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From: richard.cutting@virgin.net (Richard Cutting)
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Subject: Re: Service Mode (was Sony Trinitron)
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 19:15:04 GMT
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On Mon, 25 May 1998 20:22:10 +0100, Nick Slaven
<NickSlaven@compuserve.com> wrote:

>This is prob a bit off the subject, but I have found out how to switch my big
>21" sony telly into service mode. Theres a bucket load of options you can mess
>about with, and I was just wondering if anyone knows what
>they all are, I found the ones that move the screen left and right & up
>and down, and I've seen certain options that seem to refer to PAL/NTSC
>compatability.
>
>Oh yea this is how you get your sony telly into service mode.
>1. put it into standby
>2. on the remote press the ? then 5 then volume up then screen (small white
>outline square) within a second of each other.
>3. the telly will burst into life & if you've been succesfull you'll have a load
>of green writing all over the screen, with TT-- in the corner.
>4. from here you press menu, & on my telly I then have to select 1
>of around 5 different devices to get to the menu that adjusts the screen.
>5. to get out of this mode press menu to get back to the TT-- screen you got
>1st, and then enter 00.
>
>6. DISCLAIMER - I've been told that some of the menu options can seriously
>DAMAGE YOUR TV if you set them wrong. 
>Also there is NO return to default parameters option.
>So if you knacker your telly its not my fault
>
>Anyway back to the point, does anyone have any idea what the rest of the options
>do or where I can get the info ??
>
>Cheers 
>
>
>Nick
>
>-- 
>
>http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~nslaven/

Heh heh. You are the first 'TV hacker' that I have heard of !  How the
hell did you find this ?  It leads to the thought that maybe TV's have
got easter eggs encoded into them......