Advent 34" Direct-View HDTV, accessing Service Menu?

[DTVuser2009]

Does anyone out there know the sequence of buttons i need to press to open up the Service Menu on this TV? it's a flat-CRT (tries to be a flat panel, early model from 2003) HDTV i got for free, all resolutions work all the way to 1080i (excellent picture!) but it has a minor pincushion effect on the left and right sides, not bad but seems i could fix it if i adjusted it but adjustment is only possible through the service menu, and i don't know how to get into it. thanks

 

[Jason Fritz]

Try (in sequence - not all together):
SLP-MUTE-AV-MENU on the remote control. You can then switch pages of the setup menu with the numbered channel keys and change settings with the left-right buttons, and selections in each menu with the up-down buttons.

From: Advent HT2751A Service menu? - HDTVoice.com - High-Definition Television Talk

Good luck!

 

[MrPogi]

As always, use caution when working in a service menu. I've seen people turn $2000 TVs into $2000 bricks.

I have the service code for mine, but have never been into it. I heard there was not a lot of (useful) things I could do in there anyway. Several people bricked their sets within days of the codes for my set being posted on a users forum!

 

[DTVuser2009]

i got it for free so have nothing to lose. but there is no 'MUST' key on my remote or on the TV itself, so that sequence is no good

 

[EscapeVelocity]

I dont have any tips for you DTVuser, but I have an old Sanyo 27" CRT with pincushion distortion problems as well, which I havent been able to sort out via the menu system. Ive just been overscanning with the zoom function.

 

[DTVuser2009]

Disregard it is MUTE not 'Must'.

 

[DTVuser2009]

Well i killed it apparently adjusting the DEFLECT setting in Menu 4 can brick a set. now it turns on but no picture, no high voltage, no sound. just the power LED. oh well.