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Sony Bravia KDL-46EX700

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Audio & Menus

Menus are intuitive. Subpar audio quality.

The Sony KDL-46EX700’s built-in speakers aren’t great, but then again, most TVs don’t have great audio quality. Voices were clear enough, but overall the sound was a bit tinny and muffled.

If you feel like fiddling around with your audio, there’s an equalizer, surround sound, and sound enhancer you can toggle; none of these features seem to have much of an effect on the sound, strangely enough.

The KDL-46EX700 features a PlayStation 3-like design. Pressing the menu button will bring up a horizontal string of icons that expand vertically when highlighted. The menu is attractive, intuitive, and not that dissimilar from any other Sony menu system.

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This menu system really doesn't have many surprises.

The KDL-46EX700’s manual is average overall. It has a table of contents and a very sparse index, both of which should help navigation to a certain extent. There’s tabs on the edges of the pages to aid in browsing to a particular section. The font in the book is a good size but coud be slightly bigger. The pictures are a bit on the small side and tend to be busy with arrows, but the descriptions are good enough.

You can find the Sony KDL-46EX700’s manual online here.

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Other Models in the KDL-xxEX700 Series
For more information on other models in this series, check our Series Comparison Page.


Sony Bravia KDL-32EX700
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Sony Bravia KDL-40EX700
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Sony Bravia KDL-52EX700
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