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Apex PF2720 Service Menu (or any PF model)

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johnst

Jan 1, 1970
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Anyone know how to enter the service menu for this model(should be the same
for any PF model I think)?

It's a good set, but the picture is a bit off-center; shifted to the left
about 1/2 to 1 inch or so. Therefore, it needs to be right-shifted to be
properly centered.

The shift seems most pronouced (closer to one full inch perhaps) when
viewing the DVD player hooked up via the component inputs, but somewhat
less pronouced than that when the DVD player is hooked up via S-Video
cable.

Television program viewing exhibits the "less" pronouced shift. It's most
noticable with a text banner which spans the entire width of the screen. A
small portion of the leftmost letter is off the viewing area.

I also suspect that to make the picture perfect, it needs to be not only
slightly right-shifted, but perhaps the entire viewing area as a whole,
could be "zoomed out" ever so sligtly, but I'd be thrilled with simply a
right-shift correction.

I excahnged the TV for another at the retailer soon after purchase,
thinking it was probably a defective unit, but the new one which I
deliberately chose with higher serial number has the same exact problem,
leading me to believe that for at least this "lot" of TV's (July '03),
they all left the warehouse improperly "tuned".

Here are some specific examples of what it looks like.

In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, before the screen
aspect ratio of the film becomes 16:9 (when it's still 4:3), in the
introduction with the film company's logo, there are two lines, "New Line"
and "Home Entertainment" towards the bottom of the screen. The "H" on
"Home Entertainment" is partially (maybe 33%) out of the viewing area to
the left.

When watching Fox Sports Net games, where the score banner is displayed
constantly across the top of the screen, the visiting team (1st on the
left) has part of its' 1st letter cut off (like the "N" of NYY, or the "O"
of "Oak" for example).

I've tried a few methods (such as Vol to 0, then simultaneously Mute on
remote and Menu on console) to no avail.

Please post any other methods known.

Thanks
 
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Jerry G.

Jan 1, 1970
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The Apex name is not supported for service. This model must likely uses a
production PC interface to set-up. Most of the lower end sets are like that.
If you are critical, you should get a known brand name set that is
considered to be of quality, rather than skimp on a low cost set.

--

Jerry G.
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Anyone know how to enter the service menu for this model(should be the same
for any PF model I think)?

It's a good set, but the picture is a bit off-center; shifted to the left
about 1/2 to 1 inch or so. Therefore, it needs to be right-shifted to be
properly centered.

The shift seems most pronouced (closer to one full inch perhaps) when
viewing the DVD player hooked up via the component inputs, but somewhat
less pronouced than that when the DVD player is hooked up via S-Video
cable.

Television program viewing exhibits the "less" pronouced shift. It's most
noticable with a text banner which spans the entire width of the screen. A
small portion of the leftmost letter is off the viewing area.

I also suspect that to make the picture perfect, it needs to be not only
slightly right-shifted, but perhaps the entire viewing area as a whole,
could be "zoomed out" ever so sligtly, but I'd be thrilled with simply a
right-shift correction.

I excahnged the TV for another at the retailer soon after purchase,
thinking it was probably a defective unit, but the new one which I
deliberately chose with higher serial number has the same exact problem,
leading me to believe that for at least this "lot" of TV's (July '03),
they all left the warehouse improperly "tuned".

Here are some specific examples of what it looks like.

In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, before the screen
aspect ratio of the film becomes 16:9 (when it's still 4:3), in the
introduction with the film company's logo, there are two lines, "New Line"
and "Home Entertainment" towards the bottom of the screen. The "H" on
"Home Entertainment" is partially (maybe 33%) out of the viewing area to
the left.

When watching Fox Sports Net games, where the score banner is displayed
constantly across the top of the screen, the visiting team (1st on the
left) has part of its' 1st letter cut off (like the "N" of NYY, or the "O"
of "Oak" for example).

I've tried a few methods (such as Vol to 0, then simultaneously Mute on
remote and Menu on console) to no avail.

Please post any other methods known.

Thanks
 
J

johnst

Jan 1, 1970
0
ummm, no. There is documentation "out there" on how to enter the "service
menu" on many Apex models. All modern
T.V.s (including my 27 inch model) have some key
sequence to enter that service menu.
If you are critical, you should get a known brand
name set that is
considered to be of quality, rather than skimp on a
low cost set.

You, obviously, don't know what that sequence is,
which is *ALL* I was asking for, therefore your reply is completely
irrelevant.
 
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Art

Jan 1, 1970
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John, Contact the Apex Distribrutor for the country you are in and purchase
the required documentation for your specific set. Then you will not need to
post to these irrelevant n/g any more.
 
D

dkuhajda

Jan 1, 1970
0
Actually, umm probably correct. APEX essentially ended all 'real' service
support sometime in 2002 and went to exchange warranty on virtually
everything due to the inability to maintain a service network. Could that
they were paying less than 1/2 warranty rates for labor as the LOWEST other
company and were slow pays. Parts were always a hassle. When APEX started
computer interfaces for even the most minimal adjustments on much of the
newer stuff, it no longer was worth the hassle. We never did start seeing
ANY COD work on the brand, people simply threw it out rather than repair.

In any case the only available information is here:
http://www.worldwideelec.com/apex_asc_site/apex.html

And note it does not contain your model. But yours might, or might not,
still use the service code entry. The specific values are probably all
wrong however.
 
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