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Chapter 5

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Sound okay, picture poor

• Make sure all of the cables are ﬁ rmly connected to the jacks.

• Try adjusting sharpness function to improve weak signals. Go to page 35 for more instructions.

Volume buttons not adjusting volume louder

• Check to make sure volume isn’t limited by the maximum volume feature. Go to page 37 for more instructions.

Picture not moving

• You have activated the Freeze feature by pressing FREEZE or OK on the remote. Press any button to “unfreeze” the picture.

Black box appears on the screen

• Closed-captioning might be on. Check

Closed Caption

in the

Setup

menu. Go to page 37 for more instructions.

Setup menu. Go to page 37 for more instructions.Setup

Freeze not working

• The freeze feature is not available for Component video (CMP1) or DVI inputs.

Low battery warning appears on screen

• Place new batteries

in remote.

HD Monitor picture keeps switching between

screen formats abruptly

• Switch the

Auto

format

feature to

Off

. See page 34 for more information.

Off. See page 34 for more information.Off

The

Remote Control Doesn’t Work

• Something might be between the remote and the remote sensor on the device. Make sure there is a clear path.

• Maybe the remote isn’t aimed directly at the device (HD Monitor or VCR) that you’re trying to operate.

• Maybe remote is not in TV Mode. Press the TV button so remote will control HD Monitor.

• Maybe batteries in remote are weak, dead, or installed incorrectly. Put new batteries in the remote. (Note, if you remove the

batteries, you may have to reprogram the remote to operate other devices.)

• You might need to drain the remote’s microprocessor: remove batteries and press the number 1 button for at least 60 seconds.

Release the 1 button, replace the batteries, and (if necessary) program the remote again.

Problems with

V-Chip/Parental Controls

The rating limits don’t work

• You must lock the settings. Go to the

MAIN MENU

(press MENU on your remote), select

MAIN MENU (press MENU on your remote), select MAIN MENU

Parental Control

, select

Lock Parental

Controls

I don’t remember my

password and I want to unlock the HD Monitor

• If you forget your password, press MENU, then select

Parental Control

(the password entry screen appears). Simultaneously press

and hold CH+ and VOL+ on the HD Monitor’s front panel for 8 seconds. The Parental control menu appears on the screen, and you

can re-enter a password via

Lock Parental Controls

The V-Chip won’t let me watch a program even though it’s not rated as violent.

• Maybe the movie was given an NR (Not Rated) status. After you block movie ratings, you must set

NR to NR

View

separately in order to

View separately in order to View

view movies with an NR rating.