Top 20 Sony BRAVIA XBR KDL-V26XBR1 26 in. LCD HDTV Questions & Answers

Use the input button on the TV itself.

If the line is Horizontal then you deffinantly have a cable issue, replace the cable and that should do it, if it continues the problem could be in the port itself, if using HDMI switch to VGA or composite to test this theory. please keep me posted.

If you're using components or audio video cable make sure there properly attached to the device and the TV......if you're using HDMI cords in most cases you probably have the wrong resolution set on the TV or the devise.

You have to take it into a shop and the cost will be more than a new set. You cannot buy a screen that big and install it yourself.

Make sure your VGA chord is hooked up to both TV and computer. Right click on your desktop and click Screen Resolution. Click on connect to a projector and click the duplicate icon.

Dear Tes On the remote of your set, press the button that looks like a TV screen and has a plus ( + ) sign inside it. This is the display button. Press it repeatedly until the information disappears from the screen. Hope this helps.

Settings. It sounds like the convergence. It needs to be adjusted. Have had this problem before. A lot of people actually throw there TVA away because they have this problem and they think its broken, when its usually just a simple fix of adjusting the convergence. You have to make sure the little box, on the convergence settings is in the middle. Hope it fixes ur problem. :)

Just unscrew the stand at the back

you no longer have a TV but a parts set. I will more than likely cost more to replace the screen vs. buying a new set. I would throw that puppy on Ebay or Craigslist and list it as a parts unit !!!

Go to menu and find auto scan or auto search..

Same thing happened to me when I was channel surfing and landed on channel 18.7 in los angeles.

What worked for me was turn the power off and then back on. While it is powering on press the channel button either up or down quickly. It should jump channels. It only jumped one channel for me and was still frozen. Repeat the process and I was able to jump more channels out of the trouble zone and back to normal.

Once my tv was working again. I tried to autoprogram my channels again but it still picked up 18.7.

Also tried to "hide" the channel in channel management but it would go to 18.7 and froze up my tv again :(

Hope this helps anyone that has the same problem.

Greetings - Your Sony has the standard tuners for a current HDTV, NTSC (analog), QAM (cable), and ATSC (digital/HD) broadcast..

There's something going on with the Sony TV. It's a pretty high end TV so it might have some additional features that require you to do something different (I doubt it) but make sure you've been through the manual.

If you didn't get one with the TV you can download a PDF version HERE.

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It is possible that the audio processor is locked up do to a small power surge and if you unplug the TV from the wall for 40 MIN., the audio should go back to normal.

Same thing happened to me when I was channel surfing and landed on channel 18.7 in los angeles.

What worked for me was turn the power off and then back on. While it is powering on press the channel button either up or down quickly. It should jump channels. It only jumped one channel for me and was still frozen. Repeat the process and I was able to jump more channels out of the trouble zone and back to normal.

Once my tv was working again. I tried to autoprogram my channels again but it still picked up 18.7.

Also tried to "hide" the channel in channel management but it would go to 18.7 and froze up my tv again :(

Hope this helps anyone that has the same problem.

Check with a different CD or a different channel. Sometimes some,

secret codes are displayed to find the pirated CD. Any how check in different program channels. This is not TV problem.

If you have DVD try a similar action movies in CD and play to satisfy!

No this isn't a problem that is well known on your tv.
If the lines are there , in the same configuration, constantly then the LCD panel is faulty and cannot be repaired - just junk it, replacing the panel would cost you more than a new tv.
If the lines are always in the same general position but change in position and look then the buffer memory from the image processor has failed - you must replace the entire mainboard - this is going to be expensive - around $300 - so it may not worth it. Your call.

Call for warenty repair,ur tuner board have problems.Or tries bring it back at were the store u buy it at.Return it exchange for another one.

Was exactly what you said. The cable box settings were in wide mode. Couldn't figure it out at all. Funny thing was too.. on my cable box remote, the button under the #9 button is the # button.. it doesn't say zoom at all.. but it totally controls the zoom.

So thanks for that.. AND thanks for saying "under the #9 on the cable remote" instead of just saying .. the zoom button.

Thanks again!!!

I hope this helps it seems Sony has extended warranty coverage for your TV for this issue.

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/news-item.pl?news_id=378&template_id=1

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had what sounds like the same problem. we had the protection plan and called for assistance. he advised us to unplug the tv for 1 minute. when we plugged back in, problem seemed solved. he could not explain why other than to check online with sony for more technical info about this remedy. stay tunned for whether it was a temporary fix......