To those who answered my request for info on service mode acess on panasonic tvcr thanks a lot, it was just a verticle adjustment in service menu. I know I am not supposed to post just a thanks but I could not help it, this and the other help I have received throughout the year has been invaluable. The pvm27 I was working on had been struck by lightning I repaired a strait foreward short in rect cir and when set was turned on vert scan was short top and bottom with no distortion figured it was a service menu issue and I was right. After accessing the menu I found that remote did not work the set the IR sensor had a steady 5vdc on it but I did not trust the resistance reading I got between two of the legs, replacing the IR sensor restored unit to full function. Thanks to all again. Terry Terry J Hutchison T&G Television Repair Kingsland, Ga. sony1@xxxxxxxx Why Wait? Move to EarthLink. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/