Magnavox 26MF321B Owner's Manual - page 29
Symptom
Remedy
Nopictureorsound
• Checkifthepowerison.
• Checkifthecorrectinputmodeisselected.
• Checkwhetherallthecablestotheunitareconnectedtothecorrectoutputjackofyourdevicelike
Blu-ray/DVDrecorder.
• ViewotherTVchannels.Theproblemmightbelimitedtothebroadcastingstationorweaksignal
strength.
• UnplugtheACpowercordandwaitforabout1minute,thenplugtheACpowercordandturnon
theunitagain.
• Checkwhethertheconnectionoftheantenna,cablereceiverorsatelliteboxisconnectedcorrectly.
• Makesurethattheselectedinputmodeisconnectedtotheworkinginputjack.
• CheckifyourcomputerisNOTinsleepmodewhentheinputmodeofthisunitisinPCmode.Tap
anykeyonthekeyboardtowakeupyourcomputer.
• Makesurethatthesoundisnotmuted.Press
MUTE
sothatthevolumebarandcurrentvolumelevel
willappearontheTVscreen.
• MakesurethatthevolumeisNOTsetto
[0]
or
[Mute]
.Ifso,use
VOL + / −
toadjustthedesired
volume.
Nocolor
• ViewotherTVchannels.Theproblemmightbelimitedtothebroadcastingstationorweaksignal
strength.
• Adjust
[Color]
inthemainmenu.
Adjusted
[Picture]
or
[Sound]
settingsarenoteffectiveeverytime
theunitisturnedon.
• Youmustset
[Home]
in
[Location]
.
➠
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Otherwise,thesettingsyouadjustedwillnotbememorizedaftertheunitgoesintostandbymode.
SoundOK,picturepoor
• Electricalinterferencefromnearbyappliancesmayaffectpicturequality.
• Adjust
[Contrast]
and
[Brightness]
inthemainmenu.
• ViewotherTVchannels.Theproblemmightbelimitedtothebroadcastingstationorweaksignal
strength.
• Forthebestpicturequality,watch
"High Definition"
widescreenprograms.
IftheHDcontentisnotavailable,watch"
Standard Definition
"programsinstead.
PictureOK,soundpoor
• ViewotherTVchannels.Theproblemmightbelimitedtothebroadcastingstationorweaksignal
strength.
• Checkiftheaudiocableisconnectedincorrectly.
Youseeadistortedpictureorhear
anunusualsound.
• Youmaybegettinginterferencefromelectricalappliances,automobiles,motorcyclesorfluorescent
lights.
• Trymovingtheunittoanotherlocationtoseeifthisisthecauseoftheproblem.
Ghosts,linesorstreaksinpicture
• Electricalinterferencefromnearbyappliancesmayaffectpicturequality.
• ViewotherTVchannels.Theproblemmightbelimitedtothebroadcastingstationorweaksignal
strength.
Yousee
"noise"
or
"trash"
onthe
screen.
• Whenthecapabilitiesoftheunitexceedthecapabilitiesofthedigitalbroadcasting,thesignalwillbe
increasedtomatchthecapabilitiesofthedisplayoftheunit.Thismaycausenoiseortrash.
DifferentcolormarksontheTV
screen
• ViewotherTVchannels.Theproblemmightbelimitedtothebroadcastingstation,missingdataor
pixelation.
Youswitchtoadifferentinputand
thevolumechanges.
• Thisunitwillmemorizethevolumelevelfromthelasttimeyouadjustedit.
• Ifthevolumeofthesoundfromanotherdeviceishigherorlower,thentheloudnesswillchange.
Youswitchtoadifferentinputand
thescreensizechanges.
• Thisunitwillmemorizetheviewingmodefromthelasttimeyouusedtheparticularinputmodes.
Thedisplayimagedoesnotcover
theentirescreen.
• IfyouareusingtheunitasaPCmonitor,makesurethat
[Horizontal Position]
and
[Vertical Position]
in
[PC Settings]
aresetcorrectly.
• IfyouarewatchingTVorusingtheCompositeVideo,ComponentVideoorHDMIwith480iInput,
press
FORMAT
repeatedlytoswitchvariousscreenmodes.
Captionsaredisplayedasawhite
box.Nocaptionisdisplayedin
theClosedCaption-supported
program.
• Interferencefrombuildingsorweatherconditionsmaycausecaptioningtobeincomplete.
• Broadcastingstationmayshortentheprogramtoinsertadvertisement.
Theclosedcaptiondecodercannotreadtheinformationoftheshortenedprogram.
BlackboxisdisplayedontheTV
screen.
• Thetextmodeisselectedforcaption.Select
[CC-1]
,
[CC-2]
,
[CC-3]
,
[CC-4]
or
[Off]
.
Note
• TheLCDscreenismanufacturedtoprovidemanyyearsofusefullife.Occasionallyafewnonactivepixelsmayappearasafixedpointofblue,
greenorred.
ThisisnottobeconsideredadefectintheLCDscreen.
• Somefunctionsarenotavailableinspecificmodes,butthisisnotamalfunction.Readthedescriptioninthismanualformoredetailson
correctoperations.
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