Sony Bravia Default
 

Hi all

Can anyone explain the workings of a Sony Bravia TV please?
I have a Sky box on AV1 and DVD player on AV2.
If the DVD player is left powered up then the TV shows the DVD splash screen
at start up.
If the DVD is powered down and the Sky box left powered up, I would expect
the TV to display Sky at start up - but no, it defaults to its internal
TV/Freeview.
How do I get the TV to default to AV1 when first turned on? Or do I have to
swap the Sky and DVD player - does the TV default to AV2 only?

TIA

Phil

Sony Bravia Default
 

"TheScullster" wrote in message
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Hi all

Can anyone explain the workings of a Sony Bravia TV please?
I have a Sky box on AV1 and DVD player on AV2.
If the DVD player is left powered up then the TV shows the DVD splash
screen at start up.
If the DVD is powered down and the Sky box left powered up, I would expect
the TV to display Sky at start up - but no, it defaults to its internal
TV/Freeview.
How do I get the TV to default to AV1 when first turned on? Or do I have
to swap the Sky and DVD player - does the TV default to AV2 only?

TIA

Phil


Mine is set up in the same way - Sky on AV1 and DVD on AV2. It always
selects the correct input.

I just checked to confirm, if the DVD is switched off and the Sky box is
switched on, and I then turn on the TV, it shows the Sky signal at start up
(with the TV having been on standby, I don't turn it right off)

I even tried forcing the TV to DTV while the Sky box was on, then turning
the TV to standby without turning off the Sky box, and then turning the TV
on again; it correctly came up on Sky (AV1) again.

Are you sure the SCART control on your Sky box is set to On ?

Allan

Sony Bravia Default
 

"Allan" wrote

Mine is set up in the same way - Sky on AV1 and DVD on AV2. It always
selects the correct input.

I just checked to confirm, if the DVD is switched off and the Sky box is
switched on, and I then turn on the TV, it shows the Sky signal at start
up (with the TV having been on standby, I don't turn it right off)

I even tried forcing the TV to DTV while the Sky box was on, then turning
the TV to standby without turning off the Sky box, and then turning the TV
on again; it correctly came up on Sky (AV1) again.

Are you sure the SCART control on your Sky box is set to On ?


Thanks Allan

We always turn the Sony off over night (and when not in use come to that).
Where do I find the SCART control for the Sky box - somewhere on Sky
Settings, Tools perhaps?
If that was set to off, would the Sky box still communicate with the Sony?
I'm fairly sure that this has not always been an issue - maybe it has since
buying the Sony (I'm too old to remember such trivia :( )

Phil

Sony Bravia Default
 

"TheScullster" wrote in message
. uk...

"Allan" wrote

Mine is set up in the same way - Sky on AV1 and DVD on AV2. It always
selects the correct input.

I just checked to confirm, if the DVD is switched off and the Sky box is
switched on, and I then turn on the TV, it shows the Sky signal at start
up (with the TV having been on standby, I don't turn it right off)

I even tried forcing the TV to DTV while the Sky box was on, then turning
the TV to standby without turning off the Sky box, and then turning the
TV on again; it correctly came up on Sky (AV1) again.

Are you sure the SCART control on your Sky box is set to On ?


Thanks Allan

We always turn the Sony off over night (and when not in use come to that).
Where do I find the SCART control for the Sky box - somewhere on Sky
Settings, Tools perhaps?
If that was set to off, would the Sky box still communicate with the Sony?
I'm fairly sure that this has not always been an issue - maybe it has
since buying the Sony (I'm too old to remember such trivia :( )

Phil

I don't turn the Sony off overnight because the amount of power it consumes
on standby is completely negligible (much less than the Sky box consumes
when it is in its Standby condition, and much much less than leaving the Sky
box switched on would do). But I've just tried it again, turning it right
off by the button on the top and it still acts the same way, coming back on
with the Sky signal on AV1 being displayed.

The Sky box SCART setting is on "Tools", "System Setup", "Picture Settings".
It needs to be set to "ON" in order that turning the box on will
automatically select that input on the TV. If it is set to "OFF" the sound
and picture will both work correctly but only when you manually select AV1
on the TV.

On the other hand, if your Sky box selects itself if you turn it off and
then on again while the TV is on, that would show that the control is
correctly ON and that the SCART lead is OK too, in which case your TV is
acting differently to mine and probably the only cure would be to remember
always to turn the Sky box off when you turn the TV off (which also saves
plenty of power) and not to turn it on again again until after you have
turned the TV on.

Allan

Sony Bravia Default
 

On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:22:47 +0100, TheScullster wrote:

Can anyone explain the workings of a Sony Bravia TV please?

I have a different problem (KDL32W5500U), regarding recording to a VCR.

Althoug later my plan is to invest in a DVB-S2 hard disk PVR, but in the
period before the analogue switchoff (2012 here) I had hoped in the meantime to
be able to watch an analogue channel and record a digital channel - or vice
versa, using my ancient VCR.

However, after several perusals of the manual I can see nothing about such
recording - apart from a note that the output would be from AV2, and that one
can record what the TV is showing.

So 2 questions arise:

(1) Is there a way to record from the TV's analogue or digital tuner without
the TV showing the picture (e.g. in standby).

(2) Is there a way to record one channel (say, digital) and watch another
(analogue) - or vice versa?

I do hope the answer is not 'no', otherwise I shall have to bring forward my
Freesat PVR plans...








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Batey writes
On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:22:47 +0100, TheScullster wrote:

Can anyone explain the workings of a Sony Bravia TV please?

I have a different problem (KDL32W5500U), regarding recording to a VCR.

Althoug later my plan is to invest in a DVB-S2 hard disk PVR, but in the
period before the analogue switchoff (2012 here) I had hoped in the meantime to
be able to watch an analogue channel and record a digital channel - or vice
versa, using my ancient VCR.

However, after several perusals of the manual I can see nothing about such
recording - apart from a note that the output would be from AV2, and that one
can record what the TV is showing.

So 2 questions arise:

(1) Is there a way to record from the TV's analogue or digital tuner without
the TV showing the picture (e.g. in standby).

I've got a 23" Sony, and I seem to recall that there's a menu option to
switch off the picture so you have sound only (say, when you're
listening to one of the radio channels). But could be wrong.

(2) Is there a way to record one channel (say, digital) and watch another
(analogue) - or vice versa?

I'm sure you can't (certainly not with my set).

I do hope the answer is not 'no', otherwise I shall have to bring forward my
Freesat PVR plans...

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Sony Bravia Default
 

On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:16:58 +0100, I wrote:

(2) Is there a way to record one channel (say, digital) and watch another
(analogue) - or vice versa?

Just realised that of course I can record analogue (using the VCR's tuner)
whilst watching the Sony's Freeview picture. Just tried it...

Ah well, that will suffice. Anyway, I could probably hook up my old Freeview
STB to the VCR and record via that, whilst viewing the TV's Freeview.
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On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:52:41 +0100, Maurice Batey wrote:

I could probably hook up my old Freeview
STB to the VCR and record via that, whilst viewing the TV's Freeview.

Yes, that works also. Happy bunny now, for the time being...

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