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Originally Posted by Vicious1080 /forum/post/0
Alright, I have most of my settings that I want. I was a little concerned reducing the horizontal size so drastically. It was cutting off about 2 inches to the left and nearly 5 on the right. I didn't mess with the HCNT settings for fear of messing something up.
My only problem now, is how do I save these settings? Everytime I turn the TV off everything resets.
Ok first of all if you play with settings and don't remember where they were. STOP! Turn the set off, enter the service code and turn the set back on and everything will be back to normal as long as you didn't save anything. It's a good practice to do this procedure every time you are ready to save a setting. Why? Because while searching for that setting you could have accidentaly hit the wrong key and adjusted something else, or set something back to the improper value while playing around with settings you know nothing about. Don't ever save a value into the tv after "siffting" through the adjustments and changing them just to see the way they effect the image. When you are ready to adjust a value, enter service mode and go right to the adjustment and adjust, and save it.
How to save an adjustment: Press MUTE then ENTER
When you press mute, you will se the word "WRITE" appear on the upper right hand side of the display. Within a few seconds press ENTER and WRITE will be displayed in RED for about 2 seconds and go back to displaying "SERVICE". There are some settings that do not stick even after saving because some are for testing purposes and others I'm not sure why, but the vast majority are able to be saved.
Write down current values before changing a setting. Keep a record of one sheet or set of sheets explaining exactly what the adjustment was and what picture mode it was in, resolution it was in, and source it was in. Example:
VIDEO 5---FULL MODE---480P
MID2
DHHP 57
DHHS 183
DHVP 28
DHVS 60
You can chose to go through all the service modes and record them for each, or just record them as you change them which is alot easier. Once you get the settings you like, write those down as well for reference. DO NOT record current settings on whatever is available like a napkin or paper plate. Keep clean documentation and store in a safe place where you can always find it. You will very likely need this reference sheet often since you are likely to adjust something that effects not only your current source, but may effect other inputs or even all input types. Take all these extra precautions and you will never end up like some of the guys on this forum screeming desperately for help after they screwed their display up and have no idea what was adjusted and have no way to back track their settings.
