High-Definition Plasma TV Service Mode

for Color Calibration

 SERVICE MODE
This section identifies potential service modes used for service along with their function and purpose. This section also
identifies error detection LEDs and error codes.

LED Indicators
Indicator Flick frequency (times/sec. 0) Failure parts Location
10 Tuner (A101) Tuner and Audio Board
LED flickers red 1 SVP-EX62(U9) Main Board
10 MSP4450G(NP01) Tuner and Audio Board
LED flickers blue 1 Panel PDP Panel Module

Service Mode OSD Menu

Entering the OSD Menu
To enter the Factory OSD menu:
1 Turn the TV on.
2 Press the Menu button, and select User OSD Menu.
3 Select Audio, Settings, and then Balance.
4 Use the numeric keypad on the remote control to enter 9-1-8-OK in sequence.
The Factory OSD should be displayed.

NOTE: If necessary, re-enter the number keys, and then press OK on the remote control.

Exiting the OSD Menu

To exit from the Factory OSD menu, use the numeric keypad on the remote control, and enter 9-1-8-9.

NOTE: If the character “M” appears on the screen, press the Menu button first.

Initial display when the service mode is switched to below OSD

Setting Item Default
White Balance LB Bri 20
Video Setting LB Crt 20
Audio Setting HB Bri 80
Factory INI HB Crt 80
Factory Options RCut 8
RDrv 264
GCut 4
GDrv 273
BCut 0
BDrv 256
Cold TMP
Warm TMP
Auto White Balance

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Service Mode Control Key
Remote control Bezel button Functions
Menu Menu Enter/exit the Factory OSD menu
Up arrow, down arrow CH +/– Select item by moving cursor up and down
Right arrow VOL + Enter lower-level menu
Right/left arrows VOL +/– Decrease or increase the adjustment values
Back — Return to upper-level menu

Factory Data
White Balance
If a bad image is related to an incorrect white balance setting, manually adjust the items RCut, RDrv, Grut, GDrv,
BCut, BDrv (marked in purple) in the following table.
Setting Item Default Description
White Balance LB Bri 20 Low brightness
Video Setting LB Crt 20 Low contrast
Audio Setting HB Bri 80 High brightness
Factory INI HB Crt 80 High contrast
Factory Options RCut 8 Red color cut
RDrv 264 Red color drive
GRut 4 Green color cut
GDrv 273 Green color drive
BCut 0 Blue color cut
BDrv 256 Blue color drive
Cold TMP Cold color temperature
Warm TMP Warm color temperature
Auto White Balance Auto White Balance adjusting

Video Setting
Each source has a separate video setting. The sources are: Video, DTV, VGA, YPbPr, and HDMI. Each can be
adjusted in factory OSD Menu. These items cannot be adjusted UNLESS the TV is turned to
corresponding source first. Otherwise you may introduce mistakes to software. In case this mistake happens,
software updating is needed. Other Video Settings marked in purple in following table have fixed data reset in factory.
These settings are not changeable.

NOTE: Max means the 100 level, Mid means the 50 level, and Min means the 0 level and each level corresponds to
the user menu item. STD means the standard level, Movie means the Movie level, and Vivid means the Vivid level of
setting source.

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To enter the Video Source video setting, change Source to TV(NTSC)/CVBS1/S-VIDEO/CVBS2/S-VIDEO2, and then
enter Service OSD.
Setting Item Default Description
White Balance Video Mode
Video Setting DTV Mode
Audio Setting VGA Mode
Factory INI YPbPr Mode
Factory Options HDMI Mode
Bri Max 27 100-level brightness
Ctr Max 42 100-level contrast
Color Max 112 100-level saturation
Sharp Max 31 100-level sharpness
Hue Max 96 100-level hue
Bri Mid 0 50-level brightness
Ctr Mid 32 50-level contrast
Color Mid 63 50-level saturation
Sharp Mid 15 50-level sharpness
Hue Mid 0 50-level hue
Bri Min –32 0-level brightness
Ctr Min 16 0-level contrast
Color Min 0 0-level saturation
Sharp Min 0 0-level sharpness
Hue Min –96 0-level hue

Video Source
To enter the Video Source video setting, change Source to Antenna (NTSC), S-VID/VID1, or S-VID/VID2, enter Service
OSD, and adjust the setting if needed.
Setting Item Sub-item Default Description
White Balance Video Mode STD Bri 50 Standard mode brightness
Video Setting DTV Mode STD Crt 50 Standard mode contrast
Audio Setting VGA Mode STD Color 50 Standard mode saturation
Factory INI YPbPr Mode STD Hue 0 Standard mode hue
Factory Options HDMI Mode STD Sharp 40 Standard mode sharp
Bri Max 27 Movie Bri 65 Movie mode brightness
Ctr Max 42 Movie Crt 19 Movie mode contrast
Color Max 112 Movie Color 42 Movie mode saturation
Sharp Max 31 Movie Hue 0 Movie mode hue
Hue Max 96 Movie Sharp 30 Movie mode sharp
Bri Mid 0 Vivid Bri 73 Vivid mode brightness
Ctr Mid 32 Vivid Crt 75 Vivid mode contrast
Color Mid 63 Vivid Color 86 Vivid mode saturation
Sharp Mid 15 Vivid Hue 0 Vivid mode hue
Hue Mid 0 Vivid Sharp 40 Vivid mode sharp
Bri Min –32
Ctr Min 16
Color Min 0
Sharp Min 0
Hue Min –96

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DTV Source
To enter the DTV Source video setting, change source to Antenna (ATSC), enter Service OSD, and then adjust the
setting if needed.
Setting Item Sub-item Default Description
White Balance Video Mode STD Bri 50 Standard mode brightness
Video Setting DTV Mode STD Crt 50 Standard mode contrast
Audio Setting VGA Mode STD Color 50 Standard mode saturation
Factory INI YPbPr Mode STD Hue 0 Standard mode hue
Factory Options HDMI Mode STD Sharp 40 Standard mode sharp
Bri Max 27 Movie Bri 65 Movie mode brightness
Ctr Max 42 Movie Crt 19 Movie mode contrast
Color Max 112 Movie Color 42 Movie mode saturation
Sharp Max 31 Movie Hue 0 Movie mode hue
Hue Max 96 Movie Sharp 30 Movie mode sharp
Bri Mid 0 Vivid Bri 73 Vivid mode brightness
Ctr Mid 32 Vivid Crt 75 Vivid mode contrast
Color Mid 63 Vivid Color 86 Vivid mode saturation
Sharp Mid 15 Vivid Hue 0 Vivid mode hue
Hue Mid 0 Vivid Sharp 40 Vivid mode sharp
Bri Min –32
Ctr Min 16
Color Min 0
Sharp Min 0
Hue Min –96

VGA Source
To enter the VGA Source video setting, change source to VGA, enter Service OSD, and then adjust the setting if
needed.
Setting Item Default Sub-item Default Description
White Balance Video Mode STD Bri 50 Standard mode brightness
Video Setting DTV Mode STD Crt 50 Standard mode contrast
Audio Setting VGA Mode STD Color 50 Standard mode saturation
Factory INI YPbPr Mode STD Hue 0 Standard mode hue
Factory Options HDMI Mode STD Sharp 0 Standard mode sharp
Bri Max 27 Movie Bri 65 Movie mode brightness
Ctr Max 42 Movie Crt 19 Movie mode contrast
Color Max 112 Movie Color 50 Movie mode saturation
Sharp Max 31 Movie Hue 0 Movie mode hue
Hue Max 96 Movie Sharp 0 Movie mode sharp
Bri Mid 0 Vivid Bri 73 Vivid mode brightness
Ctr Mid 32 Vivid Crt 75 Vivid mode contrast
Color Mid 63 Vivid Color 50 Vivid mode saturation
Sharp Mid 15 Vivid Hue 0 Vivid mode hue
Hue Mid 0 Vivid Sharp 0 Vivid mode sharp
Bri Min –32
Ctr Min 16
Color Min 0
Sharp Min 0

Hue Min –-96

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YPbPr Source
To enter the YPbPr Source video setting, change source to YPbPr 1/YPbPr 2, enter Service OSD, and then adjust the
setting if needed.
Setting Item Default Sub-item Default Description
White Balance Video Mode STD Bri 50 Standard mode brightness
Video Setting DTV Mode STD Crt 50 Standard mode contrast
Audio Setting VGA Mode STD Color 50 Standard mode saturation
Factory INI YPbPr Mode STD Hue 0 Standard mode hue
Factory Options HDMI Mode STD Sharp 40 Standard mode sharp
Bri Max 27 Movie Bri 65 Movie mode brightness
Ctr Max 42 Movie Crt 19 Movie mode contrast
Color Max 112 Movie Color 42 Movie mode saturation
Sharp Max 31 Movie Hue 0 Movie mode hue
Hue Max 96 Movie Sharp 30 Movie mode sharp
Bri Mid 0 Vivid Bri 73 Vivid mode brightness
Ctr Mid 32 Vivid Crt 75 Vivid mode contrast
Color Mid 63 Vivid Color 86 Vivid mode saturation
Sharp Mid 15 Vivid Hue 0 Vivid mode hue
Hue Mid 0 Vivid Sharp 40 Vivid mode sharp
Bri Min –32
Ctr Min 16
Color Min 0
Sharp Min 0
Hue Min –96

HDMI Source
To enter the HDMI Source video setting, change source to HDMI, and then enter Service Mode following 5-1-1.
Setting Item Default Sub-item Default Description
White Balance Video Mode STD Bri 50 Standard mode brightness
Video Setting DTV Mode STD Crt 50 Standard mode contrast
Audio Setting VGA Mode STD Color 50 Standard mode saturation
Factory INI YPbPr Mode STD Hue 0 Standard mode hue
Factory Options HDMI Mode STD Sharp 40 Standard mode sharp
Bri Max 27 Movie Bri 65 Movie mode brightness
Ctr Max 42 Movie Crt 19 Movie mode contrast
Color Max 112 Movie Color 42 Movie mode saturation
Sharp Max 31 Movie Hue 0 Movie mode hue
Hue Max 96 Movie Sharp 30 Movie mode sharp
Bri Mid 0 Vivid Bri 73 Vivid mode brightness
Ctr Mid 32 Vivid Crt 75 Vivid mode contrast
Color Mid 63 Vivid Color 86 Vivid mode saturation
Sharp Mid 15 Vivid Hue 0 Vivid mode hue
Hue Mid 0 Vivid Sharp 40 Vivid mode sharp
Bri Min –32
Ctr Min 16
Color Min 0
Sharp Min 0
Hue Min –96

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Audio Mode Settings
Audio Setting OSD first-level menu
Setting Item Default
White Balance Audio Mode
Video Setting Max Volume 127
Audio Setting 80 Volume 107
Factory INI Mid Volume 102
Factory Options 20 Volume 97
Min Volume 50

Audio Setting OSD second-level menu

Setting Item Default Description
White Balance Audio Mode Standard 120 Hz 56
Video Setting Max Volume 127 Standard 200 Hz 48
Audio Setting 80 Volume 107 Standard 500 Hz 48
Factory INI Mid Volume 102 Standard 1K2Hz 48
Factory Options 20 Volume 97 Standard 3KHz 50
Min Volume 50 Standard 7K5Hz 75
Standard 12KHz 76
Music 120 kHz 68
Music 200 Hz 50
Music 500 Hz 40
Music 1K2Hz 40
Music 3 kHz 58
Music 7K5Hz 78
Music 12 kHz 80
Voice 120 kHz 30
Voice 200 Hz 45
Voice 500 Hz 58
Voice 1 K2Hz 55
Voice 3 kHz 50
Voice 7 K5Hz 15
Voice 12 kHz 0

Factory INI Settings

Setting Item Default Description
White Balance Clear ROM Right To Clear Clear ROM content currently
Video Setting
Audio Setting
Factory INI
Factory Options

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Factory Options Settings
Setting Item Default Description
White Balance Test Paten Enter Test Paten mode
Video Setting TOFAC M Enter Factory mode
Audio Setting Software Version V1.1.8 February 21, 2006
Factory INI
Factory Options

Test Paten
Highlight Test Paten by pressing the Right arrow, then press the Right arrow repeatedly, the screen will turn to White,
Black, Red, Green, Blue in turn, then return to current service OSD.
The software version is not changeable.
Setting Item Default
White Balance Test Paten
Video Setting TOFAC M
Audio Setting Software Version V1.1.8 February 21, 2006
Factory INI
Factory Options

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