Thought I'd try and see if anyone here would have any idea of what could be the culprit of this type of horizontal shadows
showing up with white areas. Aside from this, the set is perfectly fine.
(MX4000 sw 4.7)
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Grateful for any directions or ideas.
No you can't adjust convergence in any way. Even the static convergence (center of screen) is impossible because Philips tubes don't have adjustable rings on the neck. Convergence strips are never used on these tubes either. It's possible that the convergence while not perfect is within tolerance, i.e. it was like that from the beginning and was deemed OK at the CRT factory, and that you are picky about it due to your previous experience with the BVM. If you can't adjust to it I'd suggest you get a Sony PC monitor like CPD-E500E which costs next to nothing and allows to adjust convergence through OSD. Coupled with a OSSC should give a picture pretty much identical to that of a BVM with 15KHz sources.Initial-d wrote:I just got hold of a nice condition MX6000, had the back off to give it a clean and dust and adjust the focus. I’ve been through the service menus but other than using magnetic strips how can I adjust convergence on these sets?
It doesn’t have the options like my old BVM did.
Thanks for the in-depth reply and suggestion, it’s me just being picky to be fair. As much as I loved the BVM it was too perfect!MKL wrote:No you can't adjust convergence in any way. Even the static convergence (center of screen) is impossible because Philips tubes don't have adjustable rings on the neck. Convergence strips are never used on these tubes either. It's possible that the convergence while not perfect is within tolerance, i.e. it was like that from the beginning and was deemed OK at the CRT factory, and that you are picky about it due to your previous experience with the BVM. If you can't adjust to it I'd suggest you get a Sony PC monitor like CPD-E500E which costs next to nothing and allows to adjust convergence through OSD. Coupled with a OSSC should give a picture pretty much identical to that of a BVM with 15KHz sources.Initial-d wrote:I just got hold of a nice condition MX6000, had the back off to give it a clean and dust and adjust the focus. I’ve been through the service menus but other than using magnetic strips how can I adjust convergence on these sets?
It doesn’t have the options like my old BVM did.
Nope there never is in any TV even current gen TV technology. Service menu’s are for power users only. The only way to fix problems with geometry is to properly change the settings in the service menu. Some geometry issues can only be fixed with special magnets and/or capacitor replacement.Theboy996 wrote:Is there any way to factory reset the geometry values of a mx 7000? Thank you
MX3500 service menu is accessible from service mode plug P48 on PCB5. Its located right from the av1 connector. Be careful when the chassis is open.Psy-Q wrote:Does anyone have a clue how to get to the service menu in the MX 3500? I opened up the back but I couldn't find any service jumper, <certainly not in the location the MX4000 has its jumper.
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<Also, how do I get this thing to save picture settings (brilliance, color...)? I've tried "STORE" and "S.STORE" after setting everything up, the next time I <start the TV, it has forgotten about it.
Yes, it's unusual. Here's another example (Italian set made by Seleco):nem wrote:Anyway, it's the first time I've seen one like that. Usually the pots are everywhere on the chassis, mostly in super awkward places.
My pics are of a 17" model where EW correction is not necessary. Yours is a bigger set with a 110° tube so they are necessary.nem wrote: Plus it has both side pincushion and parallelogram adjustments. I consider those rare.
That's a strange issue indeed. Who's the eBay seller you bought these cables from?neonxaos wrote:Well, it appears that I have somehow gotten hold of two faulty RGB cables. They both display the same issue on my flatscreen TV as well, and it happens on both of my machines. I will try and find a better cable and comment on the results here, in case anyone else experiences this problem in the future.
Hey neon, i have the same “issue” but my set it’s an mx6000, have the same problem with the imagine tiltes to the left, the only thing is that mine after a while or resetting both console and tv it works, i have a ps2 with cheap rgb cable and gamecube and snes thru composite to scart as I don’t have rgb yet, my question is does your set says 50hz on the back and not 50/60hz?neonxaos wrote:Hi everyone
I have a maddening problem with my MX 4200 and my PAL Saturn. I am connecting the machine to my TV using a Csync Scart cable (bought from a respected producer on eBay), but the image is shifted to the left, and after some fiddling, I have discovered that it can't be fixed using the service menu. When I shift the image to the right, it becomes apparent that about 5% of the left side of the image is completely missing, not just hidden.
I have tried two different Saturn machines, but they both exhibit this problem. I have another Scart cable that came with the second machine, and it seems to reveal a little more of the image, so perhaps there is a problem with my main cable. The latter works fine on my HDTV though. I tried it on my MX 1500 as well, and the image is still shifted to the left, but that system doesn't have any service menu, so I can't really tell of the problem is the same.
I tried hooking up my Mega Drive to the same port using another Csync cable, and the image is shifted a little to the left on that as well, but for some reason I can just move it to the right, and nothing appears to be cut off entirely. Same thing with my GameCube.
This problem is driving me a little crazy, does anyone have any idea what might be going on here?
The 50hz on the back only refers to the mains frequency the tv is compatible with and has no bearing on how it displays 60hz video.Shk04090144 wrote: Hey neon, i have the same “issue” but my set it’s an mx6000, have the same problem with the imagine tiltes to the left, the only thing is that mine after a while or resetting both console and tv it works, i have a ps2 with cheap rgb cable and gamecube and snes thru composite to scart as I don’t have rgb yet, my question is does your set says 50hz on the back and not 50/60hz?