON AUTO REPEAT OFF RENTAL F COL SYS AUTO Select and press EVER Move the cursor to AUTO REPEAT with or v and press ENTER 4 Press 4 or v to select VCR MODE APC 5 AUTO REPEAT RENTAL OFI COL SYS Select 4 and pres s ENTER 5 Press PLAY Playback starts When the tape reaches the end the video TV rewinds the tape to the beginning then plays it OOO 0 lt v ROGI 2 ONTIMER SLEEP INDEX a TRACKING AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET PAUSE G G QD oOo o gea DRY REC mstop Note The tape operation mode is displayed whenever you change the mode even when the DISPLAY is turned off Displaying the on Screen Indications Press DISPLAY to display the following on screen information To show only the amount of tape remaining and linear tape counter on the screen press DISPLAY again To make the indications disappear press DISPLAY until no indications are H displayed on the screen EN Amount of tape remaining Beginning of the tape End of the tape S mm E Tape operation mode Current date and time Linear tape counter Resetting the Tape Counter The tape counter helps you to locate a certain scene after playback Press COUNTER RESET on the Remote Commander to set
6. COUNTER RESET PAUSE 5 qe _msror_ SONY Basic Operations Playing a Tape Press POWER on the video TV When the STANDBY lamp is lit in red skip this step Insert a cassette If you insert a cassette with its safety tab removed playback starts automatically Press PLAY Playback starts On screen information is displayed for some seconds Setting the color system Normally set the COL SYS color system in the menu to AUTO If streaks appear during playback set COL SYS to conform to the system that the tape was recorded in Press MENU Move the cursor to VCR MODE with or v and press ENTER VCR MODE PAPC ON AUTO REPEAT OF RENTAL COL SYS Select 4 and press ENR Move the cursor to COL SYS with or v and press ENTER Press or v until the corresponding color system appears and press ENTER to play a tape that is recorded in PAL or MESECAM color system NTSC to play a tape that is recorded in NTSC color system VCR MODE APC ON AUTO REPEAT OFF RENTAL OFF PCOL SYS 1 Select 4 and pres s EIER 5 Press MENU to go back to the original screen gt POWER DISPLAY TI SCREEN OS Bc 94 o z C NOFF CLEAR oz COOCH z2 3g OOO Ut 0 lt o pe v 2 o 2 ONTIMER SLEEP INDEX
7. REC recording 6 button and lamp page 24 QUICK TIMER button pages 10 29 TUNER PRESET ON OFF button page 10 Tape transport buttons pages 20 21 Remote Commander 1 k N 4 e N POWER button pages 8 16 EJECT 4 button page 19 MUTING button page 17 INPUT SELECT button pages 18 34 PICTURE MODE button page 17 ON TIMER button page 31 INDEX H4 gt buttons page 32 TRACKING buttons page 33 V A buttons AUTO MANUAL button REC recording 6 button page 24 DISPLAY button pages 17 23 TIMER REC buttons TIMER ON SCREEN pages 25 28 ON OFF pages 27 28 CLEAR page 28 Menu operation buttons page 8 MENU 4 9 lt ENTER Number buttons pages 11 16 SLEEP button page 30 PROGR program buttons page 16 VOL volume buttons page 16 COUNTER RESET button page 23 Tape transport buttons pages 20 21 PLAY STOP Bi PAUSE REW rewind lt lt FF fast forward P SEARCH buttons Additional Information 41
8. the channels which you want to preset Press QUICK TIMER on the video TV Presetting starts from program position 1 The preset program and channel numters are displayed on the screen in sequence When presetting is finished the channel received before starting automatic presetting appears All available channels are now stored on successive number buttons TIMER REC o o T o T m gt 2 9 9 Cs 0 D 4 ONTIMER SLEEP lt o zu INDEX iO 3 TRACKING MANUAL REC COUNTER RESET PAUSE SEARCH For program positions beyond 6 The display scrolls by pressing V repeatedly If you have made a mistake Press to go back to the previous position Presetting Channels Manually Press MENU to display the main menu Move the cursor to PROGRAM PRESET with 4 and press ENTER The PROGRAM PRESET menu appears PROGRAM PRESET EN gt AUTO PROGRAM MANUAL PROGRAM Select 4 and press ENER Move the cursor to MANUAL PROGRAM with or vV and press ENTER The MANUAL PROGRAM menu appears MANUAL PROGRAM LABEL AFT Select 4 and press ME Using or vV move the cursor to the program position number button to which you want to preset a channel and press ENTER MANUAL PROGRAM LABEL AFT ON Select 4 and press ENE Select the TV broadcast system B G I D K or M with or
9. the figure at the right margin changes to show the control level See the table below Repeat steps 3 and 4 to adjust other items Press MENU to go back to the original screen Effect of each control PICTURE CONTROL Effect PICTURE Less MIHI COLOR Less __IIIIIIIIIf More BRIGHTNESS Darker IIIIIIIIIII Brighter HUE Reddish pem Greenish RESET Resets all the items to the factory preset levels The HUE adjustment is available only for the NTSC color system The adjusted control levels are stored in PICTURE CONTROL When you select PICTURE CONTROL with PICTURE MODE you can call up the adjusted levels Watching Line Input Press INPUT SELECT so that LINE appears on the screen To go back to the normal TV picture press INPUT SELECT so that the program position appears For details of the line input picture see page 34 Playing a Tape me 69 REC PAUSE A DISPLAY TIMER REC N Q 2 0 0 m 2 E m 2 0 4 D 8 lt o pr m o e 2 0 SLEEP CS aE TRACKING AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET SEARCH pe 5 This section shows you how to insert a cassette and to play it More convenient functions you can use while playing a tape is shown in Additional Operati
10. v and press ENTER The CH number turns red Search for the channel with up or Vv down The channel number starts counting up or downwards When a channel is found it stops If you want to preset this channel press ENTER If not press 6 or to search for another channel You can also select the channel number directly with the number buttons Press C once for regular channels twice for cable channels number buttons e g for 06 press 0 and 6 then ENTER Repeat steps 4 to 6 to preset other channels After you finish presetting press MENU to go back to the original screen Getting Started 11 QNIN LEN AA V AARAAT E 02 ORO OCA 44 4 12 RI m 2 2 0 0 2 5 m 2 OOOO 0 lt o i c D o o 2 00000 TRACKING AUTO UTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET O qm DRY REC mstop For program positions beyond 6 The display scrolls by pressing V repeatedly Getting Started Skipping Program Positions You can skip unused program positions when selecting program with the PROGR buttons However the skipped programs may still be called up when you select them with the number buttons Press MENU to display the main menu Move the cursor to PROGRAM PRESET with 4 or and press ENTER The PROGRAM PRESET menu appears Move the cursor to MANUAL PROGRAM with amp or v and press ENTER The M
11. AM LIST Select the setting you want to change or cancel with 4 or v PROGRAM LIST 20 00 24 11SUN DATE START STOP PROG 27 WED20 15 21 55 11 gt 7 8 30 MON SAT 23 00 EVERYSUN 9 55 Select 4 and press EINE To change the setting Using or and ENTER re enter all the items Refer to Setting the timer steps 2 to 9 on pages 25 and 26 To cancel the setting Press TIMER REC CLEAR Press TIMER ON SCREEN to go back to the original screen If there are other timer settings on the list press TIMER REC ON OFF to set the video TV to timer recording standby mode N W To change the recording time period after quick timer recording begins Press QUICK TIMER until the desired time period appears To display the remaining time period during quick timer recording Press DISPLAY on the Remote Commander The recording time period decreases minute by minute To stop quick timer recording Press TIMER REC ON OFF Recording Using the Quick Timer You can have your video TV start timer recording immediately and automatically stop recording after a specific time period Before you begin Switch on the video TV Make sure that the clock is set correctly If not see Setting the clock on page 15 Make sure that the loaded cassette has its safety tab If you are recording Press QUICK TIMER on the video TV The
12. ANUAL PROGRAM menu appears Using or v move the cursor to the program position which you want to skip and press ENTER The SYS position turns red MANUAL PROGRAM CH LABEL AFT co ENTER Select 4 and press ENER When you select programs using the PROGR buttons the program position is skipped 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to skip other program positions 7 Press MENU to go back to the original screen TIMER REC o o a T o m m gt 2 COCHO 4 ONTIMER SLEEP lt o p pe INDEX 1 TRACKING MANUAL REC COUNTER RESET PAUSE SEARCH If you have made a mistake Press to go back to the previous position Captioning a Station Name You can name a channel using up to five characters letters or numbers to be displayed on the TV screen e g ABC Using this function you can easily identify which channel you are watching Press MENU to display the main menu EN Move the cursor gt to PROGRAM PRESET with 6 or yv and press ENTER The PROGRAM PRESET menu appears Move the cursor to MANUAL PROGRAM with 4 or and press ENTER The MANUAL PROGRAM menu appears MANUAL PROGRAM PRG gt i Select g and press Using y move the cursor to the program position you want to caption and press ENTER repeatedly until the first element of the LABEL position turn
13. ARAAT E 7 ORQ OCA 44 AN Getting Started Step 1 Preparation Checking the Supplied Accessories When you have taken everything out of the carton check that you have these items e Remote Commander Two R6 size AA batteries e Jack cover AC plug adaptor Band Two clamps Two wood screws KV 21VM5MT only Inserting Batteries into the Remote Commander Close the cover N Turn the Commander over Check the polarities and and remove the cover position two R6 batteries correctly 4 Getting Started Step 2 Installing the Video TV KV 21VM5MT only Preventing the Video TV from Falling Because the front is heavier than the back the video TV may fall if it is not level or a child pushes or climbs on it To avoid such an accident stabilize your video TV with the supplied accessories listed on page 4 To fasten the video TV to the TV stand EN With the supplied wood screws attach the band to the TV stand and to the rear of the video TV using the hole provided on the video TV Screw hole M G Ebo c Getting Started 5 QNANAIV LEN AA V AARAAT E 02 ORO OCA 44 4 6 Getting Started To stabilize the video TV against a wall or pillar Put the cord or chain not supplied through the supplied clamps Using the supplied screws attach the clamps to the wall and to the screw hole o
14. C60 China C 1 C01 C 2 C02 C 3 C13 4 C03 C 5 C04 C 6 C14 C 7 to C 12 C06 to C11 C 13 to C24 C21 to C32 C 25 to C 47 C38 to C60 C 48 to C 57 C61 to C70 Ivory Coast 1to3 C71 to C73 CATV S 1 to S 39 S01 to S39 M America A 2 to A 13 C02 to C13 A 14 to A 83 C14 to C83 CATV A 8 S01 A 7 S05 6 506 5 1 S95 to S99 Ato E S14 to S18 F to W428 S19 to S64 W 29 to W 58 S65 to S94 Additional Information 39 40 Index to Parts and Controls Video TV Set Front This section briefly describes the buttons and controls on the video TV set and on the Remote Commander For more information refer to the pages next to each description KV 14VM5MT A e vw 2 KV 21VM5MT N 5 a EJECT 4 button page 19 LINE IN VIDEO AUDIO jacks page 34 POWER switch pages 8 16 5 e I Lamps TIMER REC recording page 27 ON TIMER page 31 STANDBY lamp pages 8 16 5 earphone jack 6 INPUT SELECT button pages 10 18 34 7 TIMER REC ON OFF button pages 27 28 Additional Information y N oo _ E Cassette compartment page 19 VOL volume buttons page 16 PROGR program buttons page 16 Remote sensor
15. CH Cl TRACKING AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET O O qm DR msroP REC To cancel the timer Press SLEEP to select OFF 30 Additional Operations Switching on at Your Desired Time On Timer TIMER REC o T o e m 2 2 0 Oz ma m O O Ot 9 9 Gb 0 ONTIMER SLEE INDEX 0 C9 TRACKING REC PAUSE SEARCH QD oo SONY To erase the message Press any button on the video TV or Remote Commander 0 0 60000 lt m JO e 2 You can preset your video TV to automatically switch on at a desired time You can select the TV program or video playback to be switched on Press MENU to display the main menu Move the cursor to ON TIMER SET with 6 or v and press ENTER The ON TIMER SET menu appears ON TIMER SET 24 11 SUN gt TIME 6 00 SOURCE TV PROG 1 FF ON TIMER O Select 4 and press 1 Press ENTER The timer setting hour section turns red Set the hour with 6 or and press ENTER The minute section turns red Set the minutes by one minute with 6 or and press ENTER The cursor appears beside TIME Move the cursor to SOURCE with or and press ENTER Select TV or video playback to be switched on with 4 or 7v and press ENTER When you select TV select the program position with or V and press ENTER ON TIMER SE
16. ENTER The CLOCK SET menu appears CLOCK SET PaaS eas dece press ENTER 3 Press ENTER to start setting the clock The day section turns red CLOCK SET 1 1 1996 MON 0 00 Select 4 and press EER 4 Set the day with or and press ENTER The month section turns red CLOCK SET 27 1 1996 SAT 0 00 Select 4 and press 87 Ul Using 4 or v and ENTER set the month year hour and minute in the same way as in step 4 CLOCK SET 27 11 1996 WED 15 30 Select 4 and press 6 After setting the minute press ENTER The clock starts working 7 Press MENU to go back to the original screen Getting Started 15 QNNAIV LN AA V AARAAT E 02 ORO OCA 44 4 16 Basic Operations Watching the TV REC PAUSE TIMER REC o e a o e m gt D 0 0 9 9 Cs 0 lt o T 2 o 2 OOGO SLEEP 4 S QUE TRACKING AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET O Lmsroe Basic Operations This section explains the basic functions you use while watching the TV Most of the operations can be done using the Remote Commander Switching the TV on and off Switching on Press POWER on the video TV Switching off Press POWER on the Remote Commander The video TV enters standby mode and the STANDBY lamp on the front of the video TV light
17. FT position turns red MANUAL PROGRAM PRG 1 Select 4 and press ENE Fine tune the channel with or so that you get the best TV reception As you press these buttons the frequency changes from 15 to 15 MANUAL PROGRAM PRG 1 2 3 gt 6 Select 4 and press ENER After fine tuning press ENTER The cursor appears beside the next program position Now the fine tuned level is stored Repeat steps 4 to 6 to fine tune other channels Press MENU to go back to the original screen Step 5 Setting the Clock TIMER REC 2 o 9 3 o m gt E C IS OFO 5 6 8 9 C ROGI D 4 lt o Tm 2 z D o e m m 2 o m GI TRACKING AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET PAUSE G G QD oOo msroP If you have made a mistake Press to go back to the item to be changed and set the correct digits using 4 or If power is interrupted or you disconnect the AC power cord You have to re set the clock You need to set the clock for using timer recording quick timer recording and on timer functions Press MENU to display the main menu MENU gt PICTURE CONTROL ON TIMER SET CLOCK SET TRACKING CONTROL LANGUAGE i amp PROGRAM PRESET VCR MODE EN Select and press ENER 2 Move the cursor gt to CLOCK SET with 4 or v and press
18. QUICK TIMER 0 00 appears on the screen Press QUICK TIMER repeatedly to select the recording time period With each press the time period changes as follows 0 00 0 30 1 00 3 30 4 00 Even if you switch off the video TV it continues recording After the selected time period has elapsed recording stops automatically If you are not recording Switch on the video TV Insert a cassette with its safety tab Select the program position which you want to record Press QUICK TIMER on the video TV The QUICK TIMER 0 00 appears on the screen 5 Press QUICK TIMER repeatedly to select the recording time period With each press the time period changes as follows 0 00 0 30 1 00 3 30 4 00 The time period turns yellow and recording starts Even if you switch off the video TV it continues recording After the selected time period has elapsed recording stops automatically Basic Operations 29 Additional Operations Switching off Automatically Sleep Timer You can automatically switches the video TV into standby mode after a selected time period Press SLEEP With each press the time period in minutes changes as follows gt 30 gt 60 90 5 m 2 One minute before the TV switches into standby mode message Good night is displayed on the screen O O Ut COOCH 0 60000 lt o v ONTIMER SLEE INDEX iO
19. T 20 00 24 11SUN TIME 07 30 P SOURCE TV PROG 12 ON TIMER OFF Select x and press Move the cursor to ON TIMER with or v and press ENTER then select ON with 6 or and press ENTER The ON TIMER lamp on the front of the video TV lights up Press MENU to go back to the original screen If you are not using the video TV press POWER on the Remote Commander to set the video TV in standby mode At the preset time the video TV automatically switches on and a message Good morning is displayed for five minutes If you do not press any button for 2 hours the video TV automatically shuts off To cancel on timer function 1 Press ON TIMER The ON TIMER SET menu appears 2 Press ON TIMER again to select OFF Additional Operations 31 32 INPUT TIMER REC SELECT ONSCREEN ON OFF CLEAR PICTURE MODE MENU OQO OOOHO 0 lt v D Q e 2 ONTIMER SLEE as TRACKING AUTO MANUAL REC COUNTER RESET O O qm pera E msrop SONY VN A Additional Operations Searching Using the Index Function The video TV marks the tape with an index signal at the point where each recording begins Use these signals as references to find a specific recording This video TV can search up to 99 index signals ahead of or behind the current position Insert an indexed tape Press k INDEX repea
20. ars on the screen Recording pauses 2 Press PAUSE Ill again to release the pause mode at the desired scene Recording resumes from the point set in step 1 When the recording pause mode lasts for about 5 minutes the video TV stops recording to protect the quality of video tapes Recording with the TV Off Press POWER on the Remote Commander or the video TV The video TV is turned off and the STANDBY lamp lights up The video TV continues recording Recording TV Programs Using the Timer TIMER REC N 0 0 m z E m 2 OOO Ot OOOHO lt o pe OOGO ONTIMER SLEEP INDEX QE TRACKING AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET GS gt gt Pay REC _mstor_ SONY The Timer Recording function allows you to preset your video TV to record up to six programs within a one month period Before you begin Switch on the video TV Make sure that the clock is set correctly If not see Setting the clock on page 15 Make sure that the loaded cassette has its safety tab Setting the Timer Example Here is how to record a program broadcast on program position 11 from 20 15 to 21 55 on Wednesday 27th November 1996 Press TIMER ON SCREEN The PROGRAM LIST appears PROGRAM LIST 24 1 1 SUN DATE START STOP PROG p xL Select 4 and pres s ENTER Press ENTER Today s date colored red appears Press until 27 WED appears For daily and weekly re
21. cording see Daily weekly recording on page 27 PROGRAM LIST 20 00 24 11SUN DATE START STOP PROG 27 WE i or vV PROGRAM LIST 20 00 24 11SUN DATE START STOP PROG 27 WED20 E Select 4 and press EER Basic Operations 25 26 TIMER REC 39 lt o ON TIMER 0 OQ GO 0 z o m CL TRACKING AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET O a 5 qu pw If you have made a mistake during timer setting Press to go back to the previous position and correct the setting If you try to enter the recording start time prior to the current time the items of the setting will be erased If you try to do incorrect operation The video TV displays a message on Screen to interrupt your setting Basic Operations Press ENTER then set the minute of the recording start time to 15 with or v PROGRAM LIST 20 00 24 11SUN DATE START STOP PROG 27 WED 20 15 2 Select 4 and press 878 Press ENTER then set the hour of the recording stop time to 21 with 9 or v PROGRAM LIST 20 00 24 11SUN DATE START STOP PROG 27 WED20 15 d Select 4 and press Eti Press ENTER then set the minute of the recording stop time to 55 with 9 or v PROGRAM LIST 20 00 24 11SUN DATE START STOP PROG 27WED20 15 21 55 PROGRAM LIST 20 00 24 11SUN DATE START STOP PROG 27 WED20 21 55 11 Select 4 and pr
22. e and time Adjusting the Picture By pressing the PICTURE MODE button you can select one of four settings for picture effect You can also adjust the picture to suit your own taste Selecting the picture effect Press PICTURE MODE With each press you can select DYNAMIC MIDDLE SOFT or PICTURE CONTROL cyclically Effect of each setting Setting Picture effect DYNAMIC More contrast MIDDLE Less contrast SOFT Darker e g when watching a movie PICTURE The adjusted picture control levels are stored CONTROL See Adjusting the picture displayed on the screen Basic Operations 17 18 TIMER REC LECT ON SCREEN CLEAR PICTURE MODE MENU QOO 0 9 GP 0 0 lt v D Q e 2 ONTIMER SLEE INDEX Gx TRACKING AUTO MANUAL REC COUNTER RESET O O a 5 qm pe SONY 4 Basic Operations Adjusting the picture displayed on the screen Press MENU to display the main menu Move the cursor to PICTURE CONTROL with 6 or ENTER The PICTURE CONTROL menu appears PICTURE CONTROL vV and press P PICTURE 80 RESET Select 4 and press ENIR Using 4 or y select the item you want to adjust and press ENTER Adjust the picture with and press ENTER With each press the vertical bars increase or decrease and
23. ess ENTER Press ENTER The cursor gt appears at the left margin PROGRAM LIST 20 00 24 11SUN DATE START STOP PROG gt 27 WED20 15 21 55 11 Select 4 and press ENTER TIMER REC LECT ONSCREEN ON OFF CLEAR 0 0 m z 2 COCH 0 QOO 0 LOCC 0 v 2 e 2 ONTIMER SLEEP INDEX az as TRACKING AUTO MANUAL REC COUNTER RESET PAUSE SEARCH QD o qea Pay msrop UOCE A 10 When you want to set other programs press to move down the cursor 11 to the next column then repeat steps 2 to 9 Press TIMER REC ON OFF The TIMER REC lamp on the front of the video TV lights up and the video TV enters timer recording standby mode Press TIMER ON SCREEN to erase the PROGRAM LIST Turn off the video TV if you do not want to watch the TV The video TV starts recording at the preset start time Daily weekly recording You can preset your video TV to record the same program every day of the week daily recording or the same program on the same day every week weekly recording Press in step 3 until the desired setting appears in the DATE position With each press the setting changes as follows 24 today MON SUN MON SAT MON FRI EVERY SAT EVERY FRI EVERY THU EVERY WED EVERY TUE EVERY MON EVERY SUN gt 23 next month 22
24. etting is made for timer recording gt Set the program for timer recording pages 25 to 27 Timer recording was not You did not press TIMER REC ON OFF made There has been a power interruption Others A cassette cannot be inserted Another cassette is already inserted gt Press EJECT amp to eject the cassette The Remote Commander does not work Additional Information The batteries are low gt Replace the batteries page 4 The batteries are installed incorrectly gt Install the batteries with correct polarities page 4 Taking Care of Your Video TV About the Auto Head Cleaner The auto head cleaner built into this set automatically cleans the video heads when a cassette is loaded or unloaded If the effect of head cleaning is not sufficient even after a cassette has been loaded unloaded several times clean the heads using the Sony V 25CL video head cleaning cassette Video Head Cleaning EN _ When playback pictures are noisy and hardly visible or when no picture appears the video heads may be contaminated In such a case clean the video heads using the V 25CL video head cleaning tape not supplied or ask Sony service personnel to clean the video heads with this service there would be a standard charge Symptoms caused by contaminated video heads Normal picture Rough picture Unclear picture No picture or black amp white screen appears Note Do not use a commercially ava
25. gt AUTO PROGRAM MANUAL PROGRAM Select and press ENER Move the cursor to AUTO PROGRAM with 4 or and press ENTER The AUTO PROGRAM menu appears AUTO PROGRAM SYSTEM PROG CH B G D K mmm M Select 4 and press ENR Using 2 or v move the cursor to the TV system B G I D K or M of the channels which you want to preset and press ENTER Presetting starts from program position 1 The preset program and channel numbers are displayed on the screen in sequence When presetting is finished the channel received before starting automatic presetting appears All available channels are now stored on successive number buttons To stop automatic channel presetting Press on the Remote Commander Getting Started 9 QNNAIV LEN AA V AARANAT E 02 ORO OCA 44 4 10 25 00 0907 E INPUT SELECT TUNER PRESET QUICK TIMER To stop automatic channel presetting Press QUICK TIMER on the video TV Getting Started To preset channels automatically using the TUNER PRESET ON OFF button on the video TV Press the POWER switch on the video TV to switch it on Press TUNER PRESET ON OFF with a pointed object The following display appears AUTO PROGRAM SYSTEM PROG CH gt B G Press INPUT SELECT for system selection QUICK TIMER to start Press INPUT SELECT on the video TV to select the TV system of
26. 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 Caution Television programs films video tapes and other materials may be copyrighted Unauthorized recording of such materials may be contrary to the provisions of the copyright laws Color System of Your Set This video TV is designed to receive TV programs based on PAL B G I and D K SECAM B G and D K and NTSC M color systems and to record and play on PAL MESECAM and NTSC color systems Contents Getting Started 9 1 eem 4 Checking the supplied accessories 4 Inserting batteries into the Remote Commiander ui dese eire 4 Step 2 Installing the video TV 5 Preventing the video TV from falling 5 Step 3 Connecting the antenna 7 Connecting an outdoor antenna 7 Step 4 Tuning in to TV stations 8 Selecting language sse 8 Presetting channels automatically 9 Presetting channels manually
27. ilable wet type cleaning tape as it may damage the video heads initial terminal Worn Video Heads If your video TV displays a poor picture after you clean the video heads you may need to replace them Consult your dealer or the Sony Service Center nearest you Check the Video Heads after 1 000 Hours of Use A video TV is a high precision machine It must record on or play from magnetic tapes on which the image signals from the color TV or the video camcorder are recorded The video heads or mechanical parts for transporting the tape are contaminated or worn after extended use You should have your video TV checked after each 1 000 hours of use Additional Information 37 Specifications TV Section Television system B G I D K M Color system PAL SECAM and NTSCaas Channel coverage See Receivable channels and channel display on page 39 Trinitron KV 14VM5MT 14 inches approx 37 cm measured diagonally KV 21VM5MT 21 inches approx 54 5 cm measured diagonally Picture tube Antenna in 75 ohm antenna socket for VHF UHF Video Section Format VHS standard Video recording system Rotary 2 head helical scanning system Audio recording system Monaural PAL MESECAM NTSC PAL MESECAM 23 39 mm sec NTSC 33 35 mm sec Maximum recording time PAL MESECAM 240 minutes with E 240 NTSC 160 minutes with T 160 Video signal Tape speed Inputs and Outputs Inputs LINE IN VIDEO phono jack 1 V
28. ing off automatically Sleep timer 30 Switching on at your desired time On timer 31 Searching using the index function 32 Enhancing video picture quality 33 Adjusting the tracking sssssssssss 33 Adjusting with the Adaptive Picture Control 33 Adjusting with rental picture sisisi 33 Connecting optional 34 Watching and recording the picture input from optional equipment secession 34 Additional Information Troubleshooting tentent 35 Taking care of your video TV 37 About the auto head 37 Video head cleaning sssssssss 37 Worn Video heads norte 37 Check the video heads after 1 000 hours of use 37 Specification S ossei e eret e hit ope erede 38 Receivable channels and channel display 39 Index to parts and controls ssss 40 Video S t front artt ine 40 Remote Commandes isisisi seisis 41 The instructions in this manual are for models KV 14VM5MT and KV 21VM5MT Before you start reading check your model number located at the rear of the video TV The KV 14VM5MT is the model used for illustration purposes Any differences in operation are clearly indicated in the text for example KV 21VM5MT only QYNIN LEN AA A
29. n the video TV Screw hole Step 3 Connecting the Antenna For better TV reception and recording with clear video picture connect an outdoor antenna to your video TV Connecting an Outdoor Antenna To connect a VHF antenna or a combination VHF UHF antenna 75 ohm coaxial cable round ES Attach an IEC antenna connector to 75 ohm coaxial cable Plug the connector into the antenna socket of the video TV VHF UHF antenna On a wall or To connect both VHF and UHF antennas Attach the antenna cable ends to the VHF UHF mixer not supplied Plug the mixer into the antenna socket of the video TV UHF antenna VHF antenna 75 ohm coaxial cable Getting Started 7 QNIN LEN AA V AARAAT E 02 ORO OCA 44 4 8 INPUT SELECT SCREEN OFF CLEAR PICTURE MODE MENU AJC OQOOO lt 2 v D Q e 2 OOGO ONTIMER SLEE iO CH aks INDEX TRACKING AUTO MANUAL REC COUNTER RESET Or GS pen asror Lmsroe SONY Getting Started VN Step 4 Tuning in to TV Stations You should preset the channels up to 80 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 program numbers to the channels
30. nnect the earphone e MUTING is displayed on the screen gt Press MUTING ePress VOL No color or poor color e Adjust PICTURE COLOR and BRIGHTNESS in the screen is dark for color PICTURE CONTROL menu page 18 programs but good sound e Press PICTURE MODE to switch the picture setting page 17 No picture no sound from The connecting cord between the video TV and the input video input source source is disconnected gt Connect it firmly eInput is not selected correctly gt Press INPUT SELECT so that LINE appears page 18 A receivable channel in your The TV broadcast system is not selected correctly area cannot be received or gt Check the system referring to the table on page 39 and the sound of the received preset the channel manually channel is distorted Clock and The clock has stopped and The power has been interrupted or the AC power cord is timer is displayed disconnected gt Re set the clock and timer settings pages 15 25 Playback Power is on but the tape eThe safety device has been activated does not run gt Switch off disconnect the AC power cord and leave the set for about one minute Poor playback picture eThe color system is not set correctly gt Set COL SYS to the setting corresponding to the color system that the tape is recorded in page 20 e Adjust the tracking page 33 eThe video heads are dirty gt Clean the heads using the So
31. ny V 25CL video head cleaning tape page 37 If the cleaning tape is not available in your area have the heads cleaned at your nearest Sony service facility Do not use a commercially available wet type cleaning tape as it may damage the video heads eThe tape is worn out gt Use a new tape The sound drops out eThe tape is defective gt Use a new tape Additional Information 35 36 Function Problems Possible causes and remedies Recording The cassette is ejected when The safety tab of the cassette has been removed you press REC Cover the tab hole with adhesive tape or use another cassette with a safety tab page 19 Recording cannot be done No cassette has been inserted gt Insert a cassette with the safety tab The tape is at its end gt Rewind the tape Timer Timer settings cannot be The clock has not been set recording made gt Set the current time and date page 15 eYou have made a mistake when setting the timer gt Check the setting steps pages 25 to 27 The cassette is ejected when The safety tab of the cassette has been removed you press TIMER REC ON gt Cover the tab hole with adhesive tape or use another OFF cassette with a safety tab The TIMER REC lamp does No cassette has been inserted not light up even though you gt Insert a cassette with its safety tab press TIMER REC ON OFF tape is at its end gt Rewind the tape No s
32. on Inserting a Video Cassette Press the POWER switch on the video TV _ Gently press the center of the front side of a cassette with the arrow indication facing upwards The cassette is automatically loaded into the cassette compartment The CA indicator appears on the screen and stays until the cassette has been loaded The video TV turns on automatically when it is in standby mode If you insert a cassette with its safety tab removed playback starts automatically Ejecting a Video Cassette Press EJECT 4 on the video TV or the Remote Commander The CA indicator appears and stays until the cassette is ejected You can eject the cassette even if the power is off Protecting Your Cassette against Accidental Erasure The cassette is provided with a safety tab to protect against accidentally erasing a previous recording Break off the safety tab with a screw driver or a similar tool If the safety tab is removed the cassette is ejected when you try to record on it To record on a cassette with the safety tab broken off simply cover the tab hole with adhesive tape Adhesive tape Basic Operations 19 20 TIMER REC o 9 T o Q m gt E C _ ow 0 lt o m o 2 OOGO ONTIMER SLEE iO az INDEX TRACKING AUTO MANUAL REC
33. one by one Before you begin e Press the POWER switch on the video TV to switch it on If the STANDBY lamp on the video TV is lit in red press POWER PROGR or a number button on the Remote Commander Selecting Language You can change the menu and on screen information language to Chinese Press MENU The main menu appears MENU BS ONTROL ON SET Chock SE TRACKING TcoNrRoL LANGUAGE i 8 PROGRAM PRESET VCR MODE Select 4 and press ENR Move the cursor to LANGUAGE i8 amp with or v and press ENTER The LANGUAGE menu appears LANGUAGE i8 amp gt ENGLISH x Select 4 and press ME Move the cursor to PX with or v and press ENTER The menu appears in Chinese LANGUAGE ENGLISH gt PI ae de GH TIMER REC z o lt o e 3 Q m gt E 5 IS OFO 5 6 PROGR 4 lt o ONTIMER SLEE iO C CE INDEX TRACKING AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET PAUSE SEARCH QD o o REC Presetting Channels Automatically Press MENU The main menu appears MENU gt PICTURE CONTROL ON TIMER SET CLOCK SET TRACKING CONTROL LANGUAGE igs PROGRAM PRESET VCR MODE EN Select 4 and press Move the cursor gt to PROGRAM PRESET with or v and press ENTER The PROGRAM PRESET menu appears PROGRAM PRESET
34. p p 75 ohms unbalanced sync negative LINE IN AUDIO phono jack Input level 500 mVrms Earphone jack Minijack Additional Information General Clock Quartz locked Power requirements 110 240 V AC 50 60 Hz Power consumption KV 14VM5MT 90 W KV 21VM5MT 135 W Operating temperature 5 C to 40 C 41 F to 104 F Storage temperature 20 C to 60 C 4 F to 140 F KV 14VM5MT 396 x 404 x 453 mm 15 s x 16 x 177 s inches KV 21VM5MT 550 525 x 469 5 mm 21 3 4 x 203 4 x 181 2 inches Mass KV 14VM5MT 14 2 kg 31 Ib 5 oz KV 21VM5MT 25 kg 44 Ib 1 oz Dimensions Accessories supplied Remote Commander 1 R6 size AA batteries 2 Jack cover 1 AC plug adaptor 1 Band 1 Clamps 2 Wood screws 2 KV 21VM5MT only Design and specifications are subject to change without notice Receivable Channels and Channel Display System Area Channel coverage Channel display B G H Middle East Asia E 2 to E 12 C02 to C12 E 21 to E 69 C21 to C69 Indonesia 1A C01 2to 11 C03 to C12 Morocco M 4 to M 7 C70 to C73 M 8 to M 10 C08 to C10 CATV S 01 to S 05 S42 to S46 S 1 to 5 41 S01 to S41 I Hong Kong B 21 to B 69 C21 to C69 United Kingdom Ireland A B C C01 to C09 South Africa 4to13 C04 to C13 21 to 68 C21 to C68 Angola 1 C00 2to3 C02 to C03 CATV S 01 to S 05 542 to S46 S 1 to 5 41 S01 to S41 D K K1 East European R 1 to R 2 C01 to C12 countries R 21 to R 60 C21 to
35. s in red To switch on again Press POWER PROGR or number buttons on the Remote Commander or PROGR on the video TV To switch off the main power Press POWER on the video TV The STANDBY lamp lights in amber Selecting TV Programs Press PROGR or number buttons on the Remote Commander or PROGR on the video TV To select a double digit number using the number buttons Press then the numbers For example if you want to choose 14 press 1 and 4 Adjusting the Volume Press VOL on the Remote Commander or VOL on the video TV TIMER REC 2 m o m gt E 0 0 OO O Ut CE OGEH O lt v m o e 2 0 z lo m D e m m INDEX TRACKING AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET O qm pera 5 REC Note You can adjust the video playback picture and line input picture in the same way Muting the Sound Press MUTING The MUTING indicator appears and stays on the screen To resume normal sound press MUTING or VOL Displaying the On screen Indications Ey Press DISPLAY to display the following on screen information To have the program number channel number and caption stay on the screen press DISPLAY again To make the indications disappear press DISPLAY until no indications are displayed on the screen Caption Program position Channel number Current dat
36. s red Select a letter or number with 6 or vV and press ENTER The next element turns red Select other characters in the same way For the element you want to leave blank select and press ENTER MANUAL PROGRAM PRG CH LABEL AFT C04 ON Select 4 and press EINER After selecting all the characters press ENTER repeatedly until the cursor appears again Now the caption you chose is stored Repeat steps 4 to 6 to caption other channels Press MENU to go back to the original screen Getting Started 13 QNIN LN AA V AARANAT E 02 ORO OCA 44 4 14 O OO0 lt o ONTIMER SLEEP INDEX az TRACKING REC PAUSE SEARCH SONY To reactivate automatic fine tuning AFT Repeat from the beginning and select ON in step 5 Getting Started Manual Fine Tuning Normally the automatic fine tuning AFT is already working However if the picture of a program is distorted you can use the manual fine tuning function to obtain better picture reception Press MENU to display the main menu Move the cursor gt to PROGRAM PRESET with or v and press ENTER The PROGRAM PRESET menu appears Move the cursor to MANUAL PROGRAM with 4 or and press ENTER The MANUAL PROGRAM menu appears Using or v move the cursor to the program position corresponding to the channel which you want to manually fine tune and press ENTER repeatedly until the A
37. tedly to specify how many index signals ahead or behind you want to search To search ahead press PI INDEX To search backwards press k INDEX INDEX 5 SEARCH The video TV starts searching and the index number on the TV screen counts down to zero Playback starts automatically from that point To stop searching Press B STOP Enhancing Video Picture Quality Adjusting the Tracking Adjusting the Tracking Automatically 2 o T o gt 2 The tracking condition is automatically adjusted on this video TV The AUTO TRACKING indicator will appear while the video TV is searching for best tracking condition 0 0 m E m D Adjusting the Tracking Manually If streaks or snow noise appear on normal playback or playback pause picture press TRACKING V or A in each playback mode to get the best picture The tracking meter appears on the screen 9 9 Cs O TRACKING CONTROL OO O Ut 60000 AUTO MANUAL 2 lt p s D Q e 2 NORMAL TRACKING TRACKING AUTO MANUAL e BSS Adjusting with the Adaptive Picture Control APC DRY qm This function allows you to improve playback and recording quality by adjusting the system parameter automatically according to the condition of a video tape This function is set to ON at the factory To maintain better picture quality it is advisable to leave the function on The function
38. the counter to 0 00 00 before playing the tape The tape counter is automatically reset to zero whenever a cassette is inserted The video TV keeps counting the length of the tape being played Note however that the tape counter does not count the portions without video signals recorded Basic Operations 23 24 TIMER REC SCREEN ON OFF CLEAR 0 0 C 5 g O 8 060000 lt o D o 2 ONTIMER SLEEP a E TRACKING AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET PAUSE S Qm DRY REC L Basic Operations Recording TV Programs Recording TV Programs Press POWER on the video TV When the STANDBY lamp is lit in red skip this step Insert a cassette with a safety tab Select the program position with PROGR You can also use number buttons on the Remote Commander For double digit numbers e g 14 first press then press 1 and 4 Press REC The REC lamp lights up and recording begins To stop recording Press STOP Bl When the tape reaches the end the video TV rewinds the tape automatically to the beginning then stops This function does not work when the power of the video TV is off To pause recording Press PAUSE To resume recording press PAUSE again You can cut out an unwanted scene during recording with this button 1 Press PAUSE H when an unwanted scene appe
39. works on all types of tapes even on rental tapes To change the setting use the menu display Move the cursor to VCR in the main menu select APC in the VCR MODE menu then select ON or OFF with or v REC Adjusting with Rental Picture If you are not satisfied with the picture quality while playing a tape even ae to automatic when the APC is on set RENTAL PICTURE to ON Move the cursor Press TRACKING AUTO to VCR MODE in the main menu select RENTAL in the VCR MODE MANUAL menu then set RENTAL to ON Additional Operations 33 34 Connecting Optional Equipment Watching and Recording the Picture Input from Optional Equipment To watch the line input signal press INPUT SELECT so that LINE appears on the screen Goo TO to audio to video output output DIO DID VMC 710M 720M LINE IN VIDEO supplied Additional Operations Additional Information Troubleshooting Function Problems Possible causes and remedies TV reception No picture screen is dark The AC power cord is disconnected no sound gt Connect the AC power cord The video TV is switched off gt Press POWER on the video TV If the STANDBY lamp is lit in red press POWER or a program number on the Remote Commander Good picture but no sound e An earphone is connected to jack EN gt Disco

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