[TechAssist] FYI: Mitsubishi TV Serice Modes (sorry for the size)

Mitsubishi TV Service Modes
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These are the service modes found while using a Mitsubishi TS-5053
(50 inch rear-projection, manufactured Feb 1995) TV.
The remainder of the info below was gathered from various sources and 
provided here for you.
Your particular Mitsubishi TV will be different if you have a direct-view 
(tube)- typeTV, 
as opposed to a projection unit. So some of the specs listed might not 
work.
Your set might have other features not listed, and you might need to use 
one or a number of other methods
for getting into the Mitsubishi service modes. 

There also is a posting from Louis A. Carliner on rec.video that shows how 
to get into 
one of the service modes from the remote control. Using the code,he 
describes, you could end up with many
more different and/or similar combinations.  It would be a good idea to 
write down your work as you experiment.

CAUTION// Entering wrong values in some of these registers can permanently 
damage the EEPROM. 
There are some settings that will damage your TV. Don't change anything 
unless you know what you are doing.
The service menu codes change yearly as do the ranges of safety. In no way 
does this article express in any
way as an "authorized service" routine replacing the manufacturer's 
"approved" programming.

For a simple starting point, use some combination of keys on your remote 
to enter a service "screen." 
Within the service screen, you can use the AUDIO button to cycle through 
the various "sub-screens."
On each sub-screen, using the VIDEO button, you can advance to the next 
"attribute." Use the up and down
buttons to increase and decrease the value.

In the tables below are listed the numbers and mnemonics as they appear, 
as well as their default value as
they were at the time of first purchase/operation of the TV. Yours might 
vary.

The list also shows a minimum and maximum value  for each attribute.

The notation (F) means the value is FIXED - these are usually "temp" 
settings and never written to the memory.

Note that I'm not using HTML tables. That's because they are tedious and 
I'm not building the page with a fancy HTML editor. 

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The Main Screen
Point your remote control at the TV and press these buttons, one after the 
other: MENU 2 3 5 7.
This gets you to the main service screen. 

First sub-screen: VCH
These look like standard video adjustments. 
VCH      def min max  (select VIDEO to go to the next item)
 0  COL   65  00 127  Color
 1  TNT   65  00 127  Tint
 2  BRT  145  ?? 174  Brightness       0: darkest (TV shut off at 174)
 3  CNT   82  00 127? Contrast         0: most contrast (lost picture at 118)
 4  SHP   08  00 127  Sharpness        0: sharpest
 5  CTR               Red Bias / Cutoff         direct-view only
 6  CTG               Green Bias / Cutoff       direct-view only
 7  CTB               Blue Bias / Cutoff        direct-view only
 8  DHR   84  00 127  Drive High Red                     (blue/black text)
 9  DHB   73  00 127  Drive High Blue
10  VHT   57  00 127  Vertical Height  0: shortest
11  PAM   17  00  63  Pincushion       0: none          ?
12  HWD   33  00  63  Horizontal Width 0: narrowest   
13  YDL   01  00  01  Y Delay
14  DL2   00  00  01  Aperture Control Delay Volume Selection (F)
15  DCT   00  00  01  DC Transmission Volume Selection (F)

17  AFC   02  01  03  Auto Freq Control?

19  SVC               Service Switch?

24  SHN   00  00  01  Sharpness Selection (F)        projection only?

26  CRS               Cutoff Switch, Red

28  DRR               Red Drive?
29  DRB               Blue Drive?
30  CBS               Cutoff Switch, Blue

33  DL1   04  00  07  Preshoot/Overshoot (F)
34  PED   12  00  15  Black Expansion Gain (F)
35  GMA   08  00  15  White Gamma Level (F)
36  GMG   08  00  15  White Gamma Gain (F)
37  BES   07  00  07  Black Expansion Slice Position (F)
38  R-Y   22  00  31  Demodulation Axis R-Y (F)
39  B-Y   29  00  63  Demodulation Axis B-Y (F)
40  G-Y   01  01  03  G-Y Ratio Selection             direct-view only?
41  WHC   08  00  15  White Character Correction (F)
42  WHV   07  00  15  White Character Slice Position (F)
43  HPH   18  00  31  Horizontal Position
44  VSC   16  00  63  Vertical S-Correction
45  VLR   19  00  63  Vertical Linearity
46  VSF   01  00  02  Vertical Position      (screen jumps when setting changed)
47  PPH   22  00  63  Pincushion Corner Correction - phase 
48  PC1   01  00  07  Pincushion Corner Correction - corner 1
49  PC2   03  00  07  Pincushion Corner Correction - corner 2
50  VCM               Vertical Centering/Size?    direct-view only?
51  HCM               Horizontal Centering/Size?  direct-view only?

56  SCN   82  00 127?                  (black/blue text) lost picture at 110

Second sub-screen (press AUDIO): MCS
MCS = Multi-Channel Sound? 
MCS 1 0 0 1 0
 0  PVC   31  00  63  SAP VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator)  (MCS 0 1 0 1 0)
 1  TVC   22  00  63  Stereo VCO              (1th MCS bit: 1 < 30, 0 => 30)
 2  INP   21  00  63  Input Level
 3  FIL   14  00  63  Filter                  (MCS 0 1 0 1 0)
 4  LSP   33  00  63  Low Sound Separation    (MCS 1 0 0 1 0)
 5  HSP   33  00  63  High Sound Separation

Third sub-screen: PIP
These are controls for Picture-In-Picture. 
PIP 1 1
 0 TINT   21  00  63  PIP Tint
 1 COLR   31  00  63  Color
 2 DECD   00  00  01  Color Reset (F)
 3 SYNC   01  00  07  Sub-Picture Sync Separation Threshold (F)
 4 RVS    00  00  01  '01' turns main screen white, changes to 'PIP 0 1'
 5 BG-Y   12  00  15  BackGround Luminance Level (F)
 6 BSTB   10  00  63  Burst White Background Displayed (F)
 7 MVW    00  00  03  Sub-Picture Macrovision (F)
 8 CRTN   01  00  03  Sub-Picture Vertical Position (F)
                       All the items in this group below(F) fixed values
 9 VXA    97  91 255   Y location of PIP window
10 HXAO  130  17 139   X location of PIP window
11 ADJ9   08  00  15
12 YDL9   14  08  29
13 HPX9   45  00 255
14 VYA9  188  00 255   pip window height (cuts off bottom scan lines)
15 HYA9   59  06 255   pip window width
16 ADJ6   07  00  15   (small window)
17 YDL6   12  08  29
18 HPX6  100  00 255
19 VYA6  206  00 255
20 HYA6   46  06 255
21 VXAM  236 207 255   multi-window vert position
22 HXAM   26  15 150   multi-window horiz position
23 VXBM  233 200 255   vert spacing betw windows
Fourth sub-screen: HR
   HR      9   0  20   4 green corner boxes left or right.  This might be the
                       text overlay area for videotext & captioning services.
Nth sub-screen: Iris
This is a feature of the HD1080 (not the TS-5053). 
   BR0        0   63   Brightness Level 0 - dark room
   BR1        0   63   Brightness Level 1 - lights on
   BR2        0   63   Brightness Level 2 - daylight
   CN0        0   63   Contrast Level 0 - dark room
   CN1        0   63   Contrast Level 1 - lights on
   CN2        0   63   Contrast Level 2 - daylight
   0TO1       0  255   Level 0 to Level 1 incoming light threshold
   1TO2       0  255   Level 1 to Level 2 incoming light threshold

(See the additional message I sent for the Iris setup feature on the HD1080)

Selecting AUDIO from the last sub-screen gets you back to the VCH sub-screen. 
In addition, on the HD1080, pressing "1" and "2" change some settings 
1 adjusts the horizontal aspect ratio
and 2 cycles through various vertical aspect ratios.

The TV can correctly display a 16x9 image on the 4:3 screen, which is an 
excellent feature for
DVD owners, unfortunately it's not clear how to get the TV to stay in this mode 
when you exit the service menu. 

The Convergence Screen
These might not be available on direct-view TVs. 
MENU 2 3 5 9 4 to make changes against an internally generated grid, or
MENU 2 3 5 9 5 to set them without a grid (useful if you've got a copy of AVS 
in your videodisc player). 
WARNING - DO NOT SET HSTA or VSTA ABOVE 200.
This can cause your set to shut down, and there is no known way to reset it on 
some TVs. 
 CONV Red
 0 HSTA  109  00 254   Horizontal Static Position
 1 VSTA  122  00 254   Vertical Static Position
 2 TILT  120  00 254   Tilt of Horizontal Lines (also known as Skew)
 3 BOW   128  00 254   Bow of Horizontal Lines
 4 VWID  154  00 254   Vertical Height
 5 VLIN  124           Vertical Linearity
 6 HWID  129           Horizontal Width
 7 HLIN  175           Horizontal Linearity
 8 SKEW  148           Tilt of Vertical Lines (also known as Skew)
 9 VBOW  132           Bow of Horizontal Lines
10 HSDL   49           Left Horizontal Sides
11 HSDR   58           Left Vertical Sides
12 VKLU  164           Vertical Keystone Left Upper
13 VKLL   86           Vertical Keystone Left Lower
14 VKRL  140           Vertical Keystone Right Lower
15 VKRU  120           Vertical Keystone Right Upper
16 HKLU   91           Horizontal Keystone Left Upper
17 HKLL  120           Horizontal Keystone Left Lower
18 HKRL  112           Horizontal Keystone Right Lower
19 HKRU  108           Horizontal Keystone Right Upper
20 DA40  134           Horizontal Linearity at the middle 1
21 DA41  134           Horizontal Linearity at the middle 2
22 DA42   35
23 DA43  148           Horizontally Sloping Ends - Left
24 DA44  146           Horizontally Sloping Ends - Right
25 DA50   96
26 DA51  230
27 DA52  158
28 DA53  147           Vertically Sloping Ends - Top
29 DA54   82           Vertically Sloping Ends - Bottom

CONV Blue
30 HSTA  160  00 254   Horizontal Static Position
31 VSTA  116  00 254   Vertical Static Position
32 TILT  122  00 254   Tilt of Horizontal Lines (also known as Skew)
33 BOW   125  00 254   Bow of Horizontal Lines
34 VWID  137  00 254   Vertical Height
35 VLIN  115           Vertical Linearity
36 HWID  106           Horizontal Width
37 HLIN  169           Horizontal Linearity
38 SKEW  130           Tilt of Vertical Lines (also known as Skew)
39 VBOW  122           Bow of Horizontal Lines
40 HSDL  111           Left Horizontal Sides
41 HSDR   57           Left Vertical Sides
42 VKLU  123           Vertical Keystone Left Upper
43 VKLL  141           Vertical Keystone Left Lower
44 VKRL  114           Vertical Keystone Right Lower
45 VKRU  142           Vertical Keystone Right Upper
46 HKLU  153           Horizontal Keystone Left Upper
47 HKLL  131           Horizontal Keystone Left Lower
48 HKRL  144           Horizontal Keystone Right Lower
49 HKRU  138           Horizontal Keystone Right Upper
50 DA40  125           Horizontal Linearity at the middle 1
51 DA41  127           Horizontal Linearity at the middle 2
52 DA42   95           Keystone Offset
53 DA43  112           Horizontally Sloping Ends - Left
54 DA44   99           Horizontally Sloping Ends - Right
55 DA50  243
56 DA51  195
57 DA52  195
58 DA53  101           Vertically Sloping Ends - Top
59 DA54  145           Vertically Sloping Ends - Bottom

The Features Screen
These turn off TV features. Press MENU 2 3 5 8 to enter the screen. You usually 
won't need to
adjust these, unless you end up with a messy picture. If this happens, just 
reset the controls back
to the factory defaults. 

      Initial
      E2RESET           CCD         :On
      Hotel   :Off      Auto Clock  :On
                        Call letr.  :On
                        Net name    :On
                        Prog name   :On
                        Prog descr  :On

Screens on the larger model TVs, like the 31 and 35-inch direct-view TVs have 
more like: 
      PIP               :On
      Montr. Fix     :Off
      Auto Turn      :Off
      Antenna        :1
      Input             :1
      System 1A    :Off
and
      Power Res               (power reset)
E2RESET resets the EEPROM (E2 = EE).

Special Note // Never press the E2RESET - It resets ALL settings to almost 
arbitrary values.
You'll wish you'd never pressed it because you can expect many hours of 
resetting everything again <sm>.
If you must do a RESET on the TV, try instead theINITIAL (INITIALIZE). It 
provides a much more useful set
of values less likely to cause you hours of grief.



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