Adjusting SONY'S TV

Adjusting SONY'S TV
SETTING ON SONY TV

Read the _ SERVICE MODE WARNING _ before proceeding.

Service switch - small, round opening in the rear cabinet near the video inputs or the antenna jack (typically early-90's), push and hold while turning the power on - or if there is no service switch on the rear of the TV use the remote control and press Within one second of EACH other:

[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 of a 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 sequences.

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 the settings to NVRAM NEW

Restore USER SETTINGS
[8], [ENTER] = RestoreS All * USER * settings 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 from be in effect Until the TV is unplugged or a Reset is performed.

RETURN TO DEFAULT SETTINGS:
* Storing BEFORE NEW settings - unplug TV from wall, wait A Few seconds, then plug back in, turn TV set on - All settings not written will from have been lost.

* Storing AFTER NEW settings - restore original value from list you made of the original values before adjustments and store in NVRAM.

If you're attempting to adjust color or geometry errors, you'll need the Video Essentials DVD, Laser Disc or Some other source of test material.

Also I maintain a SONY XBR Service Mode list on my HomePage.

For additional information on how to preform the 16x9 squeeze (to view Their anamorphic DVDs at full resolution) see the "16x9 (Anamorphic) Vertical Squeeze" or the "Sony Wega 16x9 (Anamorphic) Vertical Squeeze" FAQ That I maintain on my web site .

A complete although Somewhat outdated list of Sony XBR Service Mode items cans be found at http://www.repairfaq.org/ ~ filipg /. This information appears to be for the ~ 1990 version of the XBR ^ 2 series.

Note: Provisions for convergence adjustments are not enabled on 27 "or Smaller Sony direct-view television sets.
Suggested 5.1a SONY SETTINGS
SONY "XBR" SERIES

TRINITONE: NTSC STD - controls color temperature - Basically how Greys earnest 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. Also it tends to degrade fine picture detail.

DYNAMIC PICTURE: OFF - Pls 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 - Pls turned ON it tries to correct fleshtones but has a tendency to mix up to perform 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. Also it shuts off the scanning velocity modulation (SVM), Pls VMLV is run down to zero it will from shut OFF SVM for the other modes. EACH modes (Movie, Sports, etc.) Has a separate adjustment memory.