Tuesday, September 04, 2012

PANASONIC CT32HX40B CT36HX40B SERVICE MODE ADJUSTMENTS





  • It is suggested that the technician reads all the way through and understand the following procedure for entering and exiting the service man adjustment mode; then proceed with the instructions working with the receiver.  
QUICK ENTRY TO SERVICEMAN MODE

  • When minor adjustments need to be done to the electronic controls, the method of entering the serviceman mode without removal of the cabinet back cover is as follows using the remote control

  1. Select Set-Up icon, and select Cable Mode.
  2. Select 'Timer' icon and set 'Sleep time' for 30 minutes.
  3. Press 'Action' "Twice" to Exit menus.
  4. Tune to channel '124'.
  5. Adjust 'Volume' to minimum.
  6. Press 'Volume ( < ) on the "Receiver".  Red "CHK" appears in upper corner.
  7. After the set is set into serviceman mode, set timer back to 'NO'.
TOGGLE BETWEEN AGING AND SERVICEMAN MODE
  • While "CHK" is displayed on the left top corner of the CRT, pressing "Action" and "Volume Up" on the TV simultaneously will toggle between the modes.  Red "CHK" for service man, and Yellow.  
  • Press "Power" on the remote control to display the Service Adjustments Mode Menu, select adjustments by pressing the 'Volume Right/Left' buttons, and Channel Up/Dn  buttons on the remote control, and 'Action" to enter the adjustment.
Some adjustments are available only in some modes [480i, 480p, 1080i]; it is needed to apply the format.

EXITING SERVICEMAN MODE
  • Press 'Action" and "Power" on the [TV] simultaneously for at least '2' seconds.
  • The receiver Exits service mode.  The receiver momentarily shuts off; and then comes back on tuned channel '3' with a preset level of sound.  Any programmed channels, channels caption data and some other user defined settings will be erased. 
  • IMPORTANT: ALWAYS EXIT THE SERVICEMAN MODE FOLLOWING ADJUSTMENTS
TO CHECK PURITY
  • Press "Recall" on the remote control, when the Serviceman Mode (Red 'CHK") is displayed to enter the purity field check.  Press RECALL again to select [NORMAL SCREEN => WHITE SCREEN => RED SCREEN => GREEN SCREEN => BLUE SCREEN & BACK TO NORMAL SCREEN]
FOR ADJUSTMENTS
  • Press "Channel Up/Dn & Volume Left/Right" on the remote control to select one of the available Service Adjustments.  Press "ACTION" gain to go back to the adjustment menu.   NB:  Write down the original value set for each address before modifying anything. It is easy to erroneously adjust the worn item.
  • Press "Volume Right/Left" on the remote control to adjust the level of the selected service adjustment.

H-DEF Adjustment
description
Memory location
Default level
New level

TOPG
TOP CORNER GAIN
A8 A2
13

BTMG
BOTTOM CORNER GAIN
A8 AC
11

TOPSL
TOP CORNER SLICE LEVEL
A8 46
01

BTMSL
BOTTOM CORNER SLICE LEVEL
A8 3C
0B

TRAP
TRAPEZOID
A8 2B
75

PARA
PARALLELOGRAM
A8 65
07

SIDE
PINCUSHION BALANCE ADJUST

A8 6A
00

VDEF ADJUSTMENTS
DESCRIPTION
MEMORY LOCTION

DEFAULTLEVEL
NEW LEVEL
VRAS
VERTICAL CENTERING
AA 72
27

VDAMP
VERTICAL WIDTH
A8 14
62

V-C
VERTICAL LINEARITY-1
A8 7E
22

V-S
VERTICAL LINEARITY-2

A8 74
1E

DAF ADJUSTMENTS
DESCRIPTION
MEMORY LOCATION

DEFAULT LEVEL
NEW LEVEL
HDAFC
HORIZONTAL DAF
A8 05
17

VDAFG
VERTICAL DAF
A8 C5

AA

MTS ADJUSTMENTS
DESCRIPTION
MEMORY LOCATION

DEFAULT LEVEL
NEW LEVEL
MTSIN
INPUT LEVEL
AE 0E
09

SEPAL
LOW FREC SEPERATION
AE 0F
1F

SEPAH
HI FREC 
SEPARATION


AE 10
1F

CLOCK ADJUSTMENTS

DESCRIPTION
MEM LOCATION
DEFAULT LEVEL

CLOCK
SYNTHESIZER ADJUST

AE 12
128

VIDEO ADJUSTMENTS
DESCRIPTION
MEMORY LOCATION

DEFAULT LEVEL

COLOR
COLOR
AA 8F
24

TINT
TINT
AA 91
1F

BRIGHT
SUB-BRIGHTNESS
AA 93
60

CONT
SUB-CONTRAST
AA 95
22

B-Y_G
COLOR ADJUST-BLUE
AA AE
2F

CUT G
GREEN CUT OFF
AA CC
02 D2

CUT R
RED CUT OFF
AA C8
02 92

CUT B
BLUE CUT OFF
AA D0
02 56

BRT
TEMPORARY BRIGHTNESS
DOES NOT WRITE TO EEPROM
60

R DR
RED DRIVE
AA 96
B1

B DR
BLUE DRIVE
AA 98
AD


H DEF ADJUSTMENTS

DESCRIPTION
MEM LOCATION
DEFAULT LEVEL

H LIN
HORIZONTAL LINEARITY
AA 76
5F

H POS
HORIZONTAL CENTERING
A6 EA
37

H WID
HORIZONTAL WIDTH
A8 32
4F

PCC
PIN CUSHION CORRECTION
A8 30
48

PCCHG
PINCUSHION TOP GAIN
A8 56
02

PCCHS
PINCUSHION BOTTOM GAIN
A8 60
01

PCCHS
PINCUSHION TOP SLICE LEVEL
A8 B6
00

PCCLS
PINCUSHION BOTTOM SLICE LEVEL
A8 B1
01