KV-36FS70 - Sony TV Service Manual (repair manual). Page 8

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The operating instructions mentioned here are partial abstracts from the ‘Operating
Instruction Manual’. The page numbers of the ‘Operating Instruction Manual’ remain
as in the manual.

The TV consists of a menu system which is based on a series of user friendly on-screen displays and menus.  These displays will 
help you get the most from your TV, helping you to change picture and sound settings, to alter the size of the TV picture and to 
rearrange the TV channels etc.

The picture and sound are preset at the factory.  You can however adjust them to suit your own taste.

1. Press the MENU button on the remote control to display the menu on the TV screen.

2. Press the 

v or V buttons to select 

 for picture settings or 

 for sound settings 

then press 

B to enter either the ‘Picture Adjustment’ menu or the ‘Audio 

Adjustment’ menu.

3. Press the 

v or V buttons to select the item on the screen you wish to adjust then 

press 

B to confirm.  For a description of the menu items and their effects, see the 

table below.

4. Press the 

v, V, B or b buttons to adjust your selected item.

5. As soon as you have adjusted the item, press the OK button to store the new setting.
6. Repeat steps 3-5 if you wish to adjust any of the other items.
7. Press the MENU button to remove the menu from the TV screen.

Picture Mode

V

Live

(for live broadcasts)

Personal(for individual settings)
Movie (for movie broadcasts)

v

Game (for sports programmes)

Contrast

Less

b B

More

Brightness

Darker

b B

Brighter

Colour

Less

b B

More

Hue

Reddish

b B

Greenish

Sharpness

Softer

b B

Sharper

Reset

Resets picture to the factory preset levels

AI (Artificial Intelligence)

V

Off :  Normal

v

On :  Automatic optimisation of contrast level 

according to the TV signal.

Noise Detection

V

Off :  Normal

v

On : 

Reduces picture noise in case of a weak 
broadcasting signal

Digital Mode

V

DRC 50

v

DRC 100

AI

On

Off

Contrast

Picture Adjustment

Select :

Enter:

Picture Mode

  Contrast
  Brightness
  Colour
  Sharpness
     Reset
AI
Noise Detection
Digital Mode

Personal

On

On

Normal

Noise Detection

On

Off

Picture Mode

Live

Personal

Movie
Game

Digital Mode

DRC 50

DRC 100

Audio Adjustment

Equaliser Mode

  
Equaliser
      Adjustment

Surround Mode
   

SRS Mode

Auto Vol. Control
Dual Sound       0
     Volume
     Dual Sound  0

Personal

Mono

Off

SRS

Mono

Personal

Vocal

Jazz

Rock

Pop
Flat

Select : 

SRS  1

Enter:

Equaliser Adjustment

Sel:

Adjust:

Confirm:OK

Personal

+

0

–

120

150

1,5K

5 K

10 K

Auto Vol. Control

Off

On

Dual Sound

Mono

Stereo

Volume

Dual Sound

A

B

Surround Mode

 

Hall

SRS Mode

SRS 1

SRS 2
SRS 3

Equaliser Mode

V

Personal
Vocal
Jazz
Rock
Pop

v

Flat (fixed setting, cannot be adjusted)

Equaliser adjustment

You can adjust the mode selected in Equaliser mode by 
cutting and boosting the 5 selected frequency bands.
Press 

b or B to select the frequency band then V or v to 

adjust the frequency.  Finally, press the OK button to store 
the new adjustment.

If you want to store the new setting, you need to set 
the Equaliser mode to ‘Personal’.  Personal mode 
permanently stores the setting, all other modes 
(Vocal, Jazz, Rock, Pop) store only until the next 
mode change.

Surround Mode

V

Off
Dolby Sur
SRS
Hall
Church
Disco

v

Stadium

SRS Mode*

V

SRS 1

(*only if ‘Surround Mode’

SRS 2

  is set to ‘SRS’)

v

SRS 3

Auto Vol. Control

V

On : volume level of the channels will stay the same 
independent of the broadcast signal (eg in the case of 
advertisements)

v

Off : volume level changes according to the broadcast 
signal.

Dual Sound

For a bilingual broadcast:
V

A for channel 1

v

B for channel 2

For a stereo broadcast:
V

Mono

v

Stereo

When NICAM stereo is being broadcast, the 
indication NiCAM appears briefly on the screen.

Headphones
i Volume

Less

b

B

More

i Dual Sound

For a bilingual broadcast:
V

A for channel 1

v

B for channel 2