Sony Bravia KDL-46VL130 46" HDTV Digital Local Channel Issue- Please Help!!
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Sony Bravia KDL-46VL130 46" HDTV Digital Local Channel Issue- Please Help!!
One of my good friends recently acquired this new Sony Bravia TV, however, though his old HDTV was able to display digital channels from his coax cable from the wall- he doesnt have cable- his new Bravia transmits these same channels in SD and seemingly wont transmit them in HD (though obviously both sets have a built in digital decoder).
Anyone know/have a good idea how to fix this issue? Is it just a quick settings thing and, if so, what would be the method?
Thanks!!
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Brian
Anyone know/have a good idea how to fix this issue? Is it just a quick settings thing and, if so, what would be the method?
Thanks!!
Best,
Brian
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One of my good friends recently acquired this new Sony Bravia TV, however, though his old HDTV was able to display digital channels from his coax cable from the wall- he doesnt have cable- his new Bravia transmits these same channels in SD and seemingly wont transmit them in HD (though obviously both sets have a built in digital decoder).
Anyone know/have a good idea how to fix this issue? Is it just a quick settings thing and, if so, what would be the method?
Thanks!!
Best,
Brian
Anyone know/have a good idea how to fix this issue? Is it just a quick settings thing and, if so, what would be the method?
Thanks!!
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Brian
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Re: Sony Bravia KDL-46VL130 46" HDTV Digital Local Channel Issue- Please Help!!
Not sure how things work in your part of the world, but in the US, Sony provides a support site, 'sonystyle'. If you enter your model number in the Support section, you can navigate to a part of the site that provides downloads, including television firmware downloads.
For tuner problems, especially the digital channels, you should check for a TV firmware update at sonystyle. I was having some strange loss of digital channels on our 40" Bravia, starting with channels only appearing for a second before the screen produced a 'No Signal' message. After we tried the automatic retuning, then we could not even get the one second signal. None of this appeared on the description of the available download for our TV. However, we downloaded the patch to our PC, loaded the file (19 MB) onto a small flash drive, which we then used to upgrade the firmware in the TV. All our digital tuner problems disappeared!! It now works better than new.
For tuner problems, especially the digital channels, you should check for a TV firmware update at sonystyle. I was having some strange loss of digital channels on our 40" Bravia, starting with channels only appearing for a second before the screen produced a 'No Signal' message. After we tried the automatic retuning, then we could not even get the one second signal. None of this appeared on the description of the available download for our TV. However, we downloaded the patch to our PC, loaded the file (19 MB) onto a small flash drive, which we then used to upgrade the firmware in the TV. All our digital tuner problems disappeared!! It now works better than new.