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Title: How do you get a TV to default to S-Video Input instead of Channel 3?
Post by: Donkbaca on November 22, 2010, 04:03:21 pm

Its a Phillips CRT, it has power return, so If its on, and I unplug it, it powers back on, but it powers back on to channel 3.  Is this something that can be changed in the service menu?

Title: Re: How do you get a TV to default to S-Video Input instead of Channel 3?
Post by: Rick on November 22, 2010, 04:19:42 pm

My Wife has a 21" knock-off, and it always powers back on to channel 3 as well...  I recently changed the RCA Video In for S-Video In, and it still came up on channel 3 on power-up, and if I remember correctly, you always had to press a button on the remote to 'switch' to S-Video mode...  Do you happen to know the model of the TV?  Perhaps there's some info online.

Title: Re: How do you get a TV to default to S-Video Input instead of Channel 3?
Post by: Jollywest on November 22, 2010, 04:51:13 pm

I had a similar issue with my first cab.

The TV was a 25" Sony Trinitron with Power Return, but it only returned to a channel not an input like AV1 / AV2 / S-Video etc..

I had to program a channel number to the S-video input through the tv settings menu.

Title: Re: How do you get a TV to default to S-Video Input instead of Channel 3?
Post by: smalltownguy on November 22, 2010, 04:54:52 pm

Some TV's have a hidden 'service menu' if you press a series of buttons on the remote or front bezel. Maybe the service menu will allow you to change the default start up state from power loss.

I've got a 27" RCA TV that I'm about to put in a build for a friend that does the same thing. As long as the TV stays plugged in, it will remember what video feed it was using when turned off and on. If it loses power (like on a smart strip, for example) it will revert back to channel 2. Very frustrating. Without getting inside and doing some funky stuff with the buttons by jumpering one of them or something, I think the only way I'm going to be able to get around the issue will be to either:

1. Wire a separate button on the cab for the TV's power, and power the TV on off by hand rather than with a power strip (still won't work with a power outage)
2. Rig some sort of IR blasting system to turn the TV on, and then change the TV's channel to 91 (which is 'S-video' on this model)

Anyone else come up with a more eloquent solution?