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Hi,
I have rather foolishly adjusted my default geometry setting on my beovision 3-32 CRT without taking note of what they where to start with and I can't make it look correct and uniform. Stupid and amateur I know! So, although all sets are going to different could some helpful person please let me know there default settings so I can at least be somewhere near where I need to be. Thanks, much appreciated
Welcome to Beoworld. As far as I know, there are no "default" settings; the picture was individually calibrated at the factory. What you need is the service manual for your 3-32 and the Phillips test pattern. You should be able to find the pattern on youtube. Copy the pattern to an iPod or similar device that you can connect to the TV. Then go through the settings according to the service manual for each individual picture format. It's not that hard.
Maybe somebody knows a better way. I made the same mistake about a year ago and that's what worked for me. The 3-32 is a nice TV and is worth keeping.
-Brian
Thanks Brian
i completely agree with you that there are no defined default settings. I have tried using a test pattern and spent hours trying to resolve my issue but I have had no luck. I do however believe due to the construction of the CRT and software used to make the adjustments, that there must be a ball park figure that most sets will be set to before calibration in the factory. Hopefully if someone could provide them or even what there TV is set to then I will have a better chance making the final adjustments on my set.
thanks
i'll get my geometry settings tonight and post them here, but i doubt they will help much because every tube and the electronics is different.
You should set them top down, one after each other and use the test pattern everything else will be just a guess.
Ralph-Marcus
Hi.
Here are my 3-32's settings.
here are my two geometry settings.
The first one is for Format 3 (16:9)
The second one is in Format 1 (14:9)
As you can see the values are different for 16:9 and 14:9 (15:9). You have to set both! Also my values differ from those lausvi showed before.
One more thing.
The settings have the following meanings:
H-PH Horizontal Phase =shift
H-AM Horizontal width
V-AM Vertical heigth
V-SH Vertical shift
V-OL, V-SL and V-PS has something to do with the vertical shift inside the vertical frame and the vertical linearity
EW-UC East-West Upper Corner
EW-LC East-West Lower Corner
EW-PA East-West parallelogram
EW--TZ East-West trapezoid
EW-PG don't know anymore
BOW to get straight vertical lines
Good luck and next time make a note before you change a setting in the service menu
All Sorted Thanks everyone.
Ah, I remember the days of tube TVs. Not only is the geometry different for each tube, but the tilt changes depending on the sets relationship to the earth's magnetic field. Some sets even had a tilt adjustment easily accessible from the remote, Sony's if I recall had this on the XBR sets, to let you tweak it, say if you moved your TV from one side of the room to a different wall.
Something I definitely do NOT miss from the "good ol'days." Geometry errors used to drive me absolutely nuts, for some reason my eye was particularly sensitive to them. Much nicer to have the pixels stay in the same place, rigidly aligned, as on all plasma and LCD sets!
Jeff
I'm afraid I'm recovering from the BeoVirus.