Sony Service Modes: PWR OFF] - [DISP], [5], [VOL+], [PWR ON] -or- [PWR OFF] - [DISP], [5], [PWR ON] -or- [PWR OFF] - [DISP], [5], [VOL+], [PICTURE], [PWR ON] The TV will turn on in service mode. You may need to set the television into 'tuner' mode (instead of Video-1, etc.) before performing the service mode button sequence. NAVIGATE IN SERVICE MODE [1] = Moves to Previous Menu Item [4] = Moves to Next Menu Item [3] = Adjusts Value Up [6] = Adjusts Value Down [MTS] = Toggles Stereo/Mono Audio SAVE NEW SETTING [MUTE] followed by [ENTER] to store NEW setting to NVRAM RESTORE USER SETTINGS [8],[ENTER] = Restores All *USER* setting to Factory Defaults RESET VALUES [0],[ENTER] = Read Default Value from Stored Settings (Reset) LEAVE SERVICE MODE [PWR OFF] = Leave Service Mode any settings not written will be in effect until TV is unplugged or a Reset is performed. RETURN TO DEFAULT SETTINGS: BEFORE storing NEW settings - unplug TV from wall, wait a few seconds, then plug back in, turn TV set on - All settings not written will have been lost. AFTER storing NEW settings - restore original value from list you made of original values before adjustments and store in NVRAM. Note: Provisions for convergence adjustments are not enabled on 27" or smaller Sony direct view television sets. SUGGESTED SONY SETTINGS SONY "XBR" SERIES TRINITONE: NTSC STD - controls color temperature - basically how greys will appear on the monitor. The "High" and "Medium" settings make everything look too blue. NR: OFF - filters out high-frequency noise, at a slight loss of detail. Turn it OFF and the picture quality improves. It also tends to degrade fine picture detail. DYNAMIC PICTURE: OFF - when turned ON it whitens light areas and darkens shadow areas of the picture, creating a high contrast although less accurate picture. Leave it OFF. COLOR CORRECTION: OFF - when turned ON it tries to correct fleshtones but has a tendency to mix up certain colors and make them look like a prosthetic beige. PROGRAM PALETTE: MOVIE: ON - only the movie mode allows the television set to run with flat and wide video bandwidth. It also shuts OFF scanning velocity modulation (SVM), when VMLV is run down to zero it will shut OFF SVM for the other modes. Each mode (Movie, Sports, etc.) has a separate adjustment memory. SERVICE MODE ITEMS: AXIS 0 Cleans up the red push & oranginess in the yellows VAPI 0 Do this for all modes VAPG 0 Do this for all modes NRLV 0~3 Find the value 0-3 that gives the best resolution VMLV 0 Scanning Velocity Modulation (SVM) OFF=0/ON=1 (do this for all modes) Y-DC 0 Improves BLACK background level retention R-YR 15 Sets the amount of RED R-YB 15 Sets the amount of RED G-YR 11 Sets the amount of GREEN G-YB 9 Sets the amount of GREEN (8 or 10 may be closer) SHPF 3 This helps with the sharpness (S-Video) Setting R-YR and R-YB to 15 will greatly improve color accuracy and tone down the reds. Also, when Y-DC is changed from 1 to 0, DC restoration becomes almost perfect. Sometimes setting items G-YR to 11 and G-YB to 9 may need some more fine tuning using the SMPTE color bars w/gray reference [split bar pattern] ("Color Bar w/75% Gray" VEDVD-18/3, Frame VE-46673, AVS-14415 - NOTE: VE 46673 is mis-calibrated, use AVS-14415) See the section on Setting Tint & Color Level: Matching Gray Reference for the procedure on how to adjust these two settings. SONY "V" SERIES GDRV 18 Green Amp. BDRV 14 Blue Amp. GCUT 4 Green Cutoff BCUT 1 Blue Cutoff Note: The setting for AMP and CUTOFF appear to be relative and not absolute on the "V" series - thus they may not work for your particular model TV. WEGA SERVICE MODE ITEMS: 4BCT 7 input4 (component) Blue Cutoff (BCUT -1) 4BDR 30 input4 (component) Blue Amp (BDRV +1) 4GCT 5 input4 (component) Green Cutoff (GCUT +0) 4GDR 36 input4 (component) Green Amp ((GDRV +2) BCUT 10 Blue Cutoff BDRV 29 Blue Amp GCUT 10 Green Cutoff GDRV 34 Green Amp DPIX 0 Dynamic Picture Y-DC 0 Improves BLACK background level retention HOSC 11 Fixes problem with color banding on component input With the set off push( display,5,volume+,power) drives and cutoffs are 16-19 Use #1 or#4 to select use #3 or #6 to change value Perry Bower, (EHEER) Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Repairer Electric Medic "It's Cheaper to Keep Her" http://www.electricmedic.com Free Electronic Screensaver: http://www.eyetide.com/download/?s=O3OfmSLHXygGHCv1W6Gz3Bgjtq3DNNMNdcKsYSVGC 3850 Washington Road Suite 5b Augusta, Georgia 30907 Phone: 706-8MEDIC4 (863-3424) Phone: 706-863-3474 Fax: 706-863-2316 mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Factory Trained Authorized Service Center For: APEX, Curtis Mathes, Fisher, GE, KEC/KTV, Konka, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Philips Magnavox, Pioneer, ProSCAN, RCA, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, SONY, Technics, Toshiba, Zenith Provide Extended care for: AON, Circuit City, GE Contracts, Glass Agency, Philips Contracts, NEW, Rex -----Original Message----- From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Richard La Placa Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 4:56 PM To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Sony Model KV-27S42-need to increase vert ht Hello all, Can anyone tell me how to access the service menu for this sony? I changed the yoke and it is down a little from top. TIA Richard La Placa Continental TV 312a Park Row Chestertown, Md,21620 Fax&Phone-410-778-1113 continentaltv@xxxxxxxxxxx _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail **************************************************************************** * CHECK OUT THE NEW CHATROOM! Just login and click on chat! http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm The Tech Address Book: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ***************************************************************************** CHECK OUT THE NEW CHATROOM! 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