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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: valiant on February 25, 2008, 10:37:42 am
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Please help!
I have an old Sony KV291FU CRT television for which I require the service code (or steps to get into the service menu), such that I can change the geometry of the picture, as the current picture from my ArcadeVGA card does not currently 'fit' on screen.
Have searched this forum , the web and elsewhere to no avail. Even though the TV is 10+ years old, Sony service centres will not relinquish the means and methods of accessing the service menu.
Any help gratefully appreciated!
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If you have the remote, try this. I'm not sure it will work, but it is worth a shot. Make sure the power is off:
Press DISP, 5, VOL+, PWR ON
or
DISP, 5, PWR ON
If it works you'll know it. Be sure to record any values before you change them.
To navigate you press 1 to go back to the previous item in the menu, 4 to go forward, 3 to adjust the value up and 6 to adjust the value down. To save, you need to press mute and then immediately press enter.
You're looking for the VPOS and VSIZ menu items, probably.
Good luck.
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Thanks for that but can't see an evident DISP button - no text, just damn images :banghead: Any idea what this may look like?
Also, do the buttons have to be pressed all together, or just in order?
Thanks
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Just in order, although it must be done within like 5 seconds total.
Unfortunately, my remote has words on it, so I can't help you there. Mine says "Display," rather than DISP, but you get the idea. Maybe if you can find a user manual on the internet for your TV it'll give you some insight into which pictogram represents DISP.
I also wonder if your TV is too old for this method, period. If it was built around 1997, it might be, but I figured this was worth a try.