Question about Akai PT5492S 54" Rear Projection Television

AKAI 54" rear projection TV

I have an AKAI rear projection TV the AUTO FOCUS comes on with the message "Check Factory Data" and won't focus. Any ideas?

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The convergence sensors either need to be re-initilized or one of them is bad. The service menus needs to be acsessed to re-initilize the sensors.

Posted on Apr 09, 2007

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