Sony KV-20VM42 Manual

Basic Operations

Adjusting the picture

When watching TV programs, you can adjust the picture to suit your taste.
You can adjust the picture received through the input jacks as well.
These adjustments are retained in memory even when you turn off the TV.

Press MENU to display the main menu.
The main menu appears.

Move the cursor (z) to “VIDEO” with + ◊ or – √ and press SELECT.
The VIDEO menu appears.

Using + ◊ or – √, select the item you want to adjust and press SELECT.

Adjust the picture with + ◊ or – √ and press SELECT.
With each press, the vertical bars increase or decrease and the figure at the
right margin changes to show the control level. (See the table below.)

To adjust other items, repeat steps 3 and 4 above.

Press MENU to return to the original screen.
The adjusted control levels are stored.

Description of adjustable items

To restore the factory settings
Press RESET after selecting and displaying the VIDEO menu.
All of the settings are restored to the factory settings.

Item

PICTURE
BRIGHTNESS
COLOR
HUE
SHARPNESS

Press – √

√

√ to

Decrease picture contrast.
Darken the picture.
Decrease color intensity.
Make picture tones purplish.
Soften the picture.

Press + ◊

◊

◊ to

Increase picture contrast.
Brighten the picture.
Increase color intensity.
Make picture tones greenish.
Sharpen the picture.

V I DEO
AUDIO
T I M E R
TAPE
SET UP

Move

S e l e c t

E x i t

SELECT

PICTURE

VIDEO

BRIGHTNESS
COLOR
HUE
SHARPNESS

Move

S e l e c t

E x i t

SELECT

EJECT

INPUT

SELECT

COUNTER/

REMAIN

COUNTER

RESET

SLEEP

VOL

SELECT

RESET

INDEX

JUMP

ENTER

TAPE SPEED

PAUSE

REC

SLOW

VCR Plus

MUTING

DISPLAY

POWER

STOP

PLAY

REW

TIMER ON SCREEN