Troubleshooting Tips
Below is a list of symptoms you may encounter with your TV. Before you call for service, make these
simple checks.
Symptom Possible Causes What you should do
No display on screen ⢠Faulty power supply ⢠Check whether power cord is properly connected
⢠TVās Power not turned into the mains socket and to your TV. If there is still
on no power, disconnect plug. Wait for 60 seconds and
re-insert plug. Switch on TV again.
ā¢
Press the
key on the remote control.
Poor reception ⢠Faulty antenna connection ⢠Check antenna connection at rear of TV.
(snowish picture and
⢠Weak transmission ā¢
Try manually adjusting your picture (refer to page 21).
noise
⢠Wrong TV system ā¢
Have you chosen the right TV system? (refer to page
21).
No picture ⢠Faulty aerial and cable ⢠Check whether euroconnector cables or aerial
sockets are properly connected.
⢠Wrong source selected ⢠Check whether the source is correctly selected.
Press button to enter Source list and select
the correct source.
No sound on ⢠Wrong TV system ⢠Check whether the correct TV system is selected
certain channels (refer to page 21).
No sound ⢠Zero volume level ⢠Try increasing volume.
⢠Sound muted ⢠Check that the mute ( ) mode is not on. If mute
mode is on, press the key to deactivate mute
mode.
⢠Aim remote control directly at sensor on front of TV.
⢠Headphone is connected ⢠Disconnect headphone connection (for 26ā/32āmodels
only).
Sound interference ⢠Electrical appliances ⢠Try switching off any electrical appliances, for
interference example, hairdryer, vacuum cleaner that are in use.
TV not responding ā¢
Wrong polarity of batteries ā¢
Check polarity of the batteries.
to remote control ⢠Flat batteries ⢠Try changing the batteries.
Occasional appearance
⢠Characteristic of liquid ⢠This symptom is not a problem. The liquid crystal
of red, blue, green crystal panel panel is built with very high precision technology
and black spots on giving you the fine picture details. Occasionally, a few
screen non-active pixels may appear on the screen as a fixed
point of red, blue, green or black. Note that this
does not affect the performance of the set.
Intermittent or ⢠* HDCP (see glossary) ā¢
Noise is displayed if the connected digital equipmentās
flickering picture on authentication failed (DVD player or Set-Top box) *HDCP authentication
in HD mode failed. Check user manual for the digital equipment
you are connecting.
⢠Use a standard HDMI to DVI cable.
No sound or picture but
⢠Set on standby mode ⢠Press the
key on the remote control.
front panel red light is
on
Changing from one ⢠Pay TV channels are ⢠This is normal behaviour and no action is required.
channel to another encoded by the cable
channel takes a long provider and takes a
time longer time to decode.