Question about Zenith R49W36 49" Rear Projection HDTV

Auto Convergence not working

My problem is that my TV was working properly until I tried to use the auto convergence button. Since then, the picture looks basically like a 3-d picture. The picture is concaved at the top and bottom of the screen and the colors are not matching resulting in double vision images, especially on the outside of the screen. I have been advised to unplug the TV and sometimes it will reset itself. This resulted in no improvement. Are there any other suggestions out there that I can try to correct this problem. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Anonymous Nov 19, 2007

I have tried to unplug and replug my tv in again. It did not improve. I tried to play a movie and do an auto convergence and it made the problem worse now i can not even watch the tv. What is the best way to fix without using a professional.
encarnacion Apr 17, 2008

name is willie on my TV it has a double like viewing with double line coloring of green and a violet red color tryed Auto Conv button and nothing happened how can fix this.. .. ? please help me...

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I'm assuming you were having picture quality problems prior to pressing the auto convergence button. If not then there could be a problem in that circuit. More likely I believe is a problem on the convergence board assembly or in the pincushion circuits. Also, check your owners manual to see if there is a manual convergence adjustment you can do.

Posted on Jan 27, 2007

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