[TechAssist] Re: FIXED Magnavox Model# 27PT5441/37 Service Mode Problems
- From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:27:42 -0400
I bet that's where they take a 4:3 picture and stretch it to fit a 16:9
screen thinking most people won't notice how fat and short their favorite
talking heads look.
Russ Hoyt
Hoyt's TV
Exeter, NH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hartigan" <hartstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 10:52 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: FIXED Magnavox Model# 27PT5441/37 Service Mode
Problems
> 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"
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> 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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