Service menu for Philips TV

[Mat]

I am trying to access the service menu for my US NTSC Philips TV (19PS50)
because the vertical alignment is screwed up (after moving house). I have
tried the "062596 menu" method, but it doesn't get me anywhere. Am I doing
something wrong, or is there another code?

Any ideas gratefully received. I am not a particularly teccy person, and
have no intention of removing the back cover.

TIA

 

[Bill Jr]

I would have to concur with Daniel on this.
It will probably be a fault that needs to be fixed before even attempting
any alignments.
This chassis requires a special service remote or compair interface to get
to the service codes.

Good Luck,
Bill Jr

 

[Jeroni Paul]

Mat wrote in sci.electronics.repair:

I am trying to access the service menu for my US NTSC Philips TV
(19PS50) because the vertical alignment is screwed up (after moving
house). I have tried the "062596 menu" method, but it doesn't get me
anywhere. Am I doing something wrong, or is there another code?

Any ideas gratefully received. I am not a particularly teccy person,
and have no intention of removing the back cover.

TIA

Be sure that service menu options did not get screwed by only moving the
set. There must be a hardware fault. Correcting this fault may be easy for a
tech iff the service menu remains intact. If you mess with these menus, you
will not only make the problem worse but have to pay a more expensive bill
for the repair, or if the repair man doesn't notice someone screwed with
that menu you may end up with a less functional or not so optimally aligned
set once repaired.

 

[Mat]

Thanks all of you for the replies.

The fault is simply that the bottom 5% of the picture is no longer visible.
For example, the tickers running across the screen of news channels is only
partially visible.

Any easy fix for this?

Thanks

Mat

 

[Jeroni Paul]

Check if when cold it's fine and clips picture when warms up...
It would be a common problem on Philips TVs using TDA3654Q for vertical
deflection, it's defective and needs replacement.

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