Tips
Poor receptionGood sound but poor colour or no
The proximity of mountains or highpicture
buildings may be responsible for ghostTry to increase the contrast and
pictures, echoing or shadows. In this case,brightness setting.
try manually adjustingyour picture: see
Fine Tuning (p. 7) or modify the orienta-Snowish picture and noise
tion of the outside aerial. Does yourCheck antenna connection at the rear of
antenna enable you to receive broadcaststhe TV.
in this frequency range (UHF or VHF
band)? In the event of difficult receptionHorizontal dotted lines
(snowy picture) switch the NR on thePossible electrical interference e.g.
Picture menu to ON (p. 8).hairdryer, vacuum cleaner, etc. Switch off
the appliances.
No picture
If the television does not switch on, pressDouble or ?Ghost? images
the standby key . (located on thePossible poor positioning of antenna.
remote control) twice. Have youUsing a high directional antenna may
connected the aerial socket properly?improve reception.
Have you chosen the right system? (p. 7).
Poorly connected euroconnector cablesPeripheral equipment gives a black and
or aerial sockets are often the cause ofwhite picture
picture or sound problems (sometimes
You have not selected the socket
the connectors can become half discon-
connection to the right channel with the
nected if the TV set is moved or turned).O
key: for example, AV1 in socket
Check all connections.
connection should select channel AV1 to
playback. To play a video cassette, check
No sound
that it has been recorded under the same
If on certain channels you receive a
standard (PAL, SECAM, NTSC) which can
picture but no sound, this means that you
be replayed by the video recorder.
do not have the correct TV system.
Modify the System setting (p. 7).
The remote control does not work
Check that the batteries are the right
Colour patches on screen
way round and there is no obstruction
Switch off the TV by the mains power
between the remote control and the TV.
button and wait for about 20 minutes
If the light indicator on the set no longer
before switching on again.
flashes when you use the remote control,
replace the batteries.
Good picture but no sound
Try to increase the volume level. Check
that the sound is not set to ?mute?. If it is,
press the [ key to restore the sound.
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