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HP LT4200 42 inch Professional LCD HDTV User Manual

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Troubleshooting

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Viewing questions

Picture quality questions

Symptom

Remedy

I get a poor picture with video signal

input.

Check the following: improper control setting, local interference, cable

interconnections. Adjust the picture control as needed. Try another

location for the TV. Make sure that all connections are secure.

There is no picture, and I have an

external device controlling the TV.

Press the Source button on the remote control, and confirm that the

source is selected.

Verify that the external device or PC power is turned on.

Make sure that the source device is connected.

Check the power management function of the source device. Is it in

standby mode?

Connect the source to the TV. Operate the external device or PC

(move the mouse, or press a key).

The picture, with a component input

source connected, is too red, blue, or

green, or it has black that is too

black or washed out.

Make sure that each cable is plugged into the correct color-coded

connector on the TV and on the input source device.

Make sure that the cables are fully inserted at both ends.

See “Adjusting the AV picture image” on page 31.

Symptom

Remedy

Part of the picture is cut off, or the

picture is not centered.

Check the position adjustment settings, and adjust the screen settings

accordingly.

The picture image is too large or

too small.

Press the Aspect button on the remote control to select a different picture

image size.

The picture is unstable.

Verify that the external device or PC resolution setting is correct. Adjust to

the appropriate resolution.

The picture has dark side bars and I

cannot remove the bars by choosing

a different aspect ratio.

Press the Info button on the remote control and read the station

transmission mode. Some stations transmit standard-definition

programming directly in 16:9 aspect ratio so that the image has

embedded dark side bars. For that type of input signal, the Panorama

mode is not available, and the Zoom1 and Zoom2 modes do not

eliminate the side bars.

When watching a DVD, the image

has dark stripes at the top and

bottom of the screen.

Film may be captured in many different widescreen ratios. When the

original film ratio does not match the TV ratio, the stripes appear above

and below the image.