Sony Bravia KDL-37EX503: Labels for inputs?

[Maurice Batey]

Recently I saw a 32" Sony Bravia that had a facility for labelling the
various input selections on the 'Inputs' menu (e.g. HDMI-1="SAT",
HDMI-2="DVD"), but on the 37" Bravia I can't find any such facility.
Anyone know if it can be found and where, please?
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[Ian]

In message <pan.2012.02.13....@nomail.afraid.org>, Maurice
Batey <mau...@nomail.afraid.org> writes

>Recently I saw a 32" Sony Bravia that had a facility for labelling the
>various input selections on the 'Inputs' menu (e.g. HDMI-1="SAT",
>HDMI-2="DVD"), but on the 37" Bravia I can't find any such facility.
> Anyone know if it can be found and where, please?

Try the "i-manual" key on the remote, and then, "Fun features with
connected equipment"

I'm just guessing.
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Ian

[Maurice Batey]

On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:47:15 +0000, Ian wrote:

> Try the "i-manual" key on the remote, and then, "Fun features with
> connected equipment"

No joy there, I'm afraid. :-(

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/\/\aurice

[Maurice Batey]

On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:37:33 +0100, Martin wrote:

> My son used the facility on my Sony 37" Bravia TV intuitively

I've been trying hard with intuition, but still can't find it.

Perhaps your 37" model is different from mine?

Otherwise, may I ask if your son can remember how he managed it,
please?!

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/\/\aurice

[Mark Carver]

Maurice Batey wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:47:15 +0000, Ian wrote:
>
>> Try the "i-manual" key on the remote, and then, "Fun features with
>> connected equipment"
>
> No joy there, I'm afraid. :-(

Well, my 40EX724's i-manual says:-

Home > Settings > External Inputs > AV Preset > Edit Labels



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[the dog from that film you saw]

On 13/02/2012 6:58 PM, Maurice Batey wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:37:33 +0100, Martin wrote:
>
>> My son used the facility on my Sony 37" Bravia TV intuitively
>
> I've been trying hard with intuition, but still can't find it.
>
> Perhaps your 37" model is different from mine?
>
> Otherwise, may I ask if your son can remember how he managed it,
> please?!
>

on my sony, bring up home, go all the way to the left to the settings
column, , go down to external inputs, click on it, then click on av preset.
you can then click on a hdmi input and give it a name.

--
Gareth.
That fly.... Is your magic wand.

[Maurice Batey]

On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:01:30 +0000, Mark Carver wrote:

> Home > Settings > External Inputs > AV Preset > Edit Labels

That was the sort of clue I'd failed to find!

Many thanks - all sorted out now.

[Maurice Batey]

On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:50:52 +0000, the dog from that film you saw wrote:

> external inputs, click on it, then click on av preset.

Thank you. I had seen "AV Preset" but it didn't sound relevant...

All sorted out now!

[Maurice Batey]

On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:28:17 +0100, Martin wrote:

> I hope you aren't expecting me to admit to my son, that there are
> things he can do that I can't. :-)

One can always plead 'Senior Moment'... :-))

[Bill Wright]

Martin wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:29:51 +0000, Maurice Batey
> <mau...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:28:17 +0100, Martin wrote:
>>
>>> I hope you aren't expecting me to admit to my son, that there are
>>> things he can do that I can't. :-)
>> One can always plead 'Senior Moment'... :-))
>

> I forgot what the question was when I spoke to him on the phone.
I mended a kettle using a soldering iron today (more about this later).
Having finished I left the kettle on the bench and took the soldering
iron to the kitchen and tried to use it to boil water.

Bill

[Max Demian]

"Bill Wright" <bi...@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:jhevia$8iv$1...@speranza.aioe.org...

That's a good idea. You could boil just one cup and save energy.

--
Max Demian

[Maurice Batey]

On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:50:52 +0000, the dog from that film you saw wrote:

> click on av preset

At first I settled for the builtin "SAT" label for the Humax HDMI input,
but then gave the "Edit:" option a try, which is when an Edit screen
& keyboard came up.

Used that to change the label to "Humax-FrSat", but then found the
menu reverted to "SAT" when I hit Enter and Confirm, back in the inputs
table.

Then - by trial and error - I found that if I first scrolled right and
changed the input icon before hitting Confirm, the new label did get
saved!

As someone said, not exactly intuitive (nor is the Edit function
mentioned in the iManual).

[Johny B Good]

That seems to be descriptive of all Sony kit, menus that are totally
counter intuitive and incomprehensible. It's their software equivalent to
the memory stick, another unnecessary standard that's proprietary to Sony
for the sake of being incompatible with perfectly good alternative
existing standards in the vain hope that they become a de-facto standard.

--
Regards JB Good

[Mark Carver]

On 08/03/2012 10:10, Martin wrote:

> When I bought mine in August 2011 I could insert and store URLs to
> access internet. This is no longer possible. Since the last upate the
> TV wants to switch off after two hours unless I use the remote
> control.
> I don't have the switch off function enabled.

You must have, but it's disguised as something else, I can't remember,
and I'm 1500 miles away from my Bravia right now.

My one shuts down after 4 hours, and I'm sure I choose that figure in a
menu. Take a look at the on screen 'i manual' I'm sure it's under
'Idle TV Standby' or 'Presence Sensor Standby'

It's not mentioned at all in the pdf, or paper manual.

[Mark Carver]

Mark Carver wrote:
> On 08/03/2012 10:10, Martin wrote:
>
>> When I bought mine in August 2011 I could insert and store URLs to
>> access internet. This is no longer possible. Since the last upate the
>> TV wants to switch off after two hours unless I use the remote
>> control.
>> I don't have the switch off function enabled.
>
> You must have, but it's disguised as something else, I can't remember,
> and I'm 1500 miles away from my Bravia right now.
>
> My one shuts down after 4 hours, and I'm sure I choose that figure in a
> menu. Take a look at the on screen 'i manual' I'm sure it's under
> 'Idle TV Standby' or 'Presence Sensor Standby'

I'm 1500 mm from it now

Settings>

System Settings>

Eco >

Idle TV Standby >

Off !

(Also in the Eco menu 'Power Saving' should be off too !

HTH

[Mark Carver]

Martin wrote:

> On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:09:03 +0000, Mark Carver
> <mark....@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 08/03/2012 10:10, Martin wrote:
>>
>>> When I bought mine in August 2011 I could insert and store URLs to
>>> access internet. This is no longer possible. Since the last upate the
>>> TV wants to switch off after two hours unless I use the remote
>>> control.
>>> I don't have the switch off function enabled.
>> You must have, but it's disguised as something else, I can't remember,
>> and I'm 1500 miles away from my Bravia right now.
>

> I look forward to your return. I have been through every menu looking
> for a solution.

I am back, did you not see my follow up post at 20:36hrs last night ?

[Paul Ratcliffe]

On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:09:03 +0000, Mark Carver <mark....@invalid.invalid>

wrote:

> You must have, but it's disguised as something else, I can't remember,
> and I'm 1500 miles away from my Bravia right now.

That's a hell of a scenic route just to get to Colchester.