This video saved me from getting rid of a really great TV. I had no idea my Toshiba unit would even have this service menu but found a manual online and with some tinkering it totally fixed my overscan issues. Thank you!
Our RCA (aka Thomson) CRT TV has been a source of frustration for years, I use it with an XBOX360 running Media Center and it has always had serious overscan issues... was looking for a hardware solution when I came across this video. Couldn't believe it when the instructions on the linked website worked, I was in Service Mode and tweaking settings in no time. Thanks so much for this, it's enabled me to solve my display problems for good, and all it cost me was an hour or so of my time. Cheers!
I also have an RCA (Thomson) CRT TV made in Sept. 2000 (model F19430), but none of the recommendations on tantht.blogspot.com/2011/03/television-service-menu-codes.html helped me get in the service menu. How did you get into the service menu on your RCA? Thanks
Hey there - If you've watched this video (which was helpful by the way) but come to the conclusion that your panasonic TV does not give the option to stop overscanning - don't give up!!! I almost had, but now I've found it. Panasonic have some navigation issues with the way they display their options. here is what I did. MENU >> Picture. Then I see a bunch of options like : Viewing mode, contrast, brightness, colour, sharpness, tint, colour balance, Vivid colour and - at the bottom of the menu: "colour Remaster"... I'd tried looking into all these menus and found nothing about overscan. But, finally (groan) I realised there are little "up" and "down" arrows in the menu, and I was only looking at page1 of the options. By hitting down arrow on the remote, I then found the following additional options: Eco Mode, P-NR, 3d settings, Screen display, ADVANCED SETTINGS, lock settings and reset picture defaults. It was inside of "ADVANCED SETTINGS" that I finally found >> 16:9 Overscan On/Off setting. Holy crap - it worked!!!! So don't give up like I almost did - see if you can find it. Yes - I know I should have downloaded the manual, but the TV is freaken heavy and ....you get the picture. Hope this helps
Devices like the XRGBmini are fine and all but there's nothing quite like a good quality CRT. I'll be holding onto my lovely 25" Panasonic as long as I can! Fortunately mine doesn't have overscan issues (maybe a teeny tiny amount left and and top but it's miniscule) because my set doesn't have the buttons on the remote that this video refers to - must be an older set and might require fiddling about with pots after taking the back off - not something I'd fancy tackling!
Congrats, I'm genuinely happy for you that you were able to fix your overscan.... unfortunately, I have an ol' venturer plasma tv & there's no indication of how to get into its service menu. I've been trying to fix it since I bought it in 2009, but no dice lol think I'm just going to upgrade at some point. Although, I do have a 37 inch old CRT tv in my bedroom that gives some serious overscan when playing ps2 games and such I may just have to enter the service menu & fix it.
I think 20" CRTs are about the best. Larger than that, you end up with a bulky unit that is nightmare to move around... Also, beyond that there's hardly any advantage of having a bigger picture. 13" are great too if you don't have a lot of space.
I have an old small Apex and I did find the codes but for some reasons, the options only allow me to fix vertical size so while my screen now has what was missing at the top and bottom, the left and right sides are being eaten up (I can only change horizontal position but not size). The only way to see them is to put "preserve aspect ratio" but then the image doesn't cover the whole so I'm playing in basically windowed mode in the tv.
This is a pretty old video but thanks man you helped me out alot and i was able to fix my virtical overscan. however im still getting some fairly bad horizontal overscan im not sure what do to about
Same here, it might be a potentiometer inside, I'll check, otherwise it might actually be an issue with a coil from the research I've done, I'll let you know if I find out anything
I have a similar TV. What’s the model number on yours? And could you please list all the default values? I got all the “B” from this video but I could use all the other letters. The color and such on mine is way off. Thanks for sharing!
I just picked up a 20” Panasonic and I noticed that it’s tilted slightly. So for example where your “press start” would be is not even from the border of the bottom of the screen as it goes across. I’ve seen this many times wont flat screen trinitrons and it’s an easy fix in the menu with tilt correction but never seen it ok a curved screen. Do you k is what values I may need to tweak to fix it??
For some reason, my tv menu lets me change the size AND position vertically, but ONLY position horizontally (no size). It is the third tv I’ve tried and they all do the same. Can’t squeeze the image horizontally, only vertically.
My Panasonic is a very similar model to yours, but I have no remote, so I can't get to any channel higher than 68. Maybe I can change that in the ch program settings, but if not, I wonder if I can use a universal remote.
Man I've got an issue currently with my flatscreen..Recently I got a wireless keyboard & do pretty much everything online on my TV through HDMI from my laptop now, but no matter what I try the picture doesn't fit the screen all the way there's a black border all around about 1". I was certain it did fit when I 1st started doing it, but I don't know WTH is up lol...I love having all my systems set up on it, I have an 8-way switch box now that i just press the corresponding button for each console instead of disconnecting/reconnecting =)..but I agree most of them weren't meant for HD sets & some, espec Genesis, Super NES & NES look better on CRT...Have you heard about the new HDMI modded NES tho?? Think I read it was coming soon & was supposed to be able to produce a very great quality, I'm looking forward to it & am glad I changed my mind about picking up a composite modded NES 101 right away
Stevaside Wow, HDMI NES mod? That's nuts! As for the PC hooked up to a modern TV, if you can find the native resolution of your TV and can set the PC to the same resolution, I'd expect the image to appear with no border. Not sure if that's a possibility for you or not. FYI: Speaking of mods, I was playing with my s-video modded 7800 and I think it's working for capture again. I'm able to balance the audio much better so I may do a 7800 video here sometime soon.
Playongo yea ill have to look into that..After trying numerous settings I read about I got frustrated & gave up ...Awesome to hear that, would still love to see more 7800 vids from you!. I now have all games except for Tank Command & Mean 18..Think I'll hold off for a while trying to pick those up tho..I debated it recently & thought NAH i'll just get my PS4 now...Just got it 2 days ago, currently taking an internet break from Wolfenstein: The New Order haha After all the hype I got Minecraft too...So far just did a little in tutorial mode, but seems I'll have some fun once I start going
My sanyo 13 inch crt tv has a bit of overscan but my tv didn't have the remote when I found it but I found the remote on ebay so I will have to check it out.
Did you see me unplug the TV in the video? I don't see any reason why you would need to do that. If you want to know how to access your TV's service menu check the link in the video description and find your TV set.
@@Playongo Can you reply please. On the sharp crt tv it say to uplug the tv outlet hold the code and plug in the tv awhile holding the code on the remote and press power button on the remote but no avail on the service menu any tips?
My tv is magna vox not sure which model but when I go to picture size it doesn't allow me too change it to anything but automatic and widescreen it is hdmi but a bit old and don't know how to fix the overscan
@@the.internet I agree why spend £400 on a framemiester when you got get a CRT like £20 and plays the games the they were intended no input lag amazing contrast handles 240p correctly
Thank you for the reply! I've long since fixed the issue though, what I found was that the remote was garbage and it didn't look like the type of remote was meant to come open to clean, I was liable to break it in two trying. So I ordered another remote of the exact same type and can enter the service menu much more reliably now, picture looks great.
Awesome, glad you could get it working with the new remote. I've still got to do more tweaking with mine, there's just so many options with no info on what they do.
Well, the game is collectible enough to sell for around $150, and has a 73/80 score on Metacritic so apparently someone likes it. But, hey, you got a response from me, so mission accomplished I guess?
This video saved me from getting rid of a really great TV. I had no idea my Toshiba unit would even have this service menu but found a manual online and with some tinkering it totally fixed my overscan issues. Thank you!
I'm so glad! CRTs really are the best for retro gaming.
Our RCA (aka Thomson) CRT TV has been a source of frustration for years, I use it with an XBOX360 running Media Center and it has always had serious overscan issues... was looking for a hardware solution when I came across this video. Couldn't believe it when the instructions on the linked website worked, I was in Service Mode and tweaking settings in no time. Thanks so much for this, it's enabled me to solve my display problems for good, and all it cost me was an hour or so of my time. Cheers!
I also have an RCA (Thomson) CRT TV made in Sept. 2000 (model F19430), but none of the recommendations on tantht.blogspot.com/2011/03/television-service-menu-codes.html helped me get in the service menu. How did you get into the service menu on your RCA? Thanks
Hey there - If you've watched this video (which was helpful by the way) but come to the conclusion that your panasonic TV does not give the option to stop overscanning - don't give up!!! I almost had, but now I've found it. Panasonic have some navigation issues with the way they display their options. here is what I did. MENU >> Picture. Then I see a bunch of options like : Viewing mode, contrast, brightness, colour, sharpness, tint, colour balance, Vivid colour and - at the bottom of the menu: "colour Remaster"... I'd tried looking into all these menus and found nothing about overscan. But, finally (groan) I realised there are little "up" and "down" arrows in the menu, and I was only looking at page1 of the options. By hitting down arrow on the remote, I then found the following additional options: Eco Mode, P-NR, 3d settings, Screen display, ADVANCED SETTINGS, lock settings and reset picture defaults. It was inside of "ADVANCED SETTINGS" that I finally found >> 16:9 Overscan On/Off setting. Holy crap - it worked!!!!
So don't give up like I almost did - see if you can find it. Yes - I know I should have downloaded the manual, but the TV is freaken heavy and ....you get the picture. Hope this helps
Pretty modern CRT. Those were the days when i needed a shielded screwdriver on the open back to adjust the safety region of my PHILIPS ;-)
Devices like the XRGBmini are fine and all but there's nothing quite like a good quality CRT. I'll be holding onto my lovely 25" Panasonic as long as I can! Fortunately mine doesn't have overscan issues (maybe a teeny tiny amount left and and top but it's miniscule) because my set doesn't have the buttons on the remote that this video refers to - must be an older set and might require fiddling about with pots after taking the back off - not something I'd fancy tackling!
Agreed. The Framemeister cannot replace the distinct scanline and grid display which these games were designed for
Congrats, I'm genuinely happy for you that you were able to fix your overscan.... unfortunately, I have an ol' venturer plasma tv & there's no indication of how to get into its service menu. I've been trying to fix it since I bought it in 2009, but no dice lol think I'm just going to upgrade at some point. Although, I do have a 37 inch old CRT tv in my bedroom that gives some serious overscan when playing ps2 games and such I may just have to enter the service menu & fix it.
I think 20" CRTs are about the best. Larger than that, you end up with a bulky unit that is nightmare to move around... Also, beyond that there's hardly any advantage of having a bigger picture. 13" are great too if you don't have a lot of space.
Personally I sit on the opposite side of the room from my tv, so having a 32” is nice. Plus it’s 1080i so all my tv shows look crisp
I have an old small Apex and I did find the codes but for some reasons, the options only allow me to fix vertical size so while my screen now has what was missing at the top and bottom, the left and right sides are being eaten up (I can only change horizontal position but not size). The only way to see them is to put "preserve aspect ratio" but then the image doesn't cover the whole so I'm playing in basically windowed mode in the tv.
This is a pretty old video but thanks man you helped me out alot and i was able to fix my virtical overscan. however im still getting some fairly bad horizontal overscan im not sure what do to about
Same here, it might be a potentiometer inside, I'll check, otherwise it might actually be an issue with a coil from the research I've done, I'll let you know if I find out anything
I wish I knew about this back in the day for my Sega Genesis, I hated overscan messing up my gaming experience.
Do you know how to exit this particular service menu?
I have a similar TV. What’s the model number on yours? And could you please list all the default values? I got all the “B” from this video but I could use all the other letters. The color and such on mine is way off. Thanks for sharing!
I just picked up a 20” Panasonic and I noticed that it’s tilted slightly. So for example where your “press start” would be is not even from the border of the bottom of the screen as it goes across. I’ve seen this many times wont flat screen trinitrons and it’s an easy fix in the menu with tilt correction but never seen it ok a curved screen. Do you k is what values I may need to tweak to fix it??
Hi, do you know which component to change to solve the problem? Unfortunately I can't find the code to access the service menu.
Thank you so much! I was worried I'd have to toss my tv but u helped me fix it :)
For some reason, my tv menu lets me change the size AND position vertically, but ONLY position horizontally (no size). It is the third tv I’ve tried and they all do the same. Can’t squeeze the image horizontally, only vertically.
My Panasonic is a very similar model to yours, but I have no remote, so I can't get to any channel higher than 68. Maybe I can change that in the ch program settings, but if not, I wonder if I can use a universal remote.
peacegiant I’m having the same issue. Did you come to a solution for not going higher than channel 68?
Man I've got an issue currently with my flatscreen..Recently I got a wireless keyboard & do pretty much everything online on my TV through HDMI from my laptop now, but no matter what I try the picture doesn't fit the screen all the way there's a black border all around about 1". I was certain it did fit when I 1st started doing it, but I don't know WTH is up lol...I love having all my systems set up on it, I have an 8-way switch box now that i just press the corresponding button for each console instead of disconnecting/reconnecting =)..but I agree most of them weren't meant for HD sets & some, espec Genesis, Super NES & NES look better on CRT...Have you heard about the new HDMI modded NES tho?? Think I read it was coming soon & was supposed to be able to produce a very great quality, I'm looking forward to it & am glad I changed my mind about picking up a composite modded NES 101 right away
Stevaside Wow, HDMI NES mod? That's nuts! As for the PC hooked up to a modern TV, if you can find the native resolution of your TV and can set the PC to the same resolution, I'd expect the image to appear with no border. Not sure if that's a possibility for you or not. FYI: Speaking of mods, I was playing with my s-video modded 7800 and I think it's working for capture again. I'm able to balance the audio much better so I may do a 7800 video here sometime soon.
Playongo yea ill have to look into that..After trying numerous settings I read about I got frustrated & gave up ...Awesome to hear that, would still love to see more 7800 vids from you!. I now have all games except for Tank Command & Mean 18..Think I'll hold off for a while trying to pick those up tho..I debated it recently & thought NAH i'll just get my PS4 now...Just got it 2 days ago, currently taking an internet break from Wolfenstein: The New Order haha After all the hype I got Minecraft too...So far just did a little in tutorial mode, but seems I'll have some fun once I start going
I fixed the vertical size for mine, just trying to figure out how to change horizontal size seems to cut off a good chunk
My sanyo 13 inch crt tv has a bit of overscan but my tv didn't have the remote when I found it but I found the remote on ebay so I will have to check it out.
Tried it with a crt how long do you wait to unplug the tv to apply the code.
Did you see me unplug the TV in the video? I don't see any reason why you would need to do that. If you want to know how to access your TV's service menu check the link in the video description and find your TV set.
@@Playongo
Sorry meant a sharp tv crt.
@@Playongo
Can you reply please.
On the sharp crt tv it say to uplug the tv outlet hold the code and plug in the tv awhile holding the code on the remote and press power button on the remote but no avail on the service menu any tips?
I have a Panasonic GAOO from 1993 and can't seem to find the method to the service menu for it :(
with some older CRTs you actually have to pop the back off and fuck about with potentiometers to fix overscan
My tv is magna vox not sure which model but when I go to picture size it doesn't allow me too change it to anything but automatic and widescreen it is hdmi but a bit old and don't know how to fix the overscan
Can I do this with a toshiba tv vcr combo?
how do you get out of service mode? mine says CHK and wont go away
I have a Sony Trinitron TV and I have an issue like this. I just need to buy a replacement remote control and it might solve this issue.
how do you do it on an emerson flat screen?
Check the link in the description for the service code for your TV make.
There is no Emerson
I have a coby tv and there are barely any setting for overscan 😫
i have a hisense lcd tv and it wasnt on the list ?
can you help me please ?
What about a Sanyo crt tv?
This helped a bunch. Thank you!
Polaroid with no remote? Help anyone?
is a 21 inch monitor?
Pretty much. My large CRTs are both 19-20".
That tv is from the dinosaur age
suomynona
Not everyone has $1000 burning a hole in their pockets for a modern tv to play 20 year old games on.
CRT for retro is the only way. Fuck modern TVs.
@@the.internet yes i love crts
@@the.internet I agree why spend £400 on a framemiester when you got get a CRT like £20 and plays the games the they were intended no input lag amazing contrast handles 240p correctly
I've got a Sony Trinitron but the Sony code doesn't work, fml
I've got a Sony Trinitron as well. Have the television turned on, press power, display , 5 , volume+ , power. Make sure you do this fairly quickly.
Thank you for the reply! I've long since fixed the issue though, what I found was that the remote was garbage and it didn't look like the type of remote was meant to come open to clean, I was liable to break it in two trying. So I ordered another remote of the exact same type and can enter the service menu much more reliably now, picture looks great.
Awesome, glad you could get it working with the new remote. I've still got to do more tweaking with mine, there's just so many options with no info on what they do.
Too much talking
That is like the dumbest game I have ever screen and I my grandma had a newer tv than that when she was 3
Well, the game is collectible enough to sell for around $150, and has a 73/80 score on Metacritic so apparently someone likes it. But, hey, you got a response from me, so mission accomplished I guess?
Whoa bro calm down
@@jedbartosh6253 no you calm down
I play my ps4 pro on that shit