[TechAssist] Re: FIXED Magnavox Model# 27PT5441/37 Service Mode Problems

  • From: "Don Hartigan" <hartstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:52:05 -0300

Good fix,Jason & I don't mean to change your subject line but can someone 
tell me what this 4:3 and 4:3 expanded mode is all about,ie, what's it's 
purpose in life??
Don of HARTS-TVCR"ASC"
9 Robert St.,Oromocto,NB,Canada,E2V3N2
Tel#506-357-9785,Fax#506-357-6010
hartstv@xxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Moutons Electronics L.L.C." <moutons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 5:44 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: FIXED Magnavox Model# 27PT5441/37 Service Mode 
Problems


>I would say you guys won't believe this but then again you will;) I called
> Philips Techline on this set and he couldn't get it to save the vertical
> settings either. However I didn't have the original remote for the tv and
> was using another Philips remote that I had hagning around. He told me 
> that
> he wasn't sure but some of these new 4:3 direct view tv's have a expanded
> 4:3 mode on the remote and it isn't listed in the menu at all which
> obviously will make the picture stretch off the screen a bit. I finally 
> got
> the original remote from the customer and that was it. It was in expanded
> 4:3 mode. When you change the channels on this tv it tells the channel
> number and weather it is in stereo or mono but never displays any picture
> mode unless you press the button on the remote to change it.
>
> What a pain, a eeprom that came in corrupted and couple of hours of time 
> due
> to some misplaced feature.
>
> Reguardless this is a heads up for everyone about this feature.
>
> Jason
> Moutons Electronics
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Moutons Electronics L.L.C." <moutons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 10:26 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Magnavox Model# 27PT5441/37 Service Mode 
> Problems
>
>
>> Thanks Jerry
>> I will have to order an eeprom for this and try it. I never had one just
>> forget before.
>>
>> Jason
>> Moutons Electronics
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "J Silverman" <greentron@xxxxxxx>
>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 8:39 PM
>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Magnavox Model# 27PT5441/37 Service Mode
>> Problems
>>
>>
>>> If you are talking about serial eproms like 24C01, 24C04, I have seen
>>> quite
>>> a few where they lost the data when the power was turned off and had to
>>> be
>>> replaced. Just finished one like that today but it was in a DVD/VCR
>>> combo.
>>> Jerry Silverman Greentron Inc
>>> Mail to: greentron@xxxxxxx
>>> 4 Newland Ave Greenville SC
>>> 29609                864 232 3889
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Moutons Electronics L.L.C." <moutons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 8:55 PM
>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Magnavox Model# 27PT5441/37 Service Mode
>>> Problems
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks Dave, it seems like it should be listed in the adjustments area.
>>>> However from what they say I am doing it correctly by just turning it
>>>> off
>>>> and it doesn't save the settings. I guess I will have to change the
>>> eeprom.
>>>> Just never saw one acting like this before.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Jason
>>>> Moutons Electronics
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Dave Huston" <HustonTV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 7:42 PM
>>>> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Magnavox Model# 27PT5441/37 Service Mode
>>> Problems
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > Jason,
>>>> > If you go under "Contents" then to "Repair help" then to
>>> "Troubleshooting"
>>>> > you should find instructions for entering the service alignment mode
>>> (SAM)
>>>> > &
>>>> > saving your settings.
>>>> >
>>>> > Dave
>>>> > Huston TV & Electronics
>>>> > 2846 Marion-Cardington Rd.E.
>>>> > Marion, Ohio 43302
>>>> > email: HustonTV@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>>>> > From: "Moutons Electronics L.L.C." <moutons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> > Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 6:28 PM
>>>> > Subject: [TechAssist] Magnavox Model# 27PT5441/37 Service Mode
>>>> > Problems
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > The vertical height needs adjusting. I get in the service mode with
>>>> > the
>>>> > 0-6-2-5-9-6 proceedure and adjust the vertical. To get out of the
>>> service
>>>> > mode I think you usually just turn off the tv and turn it back on.
>>>> > When
>>> I
>>>> > turn it on again the vertical goes back to the wrong adjustment. I
>>>> > have
>>>> > tried to unplug it,  turn it off with the remote, and off by the 
>>>> > front
>>>> > panel. The service information in Force in the adjustments area
>>>> > doesn't
>>>> > say
>>>> > how to get in much less how to save and get out. It just says look at
>>>> > chapter 5...where ever that is since the info isn't setup into
>>>> > chapters.
>>> I
>>>> > have looked everywhere and don't find any info on it.
>>>> > I may have a bad eeprom but I haven't had anything like this before.
>>>> >
>>>> > Any ideas appreciated
>>>> >
>>>> > thanks
>>>> >
>>>> > Jason
>>>> > Moutons Electronics
>>>> >
>>>>
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