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Other Information Chapter 5
Troubleshooting
Most problems you encounter with your TV can be corrected by consulting the following
troubleshooting list.
TV Problems
The TV won’t turn on.
•฀Make฀sure฀the฀TV฀is฀plugged฀in.
•฀Check฀the฀wall฀receptacle฀(or฀extension฀cord)฀to฀make฀sure฀it฀is฀“live”฀by฀plugging฀in฀another฀device.
•฀The฀side฀panel฀controls฀may฀be฀locked฀(disabled).฀Use฀the฀remote฀control฀to฀unlock฀the฀side฀panel฀
controls. Select the Block Buttons feature on the Parental Control menu and press OK to uncheck the
box.
There is no picture and no sound but the TV is on.
•฀You฀may฀be฀tuned฀to฀an฀input฀with฀no฀component฀connected฀to฀it.฀If฀you’re฀trying฀to฀view฀a฀connected฀
component, press INPUT until the picture from that component appears.
•฀The฀Signal Type option may be set incorrectly. Go to page 18 for detailed instructions.
•฀The฀channel฀may฀be฀blank.฀Try฀changing฀channels.
•฀If฀you’re฀watching฀your฀VCR฀and฀it’s฀connected฀with฀coaxial฀cable฀to฀the฀ANTENNA/CABLE฀jack,฀tune฀
the TV to channel 3 or 4 (whichever channel is selected on the 3/4 switch on the back of your VCR).
Also make sure the TV/VCR button on the VCR is in the correct mode (press the TV/VCR button on
your VCR).
The sound is fine, but the picture is poor quality.
•฀If฀you’re฀getting฀a฀black฀and฀white฀picture฀from฀a฀component฀you’ve฀connected฀to฀your฀TV,฀you฀might฀
have your video cables connected to the wrong jacks. A yellow video cable connects to the yellow
VIDEO฀INPUT฀jack฀on฀the฀side฀or฀back฀of฀your฀TV;฀three฀video฀cables฀or฀bundled฀component฀video฀
cables (red, blue, and green) connect to the corresponding COMPONENT INPUT jacks on the back of
your TV.
•฀If฀you’re฀getting฀no฀picture฀from฀a฀component฀you’ve฀connected฀to฀your฀TV,฀you฀might฀have฀your฀video฀
cable connected to the VIDEO OUTPUT jack on the back of your TV. These jacks are used to connect
recording devices. A yellow video cable connects to the yellow VIDEO INPUT jack on the side or back of
your TV.
•฀Check฀the฀antenna฀connections.฀Make฀sure฀all฀of฀the฀cables฀are฀rmly฀connected฀to฀the฀jacks.
•฀Try฀adjusting฀the฀sharpness฀function฀to฀improve฀weak฀signals.฀Go฀to฀page฀36฀for฀more฀instructions.
There is no sound, but the picture is fine.
•฀The฀sound฀might฀be฀muted.฀Try฀pressing฀the฀volume฀up฀button฀to฀restore฀sound.
•฀If฀using฀DVI,฀S_VIDEO฀or฀Y,฀PB,฀PR,฀remember฀to฀also฀connect฀the฀device’s฀left฀and฀right฀audio฀output฀
jacks to the TV’s L and R AUDIO INPUT jacks.
•฀The฀sound฀settings฀may฀not฀be฀set฀correctly.฀Go฀to฀page฀37฀for฀more฀information.
•฀If฀your฀audio฀source฀has฀only฀one฀jack฀or฀is฀a฀(mono)฀audio฀source,฀make฀sure฀you฀have฀plugged฀the฀
connection into the L AUDIO INPUT jack on the TV.