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Originally Posted by Olorin67
Just got this from my local Goodwill for $10. Model KV-32HS510 32" HD flat CRT- (4:3 ratio) date of 2003 on the back. It's a heavy beast..
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Nice TV, good score at $10! I have one of the slightly earlier ones from 2001, a KV-32XBR450, with the stand, in my collection of Trinitrons which doesn't have the digital functions like DVI input or memory stick picture viewer but will take an HD signal on the component inputs, although I don't recall what the actual resolution is, probably only SD. Heavy as
all get out but excellent picture on the good ol' Trinitrons!
The manual for the KV-32HS510 and KV-36HS510 is available on Sony's website at:
https://docs.sony.com/release/409406522X.pdf
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Originally Posted by Olorin67
Had a few questions for people familiar with these. It has a DVI input for HD, so it's my first foray into HD and digital video. Am I limited to blue-ray players that have analog sound outputs? I can get a cable to connect a HDMI source to the DVI port on the TV, but that doesn't handle the audio.
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Correct, the HDMI to DVI cable will give you video, and it supposedly does support HDCP, but you need to use the analog RCA inputs below the DVI port for audio.
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Originally Posted by Olorin67
Does anyone know if this has a ATSC tuner in it? or is it analog only? (if not, I have a converter box I can use)
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No, it is NTSC analog only.
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Originally Posted by Olorin67
Didn't come with a remote, do I need one specifically for this set, or will most early 2000's Sony remotes work? are there functions/menus that can only be accessed with the remote?
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It should speak standard Sony remote codes. On a UEI (Universal Electronics Inc.) universal remote like an Atlas V, it will be code 000 or 0000. Those UEI/URC remotes are absolutely fabulous! If you make the little serial cable you can even add or modify buttons or complete code sets, make macros, all sorts of great stuff! Well worth finding one (or more), they're dirt cheap and you'll probably never go back to another remote.
For more information on these, see the JP1 forums at:
http://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/
and UEI's support page for those remotes is at:
http://urcsupport.com/
Any remote with basic Sony codes including a least an enter button and arrow keys should work, though and I believe everything can be accessed from the front panel buttons in a pinch, anyway, unlike some of the <cheap black plastic crap> sets.
Here are some e-bay listing for an Atlas 5 (one of my favorite UEI remotes) like often comes with many Shaw, Charter, Cogeco, Comcast and many other cable co's STBs:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/191336490666
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/351158934791
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/390682725706
If you look inside the battery compartment there's a sticker with the model number, 1055s are mostly what I have, the 1056 lights up and ones with an extra 1 in front (11055/11056) are versions that include learning capability so you can capture codes from another remote, but that's really not a necessary feature if you build yourself a cable and download the software from the JP1 forums.
