Sony PVM monitor - screen adjustment query

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Sony PVM monitor - screen adjustment query

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Just got myself a Sony PVM-14M4E - as I repair arcade game PCBs this is is to be used as my test monitor as my nearly 30-year old monitor (not a PVM) had a tube failure.

Picture quality is excellent, but I can't seem to find a way to adjust the picture width or height, or the vertical or horizontal positioning.

I can't see anything on the front panel buttons or the menu.

Anyone got any ideas please?

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Re: Sony PVM monitor - screen adjustment query

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Here you go, should work exactly the same way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEHgYxpr ... zfpehUepCv
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Re: Sony PVM monitor - screen adjustment query

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That's very useful, many thanks for making those available. :)

One problem though - I can't figure out how to save the adjustments. Every time I power off any adjustments are lost.

Any ideas please?

Thanks!
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Re: Sony PVM monitor - screen adjustment query

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Degauss x2 is save. Blue only = reset, hold blue only then press blue only = factory reset.

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Re: Sony PVM monitor - screen adjustment query

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Excellent, worked a treat - many thanks. :D

One thing I did find in the settings was that I could only adjust the vertical and horizontals settings when the display was set to 16:9 mode - in 4:3 mode I couldn't seem to adjust anything. This isn't a problem as all looks just fine in 16:9 mode now I've adjusted the V and H sizes and positions (fills up the screen nicely) but it's puzzling why I couldn't adjust 4:3 mode. This is with RGB input.

Any ideas?
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Re: Sony PVM monitor - screen adjustment query

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Maybe you were adjusting the 50hz settings whilst looking at a 60hz picture or vice versa and not seeing any change.
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I tried both 50hz and 60hz settings with no change. Very strange.
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underscan mode on or off?
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I tried underscan on and off.
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