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Advice on monitor settings for Sony KV-HR36M31

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buttersoft:
Switchres isn't going to work, because it's normally hunting for integer multiples of the horizontal size but 1:1 matches for the vertical. And you won't have any 1:1 matches for the vertical size. Which means you're better off telling mame how you want it to scale on a per-game basis and enabling... triple buffering, is it? (how you would normally prevent screen tearing on MAME). Which might be a pain, or not ideal, so you could leave everything in place and just increase the scan range of the monitor preset in crt_emudriver to cover everything up to 1080i and 720p. Or even 1080p if this is your main desktop.

Also 1080i modelines are something of a crapshoot. Try the defaults out of your video card and see what gives. The HDFury's are great because they have an EDID that sets up the modelines for you - though finding the right settings is still an effort. Cheaper adapters might have an EDID or might not.

vagrant_17:
Well, things did not go to plan unfortunately.
The display out of RGBHV was working ok at first, the blue connection would intermittently drop out but it seemed to stablize after after a while.
After about 30mins of use the set started to exhibit vertical rolling for brief moments, and then correct itself.
Then after about an hour, the vertical rolling was back.. and this time it did not go away.
It's a very fast vertical roll, and is across ALL inputs on the TV (even RF).. and to make things worse there is no on-screen display at all, which means I'm locked out of the service menu (or any menu).

I tried power-cycling the display for a few hours but it did not change, looks like something internal has gone kaput :(

buttersoft:
Err, that does not sound good. There is a classic problem with one of the power IC's on these sets, but this doesn't sound like your issue. Normally that shows the red light on the front, but no other signs of life.

I haven't spent enough time poking around the insides of the KV-HR sets to offer much advice. I'm not sure google will help either. I could give general CRT advice and say look at the vertical section, but if you're not used to poking around inside CRT's that's not going to help much... :/

vagrant_17:
Thanks mate, no I'm definitely not used to digging around the inside of CRT's  ;)
There was no warning light on the front, it blinks 6 times but stays green the whole time.
My friend that helped me lift the TV lost his grip as we were putting it down.. he kind of broke the fall with his leg, but the front-left still came down harder then planned, perhaps this was the cause.

We have a well-renowned arcade & crt repairer here in Perth called Jomac, at some stage I will take it in to them.. I have a nice 21" sony monitor that also needs a service, may as well take them both in.
To be continued  8)

buttersoft:

--- Quote from: vagrant_17 on May 25, 2021, 04:07:20 am ---We have a well-renowned arcade & crt repairer here in Perth called Jomac, at some stage I will take it in to them.. I have a nice 21" sony monitor that also needs a service, may as well take them both in.

--- End quote ---

Joey won't touch Sony :( He hates them.

The blink codes might be somewhere online. Google them and see what you can find out. I might be wrong about the light being red.

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