TRINITY. COLOR TV RECEIVER V-1514 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS OWNER'S RECORD The model and serial numbers are located at the rear. Record these numbers in the spaces provided below. Refer 10 them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product Odets No. KC-1514 Serial No. S0y Cooperator CONTENTS Warning Precautions Trinity system Features Location of controls Operation . introduction to channel presetting External antenna connection Checking the set by yourself Specifications ..
Congratulations on choosing this advanced Sony Color TV Receiver. For best results, please read this manual thoroughly before operating the set, and keep these instructions handy for future reference. WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the set 1o rain or moisture. Dangerously high voltages are present inside the set. Do not open the cabinet. Refer servicing to qualified personnel only.
Operate only on 120V ac * This set s skipped with a polarized AC power cord plug {one blade of the plug is wider than the heather, which will fit into the power outlet only one way. Should you be unable to insert the plug tulle into the outlet, try reversing the plug. Should the plug still fail to fit. contact your dealer for assistance. Da not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized plug ® Allow adequate air circulation to prevent internal heat build-up. Do not place the set on surfaces {rugs.
TRINITY SYSTEM Your Sony Color TV employs the latest concept in color-image reproduction . the TRINITY System. A product of intensive engineering research. the TRINITY System ensures bright, sharp pictures and few service requirements. The system consists of the TRINITY Gun and “Aperture Grille”. The TRINITY Gun produces the thees beams that excite the primary phosphors on the screen.
FEATURES ® The semi-automatic program search System permits easy preset tuning channels: VHF. UHF or inactive channels (tor monitoring the playback of a video tape recorder, etc.) ® Advanced new automatic circuits are built into your TV 1o eliminate the necessity for frequent readjustment of the tun mg ans color controls. A touch of the AFT Switch instantly activates these circuits to tune your set for peak performance.
OPERATION Operate the contrails in the numbered sequence for proper operation. The Channel Select Buttons marked 2-13 are readjusted at the factory to VHF channels 2-13. To reset the channels. see pages 10-16. . o Press the POWER Button. The picture wit appear in a few seconds, Ta switch oft, press the button again ST Press & Channel Defect Button which has been preset to the desired channel. To increase the sound volume, keep the VOLUME & Button depressed To decrease.
Indoor antenna adjustment For VHF reception. use the VHF telescopic dipole antenna: adjust the length, direction and Angie of both elements symmetrically for the best possible picture. For UHF reception. raise the UHF loop antenna. Swing the too back and forth and/or sideways until the best available picture is obtained . VHF telescope dipole antenna UHF too antenna When an outdoor antenna is to be used. refer to page 17 8 Automatic picture adjustment Set the AFT Switch to ON.
Adjust the COLOR Central for the desired color intensity. Picture becomes pale. @ A ) Picture becomes vivid A\ Adjust the HUE Control for the most natural skin tones. Skin tones become O scorpion ® COLOR and HUE adjustments white programs ~=4 Skin tones become L: greenish, have no effect pen back and Sharpness control Turn the SHARPNESS Central clockwise for maximum sharpness Tirane the control counterclockwise for a softer picture. If reception conditions cause a snowy picture.
INTRODUCTION TO CHANNEL PRESETTING Your Sony color TV employs an advanced electronic tuning system that is capable of receiving up to 14 pres elected television channels or other program sources such as a connected cable TV system or video tape retarder As you receive your Sony TV from the dealer, it has been factarypreadjusted to receive VHF channels 2 through 13 by simply pressing the button on the set's panel having the number corresponding to the channel number. Thus o receive channel 2.
@ Press the POWER Bhutan For UNF reception press the highest numbered active VHE Chanel Select Button, For presetting of other source (a VTR, GTE) press the VHE Channel Select Button whose number is closest o the channel! amber to be preset. Set the CHANNEL SET Switch HAIR # The position of the AFT Switch does not mater.
Referring to the picture selected in step @ press the TUNING Button for locating higher numbered channels ar 4 Button tor locating lower numbered channels {do not half the button in just press it momentarily. Allow 1 or 2 seconds for the picture 1@ stabilize. Ex.
Repeat 51205 @ & @ until ali desired available TV stations have been pres elected (it you wish to rearrange your.channel positions, refer o the next paragraph.) Set the CHANNEL SET Switch to OFF and .make such the AFT Switch is now set 1o ON. After the presetting has been completed. replace the Channel Indicating Segments to correspond 1o your presetting (see page 14) and close the presetting-compartment lid ® It there is a YTR position to be included. refer to page 16.
® Perform steps @ and @ previously described in the case A Also. before tuning in the desired station. you may use the CHANNEL CLEAR Button whose function is to erase any memory on the depressed Channel Select Button, and position ity tuning to a frequency below channel 2.
To fine-tune the channel manually Check halt the CHANNEL SET Switch is set to OFF, set the AFT in case of extreme interference. or of an extremely weak station. Switch to OFF and keep the TUNING or € Button depressed adjust the fine tuning manually as folios. unit a clear picture is obtained. Refer to the following chart, When the fine tuning is completed, close the presetting compartment lid with the AFT Switch set to OFF Adjacent Clear Herringbone .
To preset tor VIR playback To view the playback picture from a Sony Beta max videocassette recorder {or other VTR) equipped with an RF output terminal. connect a VHF antenna to the recorder {not to the TV} and then connect the VHF {or RE} OUT terminal of the recorder to the VHF antenna terminal of the passageways Do 30005000330 00 Al the factory, the second button from the left is readjusted to the VHF gannet 3 and the third bitten to the VHF channel 4.
EXTERNAL ANTENNA CONNECTION in difficult reception areas (inside steel-frame building sin mountainous areas. or at great distances from the transmitter). the use of an external antenna will give better reception, VHE and UHF antennas with separate chad-in wires, or a combination VHF-UHF antenna with a single lead-in wire may be used When a combination VHF-UHF antenna is in use. the signals.
Antenna connector supplied {30075 ohms matting transformer built-int Connect tha leads @ Fasten with a screwdriver, G € Plug in. F-type connector Connect the leads and tighten the craws.
CHECKING THE SET BY YOURSELF Many apparent malfunctions may be caused by slight readjustments of the regular contrails or muse other equally simple cause this illustrated tits of symptoms and corrections Should the difficulty persist, unplug the set and contact your Sony Han difficulty arises in the operation of your sel. first check through dealer SYMPTOM CORRECTION SYMPTOM CORRECTION * Set the AUTO switch to ON # Phototypesetting work color # Set the AFT switch to ON 5 sound ing cuter.
SPECIFICATIONS Television system American TV standards Channel coverage VHE channels total of up to UHF channels pres elected channels Picture tube Trinity tube inch picture measured diagonally 90-degree deflection Antenna VHF telescopic dipole antenna UHF idol antenna 75 ohm VHF external antenna terminal 300-ohm UHF external antenna terminals Speaker inches) Power requirements 120 Power consumption 100 W (max } 58 W (average) Dimensions approx. 362 = 429 » 454 mm (whit) {15% inches) Weight approx. 18.
