I've had the RCA D52W20 for over 2 years now. It's served me well, amongst
all the bad ratings it's gotten. Today I found out about the service menu,
so I decided to play with that. 190+points of convergence was a blessing. I
then decided to see what was in geomatry, so I shifted my screen to the left
a little to compensate for my PS2. All I remember after that was I either
went up or down and moved the slider on another option and the TV turned
off.

Now all it does is the power blinks green and it makes the sound like it's
trying to startup.
Please any help would be greatly appreciated.

--
Alex Tsiboulski

I just did a little bit more research and found the service manual. On the
link it said "There have been reports of EEPROM being scrambled after
geometry adjustments have been made."

I'm afraid that sounds like what happened to me, what do I do?

here's a link to the service manual.
http://home.austin.rr.com/doctorjoe/ITC222align.pdf

Alex best call a shop who has the chipper checker and tell them what you
have done.


"Alex Tsiboulski" wrote in message
...
I've had the RCA D52W20 for over 2 years now. It's served me well, amongst
all the bad ratings it's gotten. Today I found out about the service menu,
so I decided to play with that. 190+points of convergence was a blessing.
I then decided to see what was in geomatry, so I shifted my screen to the
left a little to compensate for my PS2. All I remember after that was I
either went up or down and moved the slider on another option and the TV
turned off.

Now all it does is the power blinks green and it makes the sound like it's
trying to startup.
Please any help would be greatly appreciated.

--
Alex Tsiboulski

Too bad the average consumer does not read that disclaimer before playing
with the "Serviceman Menu"!!IMHO. Seen too many that have almost been
relegated to the junk status by Tweaking by the un-informed.
"kip" wrote in message
.. .
Alex best call a shop who has the chipper checker and tell them what you
have done.


"Alex Tsiboulski" wrote in message
...
I've had the RCA D52W20 for over 2 years now. It's served me well,
amongst all the bad ratings it's gotten. Today I found out about the
service menu, so I decided to play with that. 190+points of convergence
was a blessing. I then decided to see what was in geomatry, so I shifted
my screen to the left a little to compensate for my PS2. All I remember
after that was I either went up or down and moved the slider on another
option and the TV turned off.

Now all it does is the power blinks green and it makes the sound like
it's trying to startup.
Please any help would be greatly appreciated.

--
Alex Tsiboulski

Art,

though my knowledge in television electronics is not as far reaching as it
is in the PC realm, I'm far from an "average" consumer. I know my hardware,
and I knew the risk I was taking as soon as I went into that menu. In my
defense, curiosity did get the best of me when I entered the geometry menu,
but I did not save any settings, I barely even moved a slider in any
direction. So I'd love to know how the same result wouldn't have happened to
a professional.

I'd appreciate some useful input from you, or none at all. Your opinion had
nothing to do with the current situation.

"Art" wrote in message
...
Too bad the average consumer does not read that disclaimer before playing
with the "Serviceman Menu"!!IMHO. Seen too many that have almost been
relegated to the junk status by Tweaking by the un-informed.
"kip" wrote in message
.. .
Alex best call a shop who has the chipper checker and tell them what you
have done.


"Alex Tsiboulski" wrote in message
...
I've had the RCA D52W20 for over 2 years now. It's served me well,
amongst all the bad ratings it's gotten. Today I found out about the
service menu, so I decided to play with that. 190+points of convergence
was a blessing. I then decided to see what was in geomatry, so I shifted
my screen to the left a little to compensate for my PS2. All I remember
after that was I either went up or down and moved the slider on another
option and the TV turned off.

Now all it does is the power blinks green and it makes the sound like
it's trying to startup.
Please any help would be greatly appreciated.

--
Alex Tsiboulski

As someone said before, a service company with the chipper check box and
software can write defaults back to the eeprom in a matter of moments. This
is most likely all you need. It is also at this point probably the only way
to fix the set since it will not start normally for you to manually enter
the defaults.

It is totally obvious that by your permissive actions you renedered your
product inoperable. Enough Said! Get the thing into a shop, pay for the
repair, and don't screw with it again. Clear enough
Alex??
"Alex Tsiboulski" wrote in message
...
Art,

though my knowledge in television electronics is not as far reaching as it
is in the PC realm, I'm far from an "average" consumer. I know my
hardware, and I knew the risk I was taking as soon as I went into that
menu. In my defense, curiosity did get the best of me when I entered the
geometry menu, but I did not save any settings, I barely even moved a
slider in any direction. So I'd love to know how the same result wouldn't
have happened to a professional.

I'd appreciate some useful input from you, or none at all. Your opinion
had nothing to do with the current situation.

"Art" wrote in message
...
Too bad the average consumer does not read that disclaimer before playing
with the "Serviceman Menu"!!IMHO. Seen too many that have almost been
relegated to the junk status by Tweaking by the un-informed.
"kip" wrote in message
.. .
Alex best call a shop who has the chipper checker and tell them what you
have done.


"Alex Tsiboulski" wrote in message
...
I've had the RCA D52W20 for over 2 years now. It's served me well,
amongst all the bad ratings it's gotten. Today I found out about the
service menu, so I decided to play with that. 190+points of convergence
was a blessing. I then decided to see what was in geomatry, so I
shifted my screen to the left a little to compensate for my PS2. All I
remember after that was I either went up or down and moved the slider
on another option and the TV turned off.

Now all it does is the power blinks green and it makes the sound like
it's trying to startup.
Please any help would be greatly appreciated.

--
Alex Tsiboulski

As if being permissive was such a bad thing.

I understand that I may be calling people for support, but that doesn't mean
they should be acting like assholes and treating me like I am completely
ignorant. Be it Thompson's customer service, or any local repair shop, I've
seriously had enough.

I'm better off buying a Chipper Check, some schematics, and maybe WinSTIPS.
My time is better spent learning a new skill, than dealing with assholes.

Much rather go that route than pay overcharging repairmen. $50 for them to
give me an estimate? It costs me the same amount to buy a Chipper Check.
Which might be all I need. Then from there they charge me inflated labour
and part replacement costs. No thanks. Why bother when it might so happen
that I need to send it back in. I rather know how to fix it myself time and
time again, if need be.

If my TV happens to break beyond repair during my attempts, then boohoo.
I'll buy a new one, and be happy with the fact that I picked up some new
skills and have a brand new TV.

My initial question was asking if anyone knew what the problem could be.
I wouldn't have even bothered posting here if I wasn't considering repairing
it myself.


Alex



"Art" wrote in message
. ..

It is totally obvious that by your permissive actions you renedered your
product inoperable. Enough Said! Get the thing into a shop, pay for the
repair, and don't screw with it again. Clear enough
Alex??
"Alex Tsiboulski" wrote in message
...
Art,

though my knowledge in television electronics is not as far reaching as
it is in the PC realm, I'm far from an "average" consumer. I know my
hardware, and I knew the risk I was taking as soon as I went into that
menu. In my defense, curiosity did get the best of me when I entered the
geometry menu, but I did not save any settings, I barely even moved a
slider in any direction. So I'd love to know how the same result wouldn't
have happened to a professional.

I'd appreciate some useful input from you, or none at all. Your opinion
had nothing to do with the current situation.

"Art" wrote in message
...
Too bad the average consumer does not read that disclaimer before
playing with the "Serviceman Menu"!!IMHO. Seen too many that have almost
been relegated to the junk status by Tweaking by the un-informed.
"kip" wrote in message
.. .
Alex best call a shop who has the chipper checker and tell them what
you have done.


"Alex Tsiboulski" wrote in message
...
I've had the RCA D52W20 for over 2 years now. It's served me well,
amongst all the bad ratings it's gotten. Today I found out about the
service menu, so I decided to play with that. 190+points of
convergence was a blessing. I then decided to see what was in
geomatry, so I shifted my screen to the left a little to compensate
for my PS2. All I remember after that was I either went up or down and
moved the slider on another option and the TV turned off.

Now all it does is the power blinks green and it makes the sound like
it's trying to startup.
Please any help would be greatly appreciated.

--
Alex Tsiboulski