User's Manual

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Chapter 5 Other Information
The screen is blank.
•฀Check฀your฀connections.฀If฀you฀used฀yellow,฀red,฀and฀white฀cables฀to฀connect,฀make฀sure฀they’re฀
connected to the yellow, red, and white VIDEO INPUT jacks on the side or back of the TV, not to the
VIDEO OUTPUT jacks on the back of the TV.
•฀If฀you’re฀trying฀to฀watch฀something฀that’s฀playing฀on฀a฀component฀connected฀to฀the฀TV฀(like฀a฀DVD),฀
press INPUT until you get to the correct video input channel.
•฀Make฀sure฀the฀component฀connected฀to฀the฀TV฀is฀turned฀on.
•฀Try฀another฀channel.
The buttons on the side panel don’t work.
•฀The฀side฀panel฀controls฀may฀be฀locked฀(disabled).฀Use฀the฀remote฀control฀to฀unlock฀the฀side฀panel฀
controls by selecting the Block Buttons feature in the Parental Control Menu and press OK to uncheck
the box.
•฀Unplug฀the฀TV฀for฀10฀minutes฀and฀then฀plug฀it฀back฀in.฀Turn฀the฀TV฀on฀and฀try฀again.
The TV turns off unexpectedly.
•฀The฀Sleep฀Timer฀may฀have฀been฀activated.฀Go฀to฀page฀39฀for฀instructions.
•฀The฀electronic฀protection฀circuit฀may฀have฀been฀activated฀because฀of฀a฀power฀surge.฀Wait฀30฀seconds฀
and then turn the TV on again. If this happens frequently, the voltage in your house may be abnormally
high or low.
•฀Unplug.฀Wait฀10฀minutes.฀Plug฀in฀again.
You can’t select a certain channel.
•฀The฀channel฀may฀be฀blocked฀or฀not฀approved฀in฀the฀Parental฀Control฀Menu.
•฀If฀using฀a฀VCR,฀check฀to฀make฀sure฀the฀TV/VCR฀button฀on฀the฀VCR฀is฀in฀the฀correct฀mode฀(press฀the฀TV/
VCR button on your VCR).
•฀Press฀the฀TV฀button฀and฀then฀try฀to฀change฀channels.
The stereo reception is noisy.
•฀It฀may฀be฀a฀weak฀station.฀Use฀the฀Sound฀Menu฀and฀Sound฀Type฀to฀choose฀mono.
A black box appears on the screen.
•฀Closed฀captioning฀might฀be฀on.฀Check฀Closed Caption in the Setup menu. Go to page 38 for more
instructions.