Just getting back into the game.. I am gearing up to recalibrate my VT50 and 500m, but before doing so I caught this post. Is there a black level patch or are you referring to the voltage tweaks?

My 500m is just starting to exhibit the red tint and I am curious if I need to reset my panel or if I can just tweak the voltage and not reset the panel

Yes it's the voltage tweaks. For some reason, some people call it a patch, even though, by definition, modifying voltage offsets is not actually a patch.

Hi, to all i have not posted here before But I was wondering if anybody could Please help me I have a Pioneer KRP 600 M plasma TV and I wanted to know if someone Can Tel Me where to get the side speakers for it I believe this is the part number Pioneer KRP S02 any and all help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks,

Best bet is eBay, but the side speakers for the 500M and 600M are the hardest ones to find. I recently bought a brand new set for my 500M on eBay.

hopefully i'll be a 500m owner tomorrow. what do i expect to gain or lose when compared to my now broken 111fd? will the speakers from my 111 fit on the 500?

NO ANSI, black screen (MLL)


invia immagini

So how many hours are these panels good for? I just hooked a network cable to my KRP-500m for the first time. Here are the results.

Set Status
Usage time : 023850 hours
Service code : -05M 02A-02A 01U-01U G9_50F_2
Power status : ON
Power count : 04053
INPUT : INPUT5
Signal : 1080I 60.0
Temperature : Temp1 ... *** Temp2 ... 031
: Temp3 ... 026 Panel ... 042
Failure code SD/PD :
: 1st ... 2nd ... H M

Almost 24000 hours. I did the math, that averages to 11+ hours a day since the day I bought it. Yes, I'm a heavy user.

It still looks great and I've only recently noticed a slight darkening of the picture. I'm wondering if it's worth it to have it calibrated. I'm willing to spend the money on it if there's another 10000 hours in it. What do you folks think?

plenty of life left yet,get it calibrated

Did you end up getting the 500m?

yes I did thanks. Its pretty sweet!!!!!!

I have a KRP-600M I purchased new in November 2009. Within a few months of purchase, I enabled the ISF day, night, and auto modes (with RS232 cable). I've never had the set professionally calibrated.

In the last several months, I have noticed that my blacks are nowhere near as black as they used to be. In the ISF modes, black used to blend right into the TV bezel, with really no perceptible light emission even when the room was dark. Now, my blacks are dark gray at best -- really a huge difference, not subtle at all. My best mode now seems to be "Optimum", with all other modes (including the ISF modes) having much brighter blacks than before.

Any thoughts on what could be wrong or how to fix it?

It almost seems like a signal problem, as the black of the TV's menu backgrounds still looks good. But I've tried different HDMI sources and they all exhibit this problem.

Have you tried adjusting down the 'Brightness', i.e. the black level, control?

Not to be difficult but the KRP panel is easily visible when feed black in a dark room with dark adapted eyes (this is also true of the even better KRP-500M). The output is wonderfully low but it's not zero.

That said the most likely problem is an inadvertent configuration change and the next most likely is a color space error.

Have you read the FAQ?

does the blacks dim down when you feed it with an videosignal?
if not its definitely a signal problem.

try with a new HDMI cable

also check videolevels so that they are not set to Full RGB
that will washout the blacks.
you should use RGB Limited.

I think this is it. I had the video input set to AUTO, which has always worked fine before. But manually setting it to 16-235) gets my inky blacks back. I don't think it's clipping at the ends, but I'm not sure I trust my eyes.

Not for a long time, but I've just reread it. Thanks -- so much great information in here!

Agreed. I was just trying to convey how non-subtle a problem this was.

This works for me in the regular modes, but in the ISF modes all the picture controls (like brightness) are grayed out.

Thanks for the help, guys!

Does anyone have a soundbar connected directly to their KRP-500m? How did you do it?

I've tried connected my PS3 to my soundbar using HDMI and connected my soundbar HDMI out to my Kuro's HDMI in. There is no audio coming from the soundbar. I presume this is because the Kuro doesn't support ARC. Using optical from the source to the soundbar doesn't seem to be an option since I have to choose one input to be active on the soundbar; no video if I choose HDMI source and no audio if I choose optical source on soundbar.

Ignore the above post about soundbars. I wasn't aware the my PS3 only sent audio to a single output that has to be selected in the settings.

a question guys...I have the krp-500M

am having some strange behaviour in the rest of my system which I can only put down to hdmi cec control. i.e. unless I have my kuro powered up ...my marantz 8802A will shut down my power amp.

I hit the kurolink button...this is what the screen looks like. nothing here seems to help me
Kuro by alebonau, on Flickr

hit the home menu button this is what that screen looks like. I've tried turning the input 5 to OFF and also OFF for all the other kurolink settings and doesnt seem to help
Kuro by alebonau, on Flickr

have not touched the HDAV convertor setting.

I want the status of my pioneer kuro to not affect anything else just wondering how to switch off its hdmi CEC control i.e. kurolink. any help will be appreciated.

Turn off all the KURO LINK options. Remove the HDMI cable(s) from the Kuro.
Do you still have the problem? If so it's another component.
Plug the cable(s) back in.
Do you still have the problem?
Then you're having HDMI issues at the Kuro. Try changing inputs (swap 5/6) or switch to DVI (which can't do CEC or audio but should otherwise be equivalent).

thankyou bodosom. you have eliminated the kuro as source of problem for me....

as clearly when I disconnected the hdmi of the kuro the marantz processor wouldn't trigger the power amplifier on at all !

changing input 5 to 6 or anything else didnt do a thing....

this took me back to the marantz ...and although hdmi control is off on it it has another feature causing this issue !!!

SOLVED

thankyou for helping me with the elimination so could work out where the problem actually exists

Game Mode Questions

1. Does Game Mode actually reduce input lag on the KRP-500M?

2. Does anyone have any Game Mode settings?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

No Game Mode settings?

1. No, but you can try PC mode. In my testing, no difference vs other modes.

2. I wouldn't use other peoples settings. Those settings are not for your tv, use Pure mode instead.

Forgive me if this has been answered, but would our Kuros benefit from the new 4K blu-rays? I have a 5020FD that's been elite'd and calibrated by D-Nice, and was just curious if the ultra high bitrate of these new 4K discs would look any better than the 2K counterparts on our displays. Even a marginal PQ improvement would be worth my while, as a fan of film, to start picking them up. If I can notice a difference on current 4K displays then surely the 9G Kuros would at least show some difference?

Would our Kuros even display the 4K blus? If I were to pick up the new Dune player that's 4K ready, will it playback and downscale on our Kuros or what?

Thank you.

I'm trying to figure out the best settings for my keep-500m and my ps4. It's been so long since I originally purchased and setup my 500m that I can't remember what the ideal settings are. Right now I have my various sources (Xbox One, PS4, Mac mini) connected to my Marantz receiver, and the receiver is connected to one of the hdmi inputs on my 500m. My first question is whether I should have the 500m input set to video or PC? If it is PC, then I'd like suggestions for the other settings that become available if you select PC. If there are any specific settings I should check on my PS4 and/or Xbox, I'd appreciate suggestions on those as well. Thanks in advance.

**UPDATE**

Did some searching, and it seems like there's a bug with setting the 500M's video output to auto? If that's the case, how do I know which setting is going to work best for all my sources?

I agree with #2. I STRONGLY disagree with #1. Try a twitch fps and move the reticle quickly in a circle. The amount of excess screen motion/tightness of the circle will be much improved in game mode.

~40 ms or less input lag vs high 50s or MORE

See the first question in the Settings section of the FAQ.

I thought I had hdmi cec control turned off on my kuro krp-500m. as it turns out the samsung uhd blu-ray I found wanted to keep turning it on !

is there a way to turn off hdmi cec control on the pio once and for all thanks in advance to any suggestions

See the last question in the FAQ.

My KRP-500M power supply failed. It is the same PS board used in the PRO-101FD. The usual sources for inexpensive pulls have nothing in stock. Does anyone know of any sources for the AXY1203 board other than [email protected] retail $?

(apologies for the cross-posting of this request)