Manual

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SYMPTOMS SOLUTIONS
Snowy picture and lousy sound. • Check your antenna connection or location.
Multiple images or 'ghost shadows" • Check your antenna direction and/or location.
• Make sure the wire from your antenna to your Entertainment Machine is
properly connected.
Interference: Sharp lines across
the screen and Lousy sound.
Thefollowing may cause image problems or distortion:
Electrical appliances, powerful lights, cars, trucks; Computers or
portable phones; Medical equipment
• If possible increase the distance between your Entertainment Machi'ne and
the offending appliance. Or shut one of them off.
Normal picture but no sound.
• Check volume control.
• Make sure the TV is not Muted.
• Try another channel The problem may be the broadcast, not your
Entertainment Machine.
• Are the Audio A/V cables properly installed?
• Are the wires for external speakers (if you have external speakers)
Properly installed?
No picture and lousy sound.
• Are you in TV or cable tuning mode (See Auto Progr_rn on page 8), and
should be in the other?
• Make sure output channels on all A/V equipment are on the same channel (3 or 4).
• Check that all connections are tight.
No picture and no sound --
The thing is just DEAD!
• Is the AC power plugged in?
• Check that your AC power outlet works. (Test it by plugging in something
else or try another plug.)
• Make sure your brightness and audio controls are se: properly.
• Try another channel. The problem may be with the bro ]dcast.
No color, but the sound is O.K. • Check the color control in the Video menu.
• Try another channel The problem may be with the broadcast.
Picture has a big black box • The CC (cLosed caption) option may be in Text mode..%leer OFFin the Captions/
on it, but the sound is O.K. Text menu (see page 16).
Picture has two horizontal • Your program is in [etterbox. This means that the shape of your ln! is a
black bars, one on top and square, but the program is a rectangle. Think of the bars as empty space the
one on bottom, program doesn't fill; not picture that's blocked out. Because this format is a
direct representation of film as you see it in the mcvi_s, you are actually seeing
MORE of the program when you see those bars. Trust us.
Remote control doesn't work.
• Make sure the batteries are fresh and installed properly.
Menu options won't change. • Try unplugging the TV, waiting about five minutes, and then plugging it back in
and trying again.
If all else .fails, call 1.847.391.8752, extension 5, between 8:30 art, and 4:30 pm Central Standard Time.
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