QUALIA 006 Owner's Thread - Page 301

Originally Posted by brt3

One last thing; Merry Christmas & Happy QualiaDaze to all!

Anything special coming on in HD over the next few days? Looking forward to catching a few great flix and REALLY need a good comedy, so I'm looking forward to catching "The Producers" with Mrs. T and Mini-Tee. Elmo loves Mel Brooks, but it's awfully hard to sneak him into the average cinema...

Originally Posted by divedude

Far from a comedy, but "The Silence of the Lambs" is on HDNM tonight.

Originally Posted by divedude

Only 2 more days til Christmas and just 3 more days til JA and "Into the Blue"
It is going to look great on the 006.

Originally Posted by HardDriver

QUALIANS W/MEMORY STICKS: Here's a very cool trick for your 006 while you are entertaining friends and families over the holidays! Take the two images that I linked to below, and put them in a folder together (with no other images) on your memory stick. Put it in your 006, set the Slideshow to "Repeat: On" and "Transition: Fade", and enjoy the "Merry Christmas" scene complete with falling snowflakes! It looks like an animation, and the colors are beautiful on our screens! I just made these for our own Christmas parties this season, and you are all free to use them as well. If you do, let me know - I hope you all enjoy them as much as we do!

Christmas Image #1
Christmas Image #2

Originally Posted by bernster2001

Have some nice avi files on my pc, some in HD. How do I view them on the 006. Computer is not in same room as Qualia but there is an ethernet outlet at the Qualia.

I also have an HTPC connected to the Q but since getting the Oppo haven't really used it all that much...easier to burn the files to dvd and pop them into the Oppo.

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Stew, if you can recall the exact steps you should post them for us as apparently that is a Sony sanctioned method to determine bulb hours and reset the clock....so if anything goes wrong in the process, people can always plead that they just followed Sony protocol.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and all the rest.............
Penton (a.k.a. KTM ) - Man

Originally Posted by HardDriver

A fire is a good idea - you could use the same fades to create a cool looking flicker!

I've been out of the HT world for a few months and just looked up the Oppo (hadn't heard of it before). I take it you like it?

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Stew, if you can recall the exact steps you should post them for us as apparently that is a Sony sanctioned method to determine bulb hours and reset the clock....so if anything goes wrong in the process, people can always plead that they just followed Sony protocol.

Originally Posted by thestewman

Penton (a.k.a. KTM )or is it Husqvarna Man
This ones for you

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Depends on how well you think Anthony Hopkins can imitate a chipmunk during the Chianti spiel.

Originally Posted by jb007

OMG...just after celebrating my 500th post on the 300th page... I suffer my first ever issue with my beloved Q006 Probably unrelated, but I did enter the service menu yesterday to check the hours... Looks like a service call may be needed

Originally Posted by BenDover

You are either going to have to pipe the output from your PC to the Q via the traditional DVI/HDMI/component, or get yourself a DVD player that will play the avi file (I have the Oppo 971H for playing divx/xvid encoded material); I also have an HTPC connected to the Q but since getting the Oppo haven't really used it all that much...easier to burn the files to dvd and pop them into the Oppo.

Originally Posted by bernster2001

Thanks for the advice. I like your DVD suggestion. I just bought a Sony 975 DVD player and wonder if it is capable of playing divx/xvid encoded files?

Originally Posted by jb007

OMG...just after celebrating my 500th post on the 300th page...accepting congratulations from all of you...getting ready for the holiday weekend...and getting excited for the umr calibration in two weeks...

I suffer my first ever issue with my beloved Q006

I was watching this afternoon and all was fine. This evening I power it on and the green power light just keeps flashing...there is no picture, but the bulb has warmed up because I do see black (lit). There is audio through my component system. I try to switch to DVD...still no picture. OMG.

I power down and wait a few minutes. Same thing. However, after several minutes (abnormally long), I do get a picture, bright and clear. However, the Video 6 label stays at the top left of the screen. ??? I try hitting display, and it gives me more info (time, etc.), that disappears, but the Video 6 label stays ???

I try switching inputs. Video 7 comes up, but the source from Video 6 stays on the screen (satellite). I cycle through all my video inputs and the labels change, but the source (satellite) stays the same. ???

Probably unrelated, but I did enter the service menu yesterday to check the hours. Followed all directions and the Q006 worked fine last night, then again today. I also viewed the memory stick pictures of Merry Christmas, posted above. No issues after that as well.

Looks like a service call may be needed

Originally Posted by BenDover

JB, sorry to hear the disturbing news.

Electronics can sometimes, unexplainably, and in no predictable manner (i.e., the hardware and/or software designers will swear that what is happening can't happen )...in those cases, I like to pull the plug for a bit, removing all power. Give that a shot and see if it doesn't "reset"

Alternatively, maybe brt can look through the service manual and see if there is some way to restore the TV to factory settings/defaults.

Originally Posted by umr

Unplugging the set is a good idea if the lamp is cool. Resetting to factory settings is generally a horrible idea. This can frequently make a huge mess of things with a Sony set. I doubt it is a service mode problem.

Originally Posted by BenDover

I was presuming that he hasn't had any calibrations done and that resetting to factory defaults, even if possible, would only bring him back to his out of the box state, which presumably isn't too far away from where he is at now. But of course, I defer to umr's expertise

Originally Posted by jb007

OMG...just after celebrating my 500th post on the 300th page...accepting congratulations from all of you...getting ready for the holiday weekend...and getting excited for the umr calibration in two weeks...

I suffer my first ever issue with my beloved Q006

I was watching this afternoon and all was fine. This evening I power it on and the green power light just keeps flashing...there is no picture, but the bulb has warmed up because I do see black (lit). There is audio through my component system. I try to switch to DVD...still no picture. OMG.

I power down and wait a few minutes. Same thing. However, after several minutes (abnormally long), I do get a picture, bright and clear. However, the Video 6 label stays at the top left of the screen. ??? I try hitting display, and it gives me more info (time, etc.), that disappears, but the Video 6 label stays ???

I try switching inputs. Video 7 comes up, but the source from Video 6 stays on the screen (satellite). I cycle through all my video inputs and the labels change, but the source (satellite) stays the same. ???

Probably unrelated, but I did enter the service menu yesterday to check the hours. Followed all directions and the Q006 worked fine last night, then again today. I also viewed the memory stick pictures of Merry Christmas, posted above. No issues after that as well.

Looks like a service call may be needed

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

If that was involving the Kabanatuan (? sp.) camp, my Filipino father-in-law was there as a fighting force and guide for the American's.

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

Ray, it's always nice to put a face to the voice now, about that "Marathon Man" thing.............................

P.S.
Why are your paws apparently in your mouth ?

Originally Posted by jb007

OMG...just after celebrating my 500th post on the 300th page...accepting congratulations from all of you...getting ready for the holiday weekend...and getting excited for the umr calibration in two weeks...

I suffer my first ever issue with my beloved Q006

I was watching this afternoon and all was fine. This evening I power it on and the green power light just keeps flashing...there is no picture, but the bulb has warmed up because I do see black (lit). There is audio through my component system. I try to switch to DVD...still no picture. OMG.

I power down and wait a few minutes. Same thing. However, after several minutes (abnormally long), I do get a picture, bright and clear. However, the Video 6 label stays at the top left of the screen. ??? I try hitting display, and it gives me more info (time, etc.), that disappears, but the Video 6 label stays ???

I try switching inputs. Video 7 comes up, but the source from Video 6 stays on the screen (satellite). I cycle through all my video inputs and the labels change, but the source (satellite) stays the same. ???

Probably unrelated, but I did enter the service menu yesterday to check the hours. Followed all directions and the Q006 worked fine last night, then again today. I also viewed the memory stick pictures of Merry Christmas, posted above. No issues after that as well.

Looks like a service call may be needed

Originally Posted by jb007

OMG...just after celebrating my 500th post on the 300th page...accepting congratulations from all of you...getting ready for the holiday weekend...and getting excited for the umr calibration in two weeks...

I suffer my first ever issue with my beloved Q006

I was watching this afternoon and all was fine. This evening I power it on and the green power light just keeps flashing...there is no picture, but the bulb has warmed up because I do see black (lit). There is audio through my component system. I try to switch to DVD...still no picture. OMG.

I power down and wait a few minutes. Same thing. However, after several minutes (abnormally long), I do get a picture, bright and clear. However, the Video 6 label stays at the top left of the screen. ??? I try hitting display, and it gives me more info (time, etc.), that disappears, but the Video 6 label stays ???

I try switching inputs. Video 7 comes up, but the source from Video 6 stays on the screen (satellite). I cycle through all my video inputs and the labels change, but the source (satellite) stays the same. ???

Probably unrelated, but I did enter the service menu yesterday to check the hours. Followed all directions and the Q006 worked fine last night, then again today. I also viewed the memory stick pictures of Merry Christmas, posted above. No issues after that as well.

Looks like a service call may be needed

Originally Posted by brt3

Which brings up an interesting question. Obviously MiniDive wasn't breast-fed (thus his obsession w/Pam's Mams), but if MamaDive HAD fed him in this manner...

would it have been chocolate milk?