RCA's new service menu

[stevestar999]

I was working on a fairly new RCA projection (R52WH74) and tracked down the new service menu access code off the net somewhere, which I can't find now.
(Turn set OFF, Press "Menu", "Volume Down" and "Channel Down" all at the same time for 8 seconds and the set comes on with the service menu). Which was great to do the convergence and geometry. The problem is that when I when back into it to do some touch up work, I pressed "MENU" "Volume UP" "Channel UP" and launched it's set-up program. Now every time the set is turned ON, it goes into the set-up routine. DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW TURN OFF THE "INITIAL SET-UP", SO IT DOESN'T COME ON EVERY TIME.

[minnie]

What ctc is it?

[Frank]

try to unplug set from the power mains for some time and see .

[stevestar999]

It's not a ctc chassis. The set was sold "as is " for junk by Wal-mart. It's less than a year old. It's not your old V76/V80 service menu. This is a whole new service set-up routine. RCA.com doesn't acknowledge they made this set. Fortunately my customer said they would live with it , while I track down the remedy for this annoyance. The original problem with the set was the primary power supply bridge diode and the doubler diodes where sorted out, easy fix. Once I got it running, the factory convergence set-up was very poor, the auto-focus worked like most do, crappy. The "new" service menu is very easy to use and has prompts as to how to adjust the set. It was when I used the old "UP" buttons access that got me into trouble. SO IF YOU RUN INTO ONE OF THESE, IT'S "DOWN, DOWN"!!!!
DON'T PRESS "VOL/CHANNEL UP" UNLESS YOU GOT THE NEW SET OF CODES. I TRIED ALL POSSIBLE COMBINATIONS TO BACK OUT OF THIS MODE. NO LUCK. I know it's going to be something stupid, I just don't know what it is. If there are any factory RCA techs out there, I bet your having a good laugh.

[cjpilot]

it may not have a ctc chassis number but it DOES have a chassis number. without that number i would not be able to assist you. thanx

[MacGeek]

[Quidsane]

This is happening to my set as well. What's the remedy?

[MDoggie]

I am having a very strange problem with an r52wh74. When in 1080i mode, the image is "too big". As in, it overfills the screen. It works fine over standard definition programming, and anything in 480p mode. It only seems to happen in 1080i mode. I am not having any luck getting into any service mode thus far. I power off the TV, and then hold the menu, vol down, and channel down buttons at the same time for quite a while, but, the tv does not seem to turn on or go into any service mode. Any suggestions on why the service mode isn't working, or what to do about this overfilling of the screen in 1080i mode???

[titanescape]

I woke up this morning and my tv looks like it's broadcasting in 3D. After reading the manual appears the convergence is off(for some reason). There is not and adjustment for this under the setup menu as the manual states. I tried to enter the "menu" + "channel down" +"volume down" for 8 seconds and nothing happens. I hope this is a setting problem and it's not the TV tripping. It's less than a year old. It is an RCA R52WH74 model.


Thanks

[minnie]