Colors out of alignment; curved lines
this sounds like a convergence issue.. one thing you are going to want is a good test dvd.. avia - guide to home theater or video essentials are two very good ones. anything that will supply you with test patterns and let you pause on them will work.
you will need to get into the service menu, using your remote press DISPLAY, 5, VOL+, POWER in quick sequence. once the screen comes up you should have green letters and numbers at the top of the screen. at this point, keys 1 and 4 change the item, keys 2 and 5 change the category, keys 3 and 6 change the value, mute enters write mode, enter executes it.
you will want a test pattern displayed that has a center point, enter the pje section of the menu and go to tphp, if you don't see a crosshair, press 6. you are going to want the convergence grid and the test pattern displayed simultaneously, so press 9 until both are on screen. it will be a crosshatch pattern overlaying your test image. use the joystick button (left or right) to roughly line the crosshatch up with your test image.
now go to tpvp and use the joystick (up and down) to finish lining things up. once you are happy with the changes, hit mute then enter to save it to memory.
this next part is from a tweaks file in the public domain that i have for this model and use any time i am working on one of these.
How to Enter the Convergence Mode
Once you're in the service menu,
you need to access the convergence mode. Press the 2 or 5 key until you see
PJE in white blocky
letters (you should be able to get there quickly by pressing 5 once or twice).
Now press 9 on the remote. You will see a bracket appear in the middle of the
screen. Press 6 and cycle through the different types of patterns until you get
a white grid on a black background.
Controls
Once in the
convergence mode (activated by pressing 9 in the PJE section), the buttons on the
remote work differently. Keys 1 and 4 move the
cursor around on the grid (convergence points) in a spiraling fashion.
The joystick on the remote will adjust the position of the current color at that
grid point. Key 3 cycles between red, green, and blue
adjustments.
You may also depress the joystick,
which will allow you to move the bracket freely around the grid. Press it again
and you are back to being able to adjust the position of the current color at
that grid point. Handy if you are just touching up an area and don't want to
spiral through all the points.
How to Converge the CRTs
It's much easier to converge the
set if you can see what you're converging. Green should be the color to converge
to. The geometry (straightness of the grid) of the green CRT should be good
enough - If you notice that some lines are definitely out of whack, you should
straighten them.
We need to disable the red and blue
CRTs. Press 2 until you get to the 2150P-2 category. Cycle
through the items until you get to RGBS. Change the value to 2 (Green
CRT Only).
Move back to the PJE category by pressing 5. You
should be back at the grid with a green bracket - If you don't see one, press 3
until you do (the bracket may have been set on red or blue, which have been
turned off). Navigate around the grid, correcting any obvious errors. Once
you're satisfied, turn the red CRT back on (RGBS value of 6, Red and Green CRTs
on), and return to the grid. Press 3 until the crosshair is red. Now, align the
red to the green, getting as close as you can. By the way, not all grid points
are selectable. Keep in mind that the edges of the screen will tend to be more
out of focus, and harder to get "tight". Get it as close as you can. You also
may notice that some points affect the position of other, nearby points. You'll
get the feel for it after a short period of time. Now, do the same for blue,
making sure to turn off red (RGBS value of 3, Blue and Green CRTs
on). When you're all done, turn all the CRT's back on (RGBS value of 7, All CRTs on), and
look to see the results. Touch up where it is needed (if needed at all).
I found the 100 IRE Crosshatch image really showed areas that
still needed convergence. I would cycle within the PJE category (pressing 6) between the
convergence grid (to fix errors) and the 100 IRE Crosshatch image (to view areas
with convergence problems).
Save your convergence to memory by pressing MUTE followed by
ENTER.
Remember, you need to do this for each mode you use - This
doesn't mean for each input. It applies to 4:3 mode, 16:9 mode, and 1080i 16:9
mode (even though 1080i is a 16:9 mode, it requires its own convergence due to
the higher scan-rate). Each mode is separate, and is saved separate, however,
each one does tend to affect the other slightly.
Try not to use the Flash Focus. I know it's very easy to
use, and they put it right there on the front of the set, so it basically begs
to get pressed. But realize that pressing Flash Focus will rely on the sensors
to converge your set - It will pretty much re-do all your hard work. It may get
close, but it will never be as good as a service mode convergence.
Now that your convergence is done, you should re-register your
new convergence to Flash Focus (FF). Ryan says below don't use Flash Focus, and
I agree. However, if you do or someone else does, it shouldn't require nearly as
much touching up if the new convergence is re-registered to Flash Focus. This is
simple to do. While in the PJE
category, press the Flash Focus button to initiate a re-registration process to
the system. If the operation fails (I've never had this happen), press 0,
followed by ENTER to restore the convergence settings you last saved. You'll
need to investigate why it did not work. In the PJE category, change to item ERR and it should read a value other than
000 if your attempt at re-registering FF didn't work. If our attempt at
re-registering did work, it should read a value of 000. Typically, reasons why
re-registering FF won't work are due to overscan being
reduced too much but there are other reasons too. Regardless, while you are
investigating just don't press FF and you'll be fine.
I have read numerous forums regarding re-registering flash
focus. Most say only re-register flash focus in Full. This is what I did.
I only watch TV in Full mode anyway, so it worked well. I have read many
people having troubles with other modes if they re-register flash focus in
Wide Zoom mode so I can only say, read forums and ask questions if you do
use your set in other modes before you re-register your flash focus in another
mode besides Full.
hope this helps you,
trin
You can see some more examples and find a fix using this link on Fixya http://www.fixya.com/support/r2861467-solution_video_looking_whiteish_dull
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