HOW TO ENTER SERVICE MODE - SONY KV-2168MT _ SONY KV – 2169MNT REMOTE CONTROL: RM-87

 How to enter Service Mode - SONY KV-2168MT _ SONY KV – 2169MNT

Remote control: RM-870

ENTERING INTO SERVICE MODE

With the unit in standby mode

Press [DISPLAY]à[5]à [VOL+]à [POWER]

This operation puts the unit into service mode.

The screen now shows

08	VSF	0C	SERVICE
	0000	1000	50

In this display, ‘08’ is the item number, ‘VSF’ is the item name, ‘0C’ is the item data, ‘SERVICE’ shows the service mode, ‘0000’ and’1000’ are binary data and ‘50’ shows, PAL, SECAM’ (60) for NTSC

Service Mode Adjustments

1. Put the TV set into Service Mode.
2. Press [1](up) and [4] (down), to select an item for adjustment.
3. Press [3](Up) and [6] (Down), to raise or lower the value of the selected item.
4. Press ‘Muting” button, and it will indicate [Write] on the screen.
5. Press[0] button to write the value on the memory.

Service Mode Keys

In the service mode, following remote handset keys can be used.

1. [1] & [4] Select adjustment mode.
2. [3] & [6] Raise or lower the data value.
3. [Muting] to write.
4. [0], To execute writing.
5. [7] & [0], All the data becomes the values in the memory.
6. [8] & [0].  All user control goes to the standard state.
7. [5] & [0].  Service data initialization. (Use this option sparingly).
8. [2]&[0].  Write 50Hz adjustment data, to 60Hz or vice versa.

Service Mode Adjustment Method.

1. In the service mode, select [08] (vertical shift) [as an example]
2. Raise or lower the data value with [3] and [6] buttons.
3. Select the optimum state. [Default value for PAL reception is “0F’].
4. Write with ‘Muting Button’. (The service display changes to ‘write’)
5. Execute writing with [0] button. The write display will change to ‘Red’ color while executing, and changes back to ‘SERVICE’.  Use the same method for all items.  Use [1] and [4] to select the adjustment item, and [3] and [6] to raise or lower the selected data value, write with ‘Muting’ and then execute the write with [0].
6. During the Write operation, the data with all items are written into the memory together.

Adjustment after IC 003[MEMORY] Replacement.

1. Enter to service mode.
2. Press [5] and [0] buttons (Data initialize) on remote handset.  Next press [2] and [0] (Data Copy) to initialize data.
3. Call each item number and check if the respective screen shows the normal picture.  In case where items are not well adjusted, rectify them with the fine adjustment.  Write the data for each item number by pressing [Muting]&[0].
4. Select item numbers “2B”(OP0) and “2C” (OP1) and “41”(OP0) and “42”(OP1), for stereo, and respectively set the bit per model with remote handset buttons [3] & [6].
5. Press handset buttons [8] & [0] (Test Normal) to return to the data that set on the shipment from the factory. [This will also cancel the service mode]

White balance Adjustment and other details follows

 SONY KV-2168MT - KV-2169MNT - WHITE BALANCE ADJUSTMENT: Remote RM-870.

White Balance Adjustment

1. Put the set into service mode.
2. Input entire white signal.
3. Set the picture to maximum.
4. Select RDR (09) WITH [1] & [4], and set the level to 25 with [3] & [6].
5. Select GDR(0A) and BDR (0B)  with [1] and [4] and adjust the level with [3] and [6]  for best white balance.
6. Write into memory , by pressing [MUTING] and then [0] button.

ADJUSTMENT ITEM TABLE

NO	ITEM	RANGE	STANDARD DATA	FUNCTION
00	HSF	00-3F	24	HORIZONTAL SHIFT
01	HSZ	00-3F	23	HORIZONTAL SIZE
02	PAP	00-3F	21	PIN AMPLITUDE
03	CNP	00-3F	29	CORNER PIN
04	TLT	00-3F	20	TILT
05	VSL	00-3F	20	VERTICAL SLOPE
06	VAP	00-3F	1D	VERTICAL AMPLITUDE
07	SCR	00-3F	20	S-CORRECTION
08	VSF	00-3F	20	VERTICAL SHIFT
09	RDR	00-3F	25	WHITE POINT-RED
0A	GDR	00-3F	20	WHITE POINT-GREEN
0B	BDR	00-3F	20	WHITE POINT-BLUE
0C	YDL	00-3F	00	Y-DELAY ADJUSTMENT.
0D	FO	00-02	TV:00  VIDEO:00	PHI-1 TIME CONSTANT
0E	AGC	00-3F	TV:06  VIDEO:06	AGC TAKE OVER
0F	CSW	00-01	TV:00  VIDEO:01
10	FOR	00-03	00	FORCED FIELD FREQUENCY
11	DL	00-01	00	INTERLACE
12	POC	00-01	00	SYNCHRONISATION
13	NCI	00-01	50:00  60:00	V DIVIDER MODE
14	VID	00-01	50:00  60:00	VIDEO IDENT MODE
15	HCO	00-01	50:00  60:00	EHT TRACKING MODE
16	EVG	00-01	50:00  60:00	ENABLE V GUARD
17	SBL	00-01	50:00  60:00	SERVICE BLANKING
18	PRD	00-01	50:00  60:00	OVER VOLTAGE INPUT
19	EXP	00-03	00	VERTICAL DEFLECTION MODE
1A	SFM	00-01	01	HORIZONTAL FREQUENCY DURING SWON
1B	PHL	00-01	00	COLORX-TAL PLL
1C	COR	00-01	00	NOISE CORING PEAK
1D	PMX	00-3F	2D	PICTURE MAX DATA
1E	SBR	00-7F	4B	SUB-BRIGHTNESS
1F	SHU	00-0F	07	SUB-HUE
20	SSH	00-03	TV:01  VIDEO:03	SUB-SHARPNESS
21	SCL	00-3F	50:3F  60:3F	SUB-COLOR

FOR KV-2168MT ONLY

22	TXP	00-0F	09	TEXT PICTURE CONT.
23	MXP	00-0F	0D	TEXT MIS MODE PIC.
24	BKP	00-3F	00	BLK OFF PICT.
25	ODL	00-FF	10	POWER ON DELAY
26	OFR	00-0F	00	REMO CON. RGB OUT
27	OFM	00-0F	00	MAIN POWER RGB OUT
28	OSH	00-3F	0A	OSD H-POSITION
29	MUT	00-01	01	NO-SYNC MUTE
2A	ABL	00-01	01	BRIGHT ABL
2B	OPO	00-FF	40	OPTION-0
2C	OP1	00-FF	07	OPTION-1

FOR KV-2169MNY ONLY

22	FAW	00-FF	08	NICAM FAW THRESH
23	CAM	00-FF	08	NICAM ERROR BIT-MONO
24	CTN	00-FF	5C	NICAM ERROR BIT (NICAM)
25	WCD	00-FF	0A	WG CHANGE DATA
26	WST	00-FF	15	WG STEREO CUT POINT
27	WTM	00-FF	50	WG TIMER CHANGE
28	WBT	00-FF	EA	WG BI-LINGUAL CUT POINT
29	AGC	00-01	01	AGC AUTO/CONST
2A	CDB	00-7F	50	AGC GAIN CONST.
2B	FGP	00-7F	40	FM (BG,I DK) PRESCALE
2C	FMP	00-7F	40	FM (M) PRESCALE
2D	WGP	00-7F	3C	WG PRESCALE

2E	NIP	00-7F	7F	NICAM PRESCALE
2F	CRM	00-01	00	CARRIER MUTE
30	ACO	00-01	01	AUDIO CLOCK OUT
31	WAC	00-0F	01	WG AGREEMENT COUNT
32	TXT	00-0F	0A	TEXT PICTURE CONT
33	MXP	00-0F	0B	TEXT MIX MOD PICT.
34	BKP	00-3F	00	BLK OFF PICTURE
35	HBL	00-3F	25	H BLK LEFT WIDTH
36	HBR	00-3F	20	H BLK RIGHT WIDTH
37	VBH	00-7F	00	V BLK HIGH WIDTH
38	VBL	00-FF	FF	V BLK LOW WIDTH
39	ODL	00-FF	10	POWER ON DELAY
3A	OFR	00-0F	00	REMO CON RGB OUT
3B	OFM	00-0F	00	MAIN POWER RGB OUT
3C	OSH	00-3F	0A	OSD H-POSITION
3D	DKS	00-01	00	D/K STEREO SEARCH
3E	MUT	00-01	01	NO SYNC MUTE
3F	DWZ	00-01	00	DISABLE WIDE ZOOM
40	ABL	00-01	01	BRIGHT ABL
41	OPO	00-FF	40	OPTION-0
42	OP1	00-FF	07	OPTION 1

No. 2B & 2C (OP-0, OP1) Data for KV-2168MT

Item		AV input						Saudi
2B	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

No 41 & 42 (OP0, OP1) Data for KV-2169MNT

Item		AV Input		TV SYSTEM				SOUDI
41	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
						NTSC	SECAM	CHINA
42	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1