Tips
Colour patches on screen
Poor reception
Switch off the TV by the mains power
The proximity of mountains or high
button and wait for about 20 minutes
buildings may be responsible for ghost
before switching on again.
pictures, echoing or shadows. In this case,
try manually adjusting your picture: see
Good picture but no sound
Fine Tuning (refer to section on Manual
Try to increase the volume level. Check
Store) or modify the orientation of the
that the sound is not set to mute. If it is,
outside aerial. Does your antenna enable
press the key to restore the sound.
you to receive broadcasts in this frequency
range (UHF or VHF band)? In the event of
Good sound but poor colour or no
difficult reception (snowy picture) switch
picture
theNR on thePictur menu to eON
Try to increase the contrast and
(see section on Picture S).ettings
brightness setting.
No picture
Snowish picture and noise
If the television does not switch on, press
Check antenna connection at the rear of
the standby key (located on the
the TV.
remote control) twice. Have you
connected the aerial socket properly?
Horizontal dotted lines
Have you chosen the right system?
Possible electrical interference e.g.
See section on Manual Store.
hairdryer, vacuum cleaner, etc. Switch off
Poorly connected euroconnector cables
the appliances.
or aerial sockets are often the cause of
picture or sound problems (sometimes
Double or Ghost images
the connectors can become half discon-
Possible poor positioning of antenna.
nected if the TV set is moved or turned).
Using a high directional antenna may
Check all connections.
improve reception.
No sound
If on certain channels you receivPeripheral equipment give aes a black and
picture but no sound, this means white picturthat youe
do not have the correct TV system.You have not selected the socket
Modify the System setting.connection to the right channel with the
See section on Manual Store.key : for example, AV1 in socket
connection should select channel AV1 to
Blue screen
playback. To play a video cassette, check
If the signal is interrupted or disconnected
that it has been recorded under the same
in teletext mode, you will get a blue
standard (PAL, SECAM, NTSC) which can
screen display even if you reconnect the
be replayed by the video recorder.
signal. You should press the key
located on the remote control) to put the
The remote control does not work
set on standby mode and press again to
Check that the batteries are the right
turn on the set. Or you can power off
way round and there is no obstruction
and power on the set. This will restore
between the remote control and the TV.
the screen back to normal.
If the light indicator on the set no longer
flashes when you use the remote control,
replace the batteries.
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