KD-28DL10U - Sony TV Service Manual (repair manual). Page 9

The Digital Electronic Programme Guide allows you to:

a) view programme information for all digital channels,
b) sort programme information by category,
c) set reminders to have the TV automatically switch to a programme when it starts,
d) record programmes

The Digital Electronic Programme Guide is only available in digital mode.

The Category pop-up list allows you to display channels in the Digital Electronic
Programme Guide by category.

The categories available include:

Refer to ‘To add a channel to the Favourite category’ and ‘To remove a channel
from the Favourite category’ on the previous page.

With the TV in digital mode, press the 

 button to display the Digital

Electronic Programme Guide.

Move around the menu...

V

, 

v

, 

B

 and 

b

 buttons.

Display the previous/next five 
channels in the list...

RED button (previous), GREEN 
button (next).

Preview a programme...

OK button while highlighting a 
programme*.

Press the DIGITAL/

a

 button to return to normal TV operation.

Contains all the channels you have stored as a favourite
(see below).

The TV will create this list based on the type of channels
you watch the most.

Contains the last five channels watched.

Contains all available channels.

Contains all news channels.

Press the YELLOW button whilst accessing the Digital Electronic
Programme Guide.

Press the 

V

 or 

v

 button to highlight the required category.

Press the OK button. The Digital Electronic Programme Guide now only
shows channels from the category selected. The category name is
displayed at the top of the channel list.

With the Digital Electronic Programme Guide on screen, press the 

V

, 

v

,

B

 and 

b

 button to highlight the programme you wish to record.

Press the OK button to display the ‘Timers’ menu.

Press the RED button to set the TV and your VCR timers**.

**For Smartlink VCRs only. If your VCR does not
have Smartlink a message will be displayed to
inform you. Press the RED button to set the TV
timer. You will now have to manually set your
VCR timer.

When a programme has been set to record, a
solid green bar appears under the information
box in the EPG for that programme.

The ‘Digital EPG’.

*If you have set a Parental Control age limit in the
Main Menu, and the programme exceeds that
limit, you will be asked to enter your PIN before
the preview is allowed. Programmes that exceed
the age limit are identified by a   symbol.

Initially the PIN code is preset to 1234. Refer to
‘PIN Code’ on page 20 for more information.

The Info menu provides information on the programmes currently being shown and
on future programmes. It also allows you to display digital subtitles and listen to the
broadcast in a different language.

The Info menu is only available in digital mode.

The Coloured buttons give you access to further options:

With the TV in digital mode, press the 

 button to display the ‘Info menu’.

Display information for future 
programmes...

b

 button.

Return to information for current 
programmes...

B

 button.

Change the TV channel...

Numbered buttons.

Press the DIGITAL/

a

 button to return to normal TV operation.

(depending on availability)

When pressed, a pop-up menu allows you to change the
languages for the subtitles. Press the 

V

 or 

v

 button to

select the language required, then press the OK button to
confirm.

(depending on availability)

When pressed, a pop-up menu allows you to select the
language in which you wish to hear the broadcast. Press
the 

V

 or 

v

 button to select the language required, then

press the OK button to confirm.

REC/Timers
Allows you to record a programme from the Info display, or
set a programme to automatically appear on screen when
it starts. Press the

  B

 or 

b

 button to select future

programmes from the Info display, then press the
YELLOW button to display the ‘Timers’ pop-up menu. You
can now choose from a)Record b)Wakeup or c)Manual

Highlight  ‘Record’ and press OK to
automatically set you VCR to record the
selected programme (this will only work if
your VCR has the Smartlink facility and is
connected to the AV2 socket 

i

2/

r

 on

the rear of this TV).

Highlight  ‘Wakeup’ and press OK if you
wish the future programme you selected
to appear on screen when transmission
begins.

Highlight  ‘Manual’ and press OK if you
wish the TV to output a channel to your
VCR for recording. The display shown on
the left appears. Press the 

V

 or 

v

 button

to set the day of recording, then press the

b

 button to move to the start time. Repeat

this procedure to set the start and stop
times and the channel number, then
press the OK button to store and return to
the Info menu. Press the   button to
remove the Info menu from the screen.
Unless you have a Smartlink VCR, you
must now set the timer recording function
of your VCR to switch on and off to
correspond with the programme you have
stored for recording.

Press to display the Main Menu (see next page).

**After you have programmed a recording you
can put the TV into it’s standby mode, but do not
switch off completely or the recording will be
cancelled. If you put the TV into standby mode,
the standby indicator on the front of the TV
flashes green periodically to remind you a
recording has been programmed. Once a
programme has started recording, do not
change channels or switch to analogue mode or
the recording will be cancelled.

***The  ‘Manual’ feature only works if you have
connected your VCR to the AV2 socket 

i

2/

r

on the rear of the TV.

The ‘Info’ menu.