SERVICE MODE ENTRY PROCEDURES - SONY TELEVISIONS (Various Models)

SERVICE MODE ENTRY PROCEDURES

KV25F1U -KV29F1U -KV25F2U -KV29F2U -KV25F3U -KV29F3U - KV25X1U -KV29X1U -KV24WX1U -KV28WX1U -KV24WS2U -KN28WS2U - KV28WF1U -KV32WF1U -KV29FX11U -BE-3D chassis

KV28DS20U KV28DX20U KV32DS20U KV32DX20U BE-3E chassis

To access the service mode:

• Turn the set on and then put into standby.
• Press the On Screen Display button
• Press the "5" button
• Press the "VOLUME +" button
• Press the "TV" button
• Press the "MENU" button on the remote control to bring up the test screen.
• Use the joystick on the remote control to navigate the service menu ( ◄► ▲▼ keys BE-3E)
• Press the right joystick to enter the selected adjustment.
• Turn off the power to store and exit the service mode

Test mode 2 allows entry of TT numbers to perform some functions. The important numbers for this chassis are given below.

TT00 switch the TT mode off

TT08 set the set to shipping condition

TT24 Set CTV to UK model (PAL I)

 TT44 set all favorite pages to 100

To re-initialize the NV Ram follow the procedure below:

Set the TV to channel 59

Select TT49

Switch off at the mains supply, wait for one minute and switch the set back on

Select channel 59, and enter the service mode

Select TT24, (UK destination)

Select TT42, (general reset)

Switch off at the mains, wait for one minute and switch on again

Auto tunes the channels and carry out a complete adjustment on the set.

KL-37W1U KL-50W1U KL-50W2U LE-1 chassis

To enter the service mode:

• Turn the mains power on while holding the "PROG +" and the "PROG -" buttons on the set simultaneously.
• "TT" will appear at the top right hand corner of the screen
• Press "01" on the remote control to see the service menu on screen
• Press the "arrow up" and the "arrow down" buttons on the remote control to navigate the menus
• Press the "OK" button to select an adjustment
• Press the "arrow up" and the "arrow down" buttons to highlight an adjustment, and press the "OK" button to allow adjustment.
• Use the "arrow up" and the "arrow down" buttons to adjust the value
• Press the "OK" button to store
• Turn off the power to exit the service mode

Test mode 2 allows entry of TT numbers to perform some functions. The important numbers for this chassis are given below.

TT00 switch the TT mode off

TT08 set the set to shipping condition

TT15 Factory reset values

TT16 User defined reset values

TT16 loads the contents of the NVM when the set was last switched off

TT15 loads the factory defaults. To do this press TT15 followed by TT16.

KP-41S3U RE-1 chassis

To access the service mode:

• Turn the set on and then put into standby
• Press the On Screen Display button
• Press the "5" button
• Press the "VOLUME +" button
• Press the "TV" button
• Use buttons "1" and "4" on the remote control to navigate the service menu
• Use buttons "3" and "6" to adjust the selected data
• Press the "MUTE" button and then the "0" button to store the data
• Press the "5" button and then the "0" button to initialize the set. (Note, this is an extreme measure and should be used with caution)
• Turn the set off to exit.

KP-41S3U RE-1 chassis

To access the service mode:

• Turn the set on and then put into standby
• Press the On Screen Display button
• Press the "5" button
• Press the "VOLUME +" button
• Press the "TV" button
• Use buttons "1" and "4" on the remote control to navigate the service menu
• Use buttons "3" and "6" to adjust the selected data
• Press the "MUTE" button and then the "0" button to store the data
• Press the "5" button and then the "0" button to initialise the set. (Note, this is an extreme measure and should be used with caution)
• Turn the set off to exit.

KP-41DS1U RE-2D chassis

To access the service mode:

• Turn the set on and then put into standby
• Press the On Screen Display button
• Press the "5" button
• Press the "VOLUME +" button
• Press the "TV" button
• Use the JOYSTICK ▲/▼  on the remote control to navigate the service menu
• Move the JOYSTICK to the 'right' to enter the selected adjustment.
• Press OK on the JOYSTICK to EXIT
• Press the "MUTE" button and then the "0" button to write data
• Press the "On Screen Display" button to copy data
• Turn the set off to quit the service mode when adjustments are complete.

KV-14V4U TE-1 chassis

To access the service mode:

• Turn the set on and then put into standby
• Press the On Screen Display button
• Press the "5" button
• Press the "VOLUME +" button
• Press the "TV" button
• Use buttons "1" and "4" on the remote control to navigate the service menu
• Use buttons "3" and "6" to adjust the selected data
• Turn off the power to store and exit the service mode

The codes on screen are as follows:

ODL Power On Delay

OSH On screen H-position

MUT FTZ muting on *Do not adjust

VAM V. size

VBC V breath correct *Do not adjust

PAM Parabola amp. *Do not adjust

PTI Parabola tilt *Do not adjust

VLI V-linearity

CCR Corner correction *Do not adjust

HAM V. cent *Do not adjust

BIN Blue intensity

GIN Green intensity

RIN Red intensity

 CLS Colour system

SCO Sub contrast

SBR Sub brightness

SSA Sub saturation

SHU Sub hue

SSH Sub sharpness

G2 adj G2 adjustment

32K adj

 KV-32WS4U KV32WX4U KV32WX2U AE-4 chassis

To enter the service mode:

• Turn the mains power on while holding the "PROG +" and the "PROG -" buttons on the set simultaneously.
• "TT" will appear on the top right hand corner of the screen.
• Press "MENU" on the remote control to get the service menu on screen  Navigate the menu by moving the joystick up and down.(green and blue)
• Press the joystick down to select an adjustment.
• Turn TV off to exit service mode

Test mode 2 allows entry of TT numbers to perform some functions.

The  important numbers for this chassis are given below

TT00,10,20,30,40 pressing these numbers will switch the TT mode  off

TT01 switch service menu on

TT08 set the set to shipping condition

TT21 picture rotation automatic function

TT25 Status menu display

TT49 New initialization

KV-16WS1U KV-21X1U KV-21X4U KV-20WS1U BE-5 chassis

To access the service mode:

• Turn the set on and then put into standby
• Press the On Screen Display button
• Press the "5" button
• Press the "VOLUME +" button
• Press the "TV" button
• Press the "MENU" button on the remote control to see the service menu on screen
• Use the "blue" button and the "green" button on the remote control to navigate the service menu
• Use the "Yellow" button and the "red" button to adjust the selected data
• Turn the set off to exit and store
• Test mode 2 allows entry of TT numbers to perform some functions.

The important numbers for this chassis are given below;

TT00 switch the TT mode off

TT08 set the set to shipping condition

TT26 Set CTV to UK model (PAL I)

TT41 Re-initialize NVM

TT43 Re-initialize geometry settings

Note: For TT numbers above 41, the channel number needs to be 59

KV28FD1E KV28FD1K KV32FD1E KV32FD1K GE-1 chassis

To enter the service mode:

• Turn the mains power on while holding the "PROG +" and the "PROG -" buttons on the set simultaneously.
• "TT" will appear on the top right hand corner of the screen.
• Press "MENU" on the remote control to get the service menu on screen
• Navigate the menu by moving the joystick up and down. (green and blue)
• Press the joystick down to select an adjustment.
• Turn TV off to exit service mode

The main adjustments are:

MCP CXA2101 -picture (colour, drives, brightness etc)

Deflection control SDA9361 –geometry

KV-29X5U FE-1 chassis

To access the service mode:

• Turn the set on and then put into standby
• Press the On Screen Display button
• Press the "5" button
• Press the "VOLUME +" button
• Press the "TV" button
• Use buttons (Green) and (Blue) on the remote control to navigate the service menu
• Press YELLOW button to enter required menu
• Use buttons Left/Right  to adjust the selected data
• Press the "MENU" button to store the data and exit Test Menu
• Picture -(RGB. Drives & Cut offs, Sub Colour, Sub brightness)
• Geometry -(Vert. and Horiz. adjustments)
• Sound -(NICAM Information)
• TV Status -(Destination and Country info.)
• AGC. Adjust