SONY CTV SERVICE ACCESS CODES

Models KL-37W1U KL-50W1U KL-50W2U  LE-1 chassis
To enter the service mode:
  • Turn the mains power on while holding the "PROG +" and the "PROG -" buttons on the set simultaneously.
  • "TT" will appear at the top right hand corner of the screen
  • Press "01" on the remote control to see the service menu on screen
  • Press the "arrow up" and the "arrow down" buttons on the remote control to navigate the menus
  • Press the "OK" button to select an adjustment
  • Press the "arrow up" and the "arrow down" buttons to highlight an adjustment, and press the "OK" button to allow adjustment.
  • Use the "arrow up" and the "arrow down" buttons to adjust the value
  • Press the "OK" button to store
  • Turn off the power to exit the service mode

Test mode 2 allows entry of TT numbers to perform some functions. The important numbers for this chassis are given below

 
TT00   switch the TT mode off
TT08   set the set to shipping condition
TT15   Factory reset values
TT16   User defined reset values
TT16 loads the contents of the NVM when the set was last switched off

TT15 loads the factory defaults. To do this press TT15 followed by TT16.


Models :  KV25F1U - KV29F1U - KV25F2U - KV29F2U - KV25F3U - KV29F3U - KV25X1U - KV29X1U - KV24WX1U - KV28WX1U - KV24WS2U - KN28WS2U - KV28WF1U - KV32WF1U - KV29FX11U  -  BE-3D chassis

KV28DS20U KV28DX20U KV32DS20U KV32DX20U  BE-3E chassis

To access the service mode:

  • Turn the set on and then put into standby
  • Press the On Screen Display button
  • Press the "5" button
  • Press the "VOLUME +" button
  • Press the "TV" button
  • Press the "MENU" button on the remote control to bring up the test screen
  • Use the joystick on the remote control to navigate the service menu (< > ^ v keys BE-3E)
  • Press the right joystick to enter the selected adjustment
  • Turn off the power to store and exit the service mode

Test mode 2 allows entry of TT numbers to perform some functions. The important numbers for this chassis are given below

 
TT00   switch the TT mode off
TT08   set the set to shipping condition
TT24   Set CTV to UK model (PAL I)
TT44   Set all favourite pages to 100
To re-initialise the NV Ram follow the procedure below:
  • Set the TV to channel 59
  • Select TT49
  • Switch off at the mains supply, wait for one minute and switch the set back on
  • Select channel 59, and enter the service mode
  • Select TT24, (UK destination)
  • Select TT42, (general reset)
  • Switch off at the mains, wait for one minute and switch on again
  • Auto tune the channels and carry out a complete adjustment on the set

Models KP-41S3U  RE-1 chassis
To access the service mode:
  • Turn the set on and then put into standby
  • Press the On Screen Display button
  • Press the "5" button
  • Press the "VOLUME +" button
  • Press the "TV" button
  • Use buttons "1" and "4" on the remote control to navigate the service menu
  • Use buttons "3" and "6" to adjust the selected data
  • Press the "MUTE" button and then the "0" button to store the data
  • Press the "5" button and then the "0" button to initialise the set. (Note, this is an extreme measure and should be used with caution!)
  • Turn the set off to exit

Models KP-41S3U  RE-1 chassis
To access the service mode:
  • Turn the set on and then put into standby
  • Press the On Screen Display button
  • Press the "5" button
  • Press the "VOLUME +" button
  • Press the "TV" button
  • Use buttons "1" and "4" on the remote control to navigate the service menu
  • Use buttons "3" and "6" to adjust the selected data
  • Press the "MUTE" button and then the "0" button to store the data
  • Press the "5" button and then the "0" button to initialise the set. (Note, this is an extreme measure and should be used with caution!)
  • Turn the set off to exit

Models KP-41DS1U  RE-2D chassis
To access the service mode:
  • Turn the set on and then put into standby
  • Press the On Screen Display button
  • Press the "5" button
  • Press the "VOLUME +" button
  • Press the "TV" button
  • Use the JOYSTICK Up / Down on the remote control to navigate the service menu
  • Move the JOYSTICK to the right > to enter the selected adjustment
  • Press OK on the JOYSTICK to EXIT
  • Press the "MUTE" button and then the "0" button to write data
  • Press the "On Screen Display" button to copy data
  • Turn the set off to quit the service mode when adjustments are complete

Models KV-14V4U  TE-1 chassis
To access the service mode:
  • Turn the set on and then put into standby
  • Press the On Screen Display button
  • Press the "5" button
  • Press the "VOLUME +" button
  • Press the "TV" button
  • Use buttons "1" and "4" on the remote control to navigate the service menu
  • Use buttons "3" and "6" to adjust the selected data
  • Turn off the power to store and exit the service mode

The codes on screen are as follows:

 
ODL   Power On Delay    
OSH   On screen H-position    
MUT   FTZ muting on   *Do not adjust
VAM   V. size    
VBC   V breath correct   *Do not adjust
PAM   Parabola amp.   *Do not adjust
PTI   Parabola tilt   *Do not adjust
VLI   V-linearity    
CCR   Corner correction   *Do not adjust
HAM   V. cent   *Do not adjust
BIN   Blue intensity    
GIN   Green intensity    
RIN   Red intensity    
CLS   Colour system    
SCO   Sub contrast    
SBR   Sub brightness    
SSA   Sub saturation    
SHU   Sub hue    
SSH   Sub sharpness    
G2 adj   G2 adjustment    
32K adj        
 

Models KV-16WS1U KV-21X1U KV-21X4U KV-20WS1U  BE-5 chassis
To access the service mode:
  • Turn the set on and then put into standby
  • Press the On Screen Display button
  • Press the "5" button
  • Press the "VOLUME +" button
  • Press the "TV" button
  • Press the "MENU" button on the remote control to see the service menu on screen
  • Use the "blue" button and the "green" button on the remote control to navigate the service menu
  • Use the "Yellow" button and the "red" button to adjust the selected data
  • Turn the set off to exit and store

Test mode 2 allows entry of TT numbers to perform some functions. The important numbers for this chassis are given below

 
TT00   switch the TT mode off
TT08   set the set to shipping condition
TT26   Set CTV to UK model (PAL I)
TT41   Re-initialise NVM
TT43   Re-initialise geometry settings
Note: For TT numbers above 41, the channel number needs to be 59

Models. KV-32WS4U KV32WX4U KV32WX2U  AE-4 chassis
To enter the service mode:
  • Turn the mains power on while holding the "PROG +" and the "PROG -" buttons on the set simultaneously.
  • "TT" will appear on the top right hand corner of the screen.
  • Press "MENU" on the remote control to get the service menu on screen
  • Navigate the menu by moving the joystick up and down.(green and blue)
  • Press the joystick down to select an adjustment.
  • Turn TV off to exit service mode

Test mode 2 allows entry of TT numbers to perform some functions. The important numbers for this chassis are given below

 
TT00,10,20,30,40   pressing these numbers will switch the TT mode off
TT01   switch service menu on
TT08   set the set to shipping condition
TT21   picture rotation automatic function
TT25   Status menu display
TT49   New initialisation
 

Models. KV28FD1E KV28FD1K KV32FD1E KV32FD1K  GE-1 chassis
To enter the service mode:
  • Turn the mains power on while holding the "PROG +" and the "PROG -" buttons on the set simultaneously.
  • "TT" will appear on the top right hand corner of the screen.
  • Press "MENU" on the remote control to get the service menu on screen
  • Navigate the menu by moving the joystick up and down.(green and blue)
  • Press the joystick down to select an adjustment.
  • Turn TV off to exit service mode

The main adjustments are:

 
    MCP CXA2101 - picture (colour, drives, brightness etc)
    Deflection control SDA9361 - geometry
 

Models KV-29X5U  FE-1 chassis
To access the service mode:
  • Turn the set on and then put into standby
  • Press the On Screen Display button
  • Press the "5" button
  • Press the "VOLUME +" button
  • Press the "TV" button
  • Use buttons "^"(Green) and "v"(Blue) on the remote control to navigate the service menu
  • Press YELLOW button to enter required menu
  • Use buttons "<" and ">" to adjust the selected data
  • Press the "MENU" button to store the data and exit

Test Menu

Picture - (RGB. Drives & Cut offs, Sub Colour, Sub brightness)
Geometry - (Vert. and Horiz. adjustments)
Sound - (NICAM Information)
TV Status - (Destination and Country info.)
AGC. Adjust    
Technical