Hitachi F59 series Service Menu Codes are here!

I done told you in PM the remote refused to go into DCAM mode for me, unless there is a specific mode you are supposed to be in when inputting DCAM code

That did something, disabled features(couldnt use aspect) but still is anything supposed to happen on screen? I still don't get how I'm supposed to be able to use my own convergence pattern


* it did not disable Day/Night, info, all it did was make aspect unusable until exiting the mode

It still does not work like it says it does in hitachi grid, example when in DCAM mode "inputs" will not select blue, nor INFO green, on hitachis 117point pattern

Never mind, I found how to use your own grid

Magic focus doesn't work, when I go to use it I get 9point convergence and when i hit exit giant green letters are my options
[1]DONE
[2]CANCEL

ect....

When I did dcam(vast improvments btw)I tried pressing stop to intilize magic focus, obviously didn't work

Edit: Lee you may want to add how to initialize magic focus to your post

After you finish writeing your new settings to rom do the following

Press ASPECT
- "WRITE ROM?" should appear
Press the STOP button on the bottom of the remote
-Magic focus will initialize
When its finished green dots will appear
Press mute, they will go away, turn the TV off by using the to get out of DCAM code


To get out of DCAM Mode:
Hold TV Key
Press 0 Key
Press 1 Key
Release TV Key

Turn tv on and everything is right

Has anyone been able to change settings in the ISF mode submenu of the service menu? When I drill down into ISF mode from the service menu, it doesn't show values for the various settings or let me alter them. Has anyone tried this?

this tv does not have a "ISF MENU" it has "ISF MODE", the TA1360 is this tv's equivelent to ISF menu

TA1360 menu has all the tweaks I've seen in hitachi threads that say are in the ISF menu, atleast everything I've done

I've adjusted the following

APRTR-3(Renamed to APRTR-NTSC on the F59)
APRTR-G (Renamed to APRTR-SDTV)
APRTR-I(Renamed to APRTR-HDTV)
COLORGO
SRTGA-0
STATG10
STATG20

Only thing is, in the TA1360 menu all these parameters have the last letter/number cut off, weird but its not really an issue.

Just an FYI for those doing DCAM convergence. To utilize the 7x5 adjust (which you should do 1st to avoid S curves) you need to select "0" on the remote 5 times. To utilize 13x9 adjust you need to select "input" on the remote 5 times.

After adjusting overscan I re-did convergence (geomtry was fine) with DCAM. Using DCAM is much easier than the regular 117 point convergence. Plus by getting as close to perfect as possible with the 7x5 "course" adjustment you stress the convergence controls less (STK chip?) resulting in a more stable convergence.

My set's convergence is nearly spot on now after turning the set on, and it takes only a short warm up for perfection across the screen out to the edges. Previously convergence was only OK at start up, and I couldn't get it perfect at the edges.

i got into the service menu but i could not get into dcam and could not find it, my only issues are convergence and overscan...

You must follow the procedure in the 1st post to set the remote to function in DCAM. That's the 1st step. The 2nd is to depress the blue service only button located on a circuit board covered by a removable piece of wood behind the speaker grill. See this post by Ballz on another forum for specifics & photos of what you're looking for:

http://www.hdtvoice.com/voice/showthread.php?t=26531

I would really like to play around with this, if i screwed something up would i be able to hit factory reset and everything be allright again? thanks guys.

Thanks Lee.

I think I have found the color decoder parameters anyway so I will play with those a bit, but I will try your suggestion if these parameters turn out to not be the right ones.

can anyone help me out w/post 19 above? thank you................

o.k i will do that, thanks lee.

well, I worked up the nerve to do a dcam convergence and everyting was going good i was able to converge the red and blue real tight on white and when i wrote to rom it did all that but then after the green dots and i pushed the mute button it showed the grid again and the convergence was way off, am i missing something, also the procedure to get out of dcam mode did not turn off my tv. i dont know where i screwed up, i dont see why they(hitachi) would not make the 117 point convergence more like th dcam it would be alot easier to align, sorry to ramble.........

Lee, can you elaborate a bit as to how it looks better? I'd like to give it a try, but want to know what I'm looking for. Thanks.

Rookie here. I appreciate all the tips and comments. It has been very helpful. I have a few more questions that I am hoping a veteran can answer for me.

1. I am wanting to adjust overscan, but can't seem to figure that out by just using the DCAM controls, or is there a way to adjust this through the service menu?


2. Is there a way to adjust the image squeeze? By that I mean, as I look at a grid displayed on the screen, the display seems to squeeze or shrink slightly going from left to right. The creen image on the right side seems to narrow almost 1/4" Not very noticeable when not using a grid but is getting annoying. There must be a way to adjust this in the service menu is there not?

thanks.