3-858-249-11 (1) KV-V1430K/P KV-V2110K/P Operating Instructions GB Trinitron Colour Video TV PAL NTSC 4.
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. Safety Information Caution For safe installation: 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.
Contents Getting Started Additional Operations 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 ................................
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) (KV-V1430K/P only) Inserting Batteries into the Remote Commander Close the cover. Turn the Commander over, and remove the cover. 4 Getting Started Check the polarities and position two R6 batteries correctly.
Step 2 — Connecting the Aerial 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. GB 2 1 Connecting an Outdoor Aerial For better TV reception and recording with clear video picture, connect an outdoor aerial to your video TV.
Step 3 — Tuning in to TV Stations 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 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. PROGR ON TIMER Selecting the Language on the Menu SLEEP QUICK TIMER REC COUNTER RESET REW PLAY STOP PAUSE TIMER ON SCREEN You should preset the channels (up to 60 channels) by choosing either the automatic or manual method.
Presetting Channels Automatically 1 Press MENU to display the main menu. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 press OK. The PROGRAMME PRESET menu appears. GB PROGRAMME PRESET AUTO PROGRAMME MANUAL PROGRAMME PROGR ON TIMER 2 Move the cursor (z) to “PROGRAMME PRESET” with + ◊ or – √ and Se l ec t a nd p r e s s OK SLEEP 3 Move the cursor (z) to “AUTO PROGRAMME” with + ◊ or – √ and press OK. The AUTO PROGRAMME menu appears.
Presetting Channels Manually 1 Press MENU to display the main menu. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 2 Move the cursor (z) to “PROGRAMME PRESET” with + ◊ or – √ and press OK. The PROGRAMME PRESET menu appears. PROGRAMME PRESET AUTO PROGRAMME MANUAL PROGRAMME PROGR ON TIMER Se l ec t a n d p r e s s OK SLEEP 3 Move the cursor (z) to “MANUAL PROGRAMME” with + ◊ or – √ and press OK. The MANUAL PROGRAMME menu appears.
Skipping Programme Positions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 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. GB 2 Move the cursor (z) to “PROGRAMME PRESET” with + ◊ or – √ and press OK. The PROGRAMME PRESET menu appears. PROGR ON TIMER 3 Move the cursor (z) to “MANUAL PROGRAMME” with + ◊ or – √ and SLEEP press OK.
Captioning a TV Station Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 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. PROGR ON TIMER 3 Move the cursor (z) to “MANUAL PROGRAMME” with + ◊ or – √ and SLEEP press OK.
Manual Fine-Tuning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 SLEEP GB 2 Move the cursor (z) to “PROGRAMME PRESET” with + ◊ or – √ and press 3 Move the cursor (z) to “MANUAL PROGRAMME” with + ◊ or – √ and press OK. The MANUAL PROGRAMME menu appears. QUICK TIMER 4 Using + ◊ or – √, move the cursor (z) to the programme position which REC COUNTER RESET REW PLAY STOP PAUSE TIMER ON SCREEN 1 Press MENU to display the main menu. OK. The PROGRAMME PRESET menu appears.
Step 4 — Setting the Clock You need to set the clock for using timer recording and quick-timer recording functions. 1 Press MENU to display the main menu. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 MENU VISUAL MODE ON TIMER SET CLOCK SET TRACKING CONTROL LANGUAGE PROGRAMME PRESET DEMONSTRATION Se l ec t a n d p r e s s OK 2 Move the cursor (z) to “CLOCK SET” with + ◊ or – √ and press OK. PROGR ON TIMER The CLOCK SET menu appears. CLOCK SET SLEEP ––. ––.
Basic Operations Watching the TV KV-V1430K/P 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 GB Switching on KV-V2110K/P Press ;, PROGR +/– or number buttons on the Remote Commander, or PROGR+/– on the video TV. Switching off Press u. The video TV enters standby mode and the u lamp on the front of the video TV lights up in red.
Muting the Sound 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 PROGR ON TIMER SLEEP Press ¤. The ¤ indicator appears and stays on the screen. To resume normal sound, press ¤ again or Á +. Displaying the On-screen Information Press e to display the following on-screen information. To have the programme number and caption stay on the screen, press e again. To make the indications disappear, press e until no indications are displayed on the screen.
3 Using + ◊ or – √, select the setting you want and press OK. For the effect of each setting, see the table below. The selected setting is stored. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 Effect of each setting Setting Picture effect PICTURE CONTROL The adjusted picture control levels are stored. (See “Adjusting the picture displayed on the screen.”) STANDARD More contrast MILD Less contrast MOVIE Darker e.g.
7 Press MENU to go back to the original screen. KV-V1430K/P The adjusted control levels are stored. Effect of each control PICTURE CONTROL Effect CONTRAST Less More COLOUR Less More BRIGHTNESS Darker Brighter HUE Greenish Reddish RESET Resets all the items to the factory preset levels. Watching Line Input KV-V2110K/P Press … repeatedly until the desired input indicator appears.
Playing a Tape KV-V1430K/P 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 Operations” from page 26. Inserting a Video Cassette GB 1 Press ;, PROGR +/– or number buttons on the Remote Commander, or PROGR +/– on the video TV. 2 Open the front panel on the video TV. 3 Gently press the centre of the front side of a cassette with the arrow indication facing upwards.
Playing a Tape KV-V1430K/P 1 Press ;, PROGR +/– or number buttons on the Remote Commander, or PROGR +/– on the video TV when the u lamp is lit in red. 2 Insert a cassette. If you insert a cassette with its safety tab removed, playback starts automatically. 3 Set the COLOUR SYSTEM switch to conform to the colour system of the tape to be played. Normally, set it to AUTO. If streaks appear when playing a tape, switch it to select the colour system.
Playing a Tape Repeatedly (Auto Repeat) KV-V1430K/P You can play the recorded portion of the tape repeatedly. Set the AUTO REPEAT switch on the video TV to ON, and press PLAY ·. Playback starts. When the tape reaches the end, the video TV rewinds the tape to the beginning, then plays it. GB Displaying the on-Screen Indications KV-V2110K/P Press e to display the following on-screen information. To show only the amount of tape remaining and linear tape counter on the screen, press e again.
Recording TV Programmes Recording TV Programmes KV-V1430K/P 1 Press ;, PROGR +/– or number buttons on the Remote Commander, or PROGR +/– on the video TV when the u lamp is lit in red. 2 Insert a cassette with a safety tab. 3 Select the programme 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. 4 Press REC r. The REC lamp on the front of the video TV lights up and recording begins.
Recording TV Programmes Using the Timer The Timer Recording function allows you to preset your video TV to record up to six programmes within a one-month period. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 PROGR ON TIMER Before you begin • Press ;, PROGR +/– or number buttons on the Remote Commander, or PROGR +/– on the video TV to switch on the video TV. • Make sure that the time and date clock are set. If not, the message “Please set the clock” is displayed on the screen.
5 Press OK, then set the minute of the recording start time to “15” with + ◊ or – √. PROGRAMME LIST 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 DATE 6 WED –– –– –– –– –– Se l ec t 6 START 20 : 15 –– : –– –– : –– –– : –– –– : –– –– : –– a n d p r e s s OK Press OK, then set the hour of the recording stop time to “21” with + ◊ or – √. PROGRAMME LIST DATE 6 WED –– –– –– –– –– PROGR ON TIMER SLEEP Se l ec t QUICK TIMER 7 REC COUNTER RESET REW PLAY STOP TIMER ON SCREEN FF CLEAR 20 : 00 4 .
Daily/weekly recording 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 GB 4 (today) n MON–SUN n MON–SAT n MON–FRI n EVERY SAT n EVERY FRI n EVERY THU n EVERY WED n EVERY TUE n EVERY MON n EVERY SUN n 3 (next month) n 2...... PROGR ON TIMER To stop timer recording SLEEP Press TIMER REC ON/OFF. The TIMER REC lamp turns off.
Checking the Timer Settings You can display the list of the timer settings which you preset. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 Press TIMER ON SCREEN. The PROGRAMME LIST appears. PROGRAMME LIST DATE 6 WED 7 THU MON-SAT EVERY SUN –– –– Se l ec t START 20 : 15 8 : 30 23 : 00 9 : 55 –– : –– –– : –– 20 : 00 4 . 1 2 MON STOP PROG 21 : 55 26 10 : 15 50 0 : 00 1 12 : 30 12 –– : –– –– –– : –– –– a n d p r e s s OK PROGR ON TIMER SLEEP Press TIMER ON SCREEN again to erase the PROGRAMME LIST.
Recording Using the Quick-Timer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 GB If you are recording 1 Press QUICK TIMER on the Remote Commander. The “QUICK TIMER 0:00” appears on the screen. PROGR ON TIMER You can preset your video TV to start timer recording immediately and to automatically stop recording after a specific time period. If you have not set the clock, quick-timer recording cannot be done. 2 Press QUICK TIMER repeatedly to select the recording time period.
Additional Operations Switching off Automatically — Sleep Timer You can automatically switches the video TV into standby mode after a selected time period. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 SLEEP QUICK TIMER REC COUNTER RESET REW PLAY STOP PAUSE TIMER ON SCREEN FF TIMER REC ON/OFF CLEAR MENU OK To cancel the timer Press SLEEP to select “OFF”. 26 OFF 30 60 90 One minute before the TV switches into standby mode, a message ‘‘Good night’’ is displayed on the screen.
Switching on at Your Desired Time — On Timer You can preset your video TV to automatically switch on at a desired time. You can select the TV programme or video playback to be switched on. 1 Press MENU to display the main menu. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 The ON TIMER SET menu appears. ON TIMER SET TIME: SOURCE: ON TIMER: PROGR ON TIMER 2 Move the cursor (z) to “ON TIMER SET” with + ◊ or – √ and press OK. SLEEP Se l ec t GB 20 : 00 4 .
Enhancing Video Picture Quality Adjusting the Tracking Adjusting the Tracking Automatically 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 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. Adjusting the Tracking Manually PROGR ON TIMER SLEEP If streaks or snow noise appear on the video playback picture, adjust the tracking condition manually. 1 Press MENU to display the main menu.
Adjusting with the Optimum Picture Control (OPC) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 This function allows you to improve playback and recording quality by adjusting the system parameter automatically according to the condition of the video tape. This function is set to ON at the factory. To maintain better picture quality, it is advisable to leave the function on so that the OPC lamp remains lit. The OPC function works on all types of tapes, even on rental tapes. To change the setting, use the menu display.
Connecting Optional Equipment Watching the Picture Input from Optional Equipment to video/audio outputs Rear … ≤ …2/≤ ≤2 /≤ Inside the front panel W to 21-pin EURO-AV connector VMC-212CE EURO cable (not supplied) To watch the video input signal Press … repeatedly until the desired input indicator appears on the screen.
Additional Information Troubleshooting Function TV reception Clock and timer Playback Problems Possible causes and remedies No picture (screen is dark), no sound • The mains lead is disconnected. / Connect the mains lead. • The video TV is switched off. / Press ;, PROGR +/– or programme number on the Remote Commander, or PROGR +/– on the video TV. Good picture but no sound • The headphones are connected to 2 jack. / Disconnect the headphones. • The ¤ is displayed on the screen. / Press ¤.
Function Problems Possible causes and remedies Recording The cassette is ejected • The safety tab of the cassette has been removed. /Cover the tab hole with adhesive tape, or use another cassette when you press with a safety tab. (page 17) REC r. Recording cannot be • No cassette has been inserted. done. /Insert a cassette with the safety tab. • The tape is at its end. /Rewind the tape. Timer recording Timer settings cannot • The clock has not been set. be made. /Set the current time and date.
Taking Care of Your Video TV Video Head Cleaning 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.
Specifications TV Section Television system B/G, D/K Colour system PAL/SECAM Channel coverage See “Receivable channels” at the bottom. Picture tube Trinitron KV-V1430K/P: Approx. 37 cm (145/8 inches) (Approx. 34 cm picture measured diagonally) KV-V2110K/P: Approx. 54.5 cm (21 inches) (Approx.
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.
Remote Commander 1 ¤ (muting) button (page 14) 2 6 (eject)button (page 17) 3 … (input select) button (pages 16, 30) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -/-- 0 SLEEP 7 QUICK TIMER button (page 25) 8 REC (recording) r button (page 20) 9 Tape transport buttons (page 18) · PLAY, p STOP, P PAUSE, 0 REW (rewind), ) FF (fast forward) QUICK TIMER REC COUNTER RESET REW PLAY STOP PAUSE TIMER ON SCREEN 5 ON TIMER button (page 27) 6 SLEEP button (page 26) PROGR ON TIMER 4 Number button (page 6, 13) FF TIMER RE
