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MEMORY  CLEARING  MODE
All preset contents are cleared when this mode is activated. Use 
this mode before returning the product to clients upon completion 
of repair.
Procedure:
1.  While pressing the [TONE MODE] and [HDMI IN] buttons, 

press the [POWER] button to turn on the main power.

2.  The message “MEMORY CLEARING***” appears and the 

memories are reset to the default values.

3.  When done, the message “MEMORY CLEARED*” appears.

FLUORESCENT  INDICATOR  TUBE  PATTERN CHECK  
MODE
All fl uorescent segments are tested. When this test is activated, all 
segments turn on at the same time, then each segment turns on one 
after another.
Procedure:
1.  While pressing the [MOVIE] and [HDMI IN] buttons, press 

the [POWER] button to turn on the main power.

2.  All segments and all LEDs turn on.

SOUND  FIELD  CLEAR  MODE
The preset sound fi eld is cleared when this mode is activated. Use 
this mode before returning the product to clients upon completion 
of repair.
Procedure:
1.  While pressing the [MUSIC] button, press the [POWER] but-

ton to turn on the main power.

2.  The message “S. F. Initialize” appears and initialization is per-

formed.

TUNER  AM  STEP  CHANGE (9  kHz/10  kHz)  MODE
Either the 9 kHz step or 10 kHz step can be selected for the AM 
channel step.
Procedure:
1.  Press the [POWER] button to turn on the main power.
2.  Turn the [INPUT SELECTOR] dial to select the “AM”.
3.  Press the [POWER] button to turn off the main power.
4.  While pressing the [TUNING MODE] button, press the 

 

[POWER] button to turn on the main power.

5.  Either the message “AM 9kHz Step” or “AM 10kHz Step” ap-

pears, select the desired step.

COMMAND  MODE  CHANGE  MODE
The command mode of the remote-commander which this set re-
ceives can be changed.
Procedure:
1.  While pressing the [2CH/A. DIRECT] button, press the [POW-

ER] button to turn on the main power.

2.  Either the message “COMMAND MODE [AV1]” or “COM-

MAND MODE [AV2]” appears. Select the desired mode.

SF  LOCK  ON/OFF  CHANGE  MODE
Procedure:
1.  While pressing the [MUSIC] and [HDMI IN] buttons, press 

the [POWER] button to turn on the main power.

2.  Either the message “SF LOCK [OFF]” or “SF LOCK [ON]” 

appears.

XM  FACTORY  TEST  MODE 
Mode to confi rm operation of XM. Doing display of ID of XM 
antenna and output of audio signal that XM antenna generates, it is 
confi rmed that there are no problems in the communication of the 
XM antenna and the transmission of the audio signal.
Procedure:
1.  The XM antenna was connected, while pressing the [TUNING 

MODE] and [MOVIE] buttons, press the [POWER] button to 
turn on the main power.

2.  Whenever the [DISPLAY] button is pressed, the output of the 

audio signal of 1 kHz L/R, 20 Hz L/R, 5 kHz L/R, muting, 1 
kHz L and 1 kHz R are switched.

SIRIUS  FACTORY  TEST  MODE 
Mode to confi rm operation of SIRIUS. Doing display of ID of 
SIRIUS antenna and output of audio signal that SIRIUS antenna 
generates, it is confi rmed that there are no problems in the commu-
nication of the SIRIUS antenna and the transmission of the audio 
signal.
Procedure:
1.  The SIRIUS antenna was connected, while pressing the [TUN-

ING MODE] and [A.F.D.] buttons, press the [POWER] button 
to turn on the main power.

2.  Whenever the [DISPLAY] button is pressed, the output of the 

audio signal of 1 kHz L/R, 20 Hz L/R, 5 kHz L/R, muting, 1 
kHz L and 1 kHz R are switched.

DIGITAL  MEDIA  PORT  TEST
Procedure:
1.  Connect the DMPORT check jig (P/N: J-2501-309-A) with the 

DMPORT jack (CN6505) on the A-VIDEO board.

2.  While pressing the [A.F.D.] and [HDMI IN] buttons, press the 

[POWER] button to turn on the main power.

3.  The message “DMPORT OK.” appears on the fl uorescent in-

dicator tube and enter the digital media port test mode (Confi r-
mation of communication line).

 

When “NO DETECT”, “UART NG” and “UART TO” are dis-
played on the fl uorescent indicator tube, confi rm the connec-
tion of the DMPORT check jig, and enter the mode again.

 

Each time the [

>

] button on the remote commander is pressed, 

the connect check and adaptor version check are switched.

 

Press the [

.

] button on the remote commander, connected 

confi rmation of the DMPORT check jig is done again.

4.  To a pin-jack of the DMPORT check jig input information 

relevant to audio signal (sine-wave 1.0 Vrms) and composite 
video signal (white 100% 1.0 Vp-p, color bar, etc.).

5. Confi rm the output of speakers and monitor TV (Confi rmation 

of analog signal).

6.  To exit from this mode, press the [

x

] button on the remote 

commander.

HISTORY  MODE
The state that the set is used is memorized.
Procedure:
1.  While pressing the [MUSIC] and [MEMORY/ENTER] but-

tons, press the [POWER] button to turn on the power and 
“HISTORY MODE” is displayed.

2.  Each time the [

M

]

 

[

m

] key of remote commander is pressed, the 

item is switched in order as follows.

Number of protector is gener-
ated

PRCT COUNT: XXX

Total use time

TTL_TIME: XXXXH XXM

Sound fi eld setting

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Input when protect is de-
tected

INPUT: XXXXXXXXXX

Input mode setting

INMODE: XXXXXXXXXXXX

Input mode under lick state 

DSEL: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Stream under input 

STREAM: XXXXXXX

Channel information 

CONFIG:XXXXXXX

State of headphone 

HEAD PHONES: XXX

Volume

VOL: 

   XXXdB

EQ setting value

BASS:    XXXdB
TREB:    XXXdB

Level collection value
each channel

Lv FL/FR  XXXX/XXXX
Lv SL/SR  XXXX/XXXX
Lv CT/SW  XXXX/XXXX
Lv BL/BR  XXXX/XXXX

Total time of power on

TTL_P_ON: XXXXH XXM

SPECIAL  MENU  MODE
Procedure:
1.  Press the [POWER] button to turn on the main power, then while pressing the [TONE MODE] button, press the [A.F.D.], [2CH/A. 

DIRECT], [MUSIC], [MOVIE] button in order, the message “MENU SPECIALIZED!” appears.

2.  Press the [

M

] [

m

] button of the remote commander, the message “<<< SPECIAL >>>” appears.

3.  Press the [

,

] button of the remote commander, the item is appears.

4.  Each time the [

M

] [

m

] button of the remote commander is pressed, the item is switched in order as follows.

 

Some items can change the content. Display the cursor by pressing the [

,

] button of the remote commander, and changing the content 

by pressing the [

M

] [

m

] button of the remote commander, and fi x the content by pressing the [

<

] button of the remote commander when 

you want to change the content of the item.

5.  To release from this mode, while pressing the [TONE MODE] button, press the [A.F.D.], [2CH/A. DIRECT], [MUSIC], [MOVIE] but-

ton in order again, the message “MENU SPECIALIZED OFF” appears.

Video factory menu

<VIDEO FACTORY MENU>

Menu mode to enter video calibration menu and DDR access 
check menu If the [ENTER] button of the remote commander 
is pressed, entering the menu, and operating two the following 
menu become possible

Video calibration 
(Video factory menu)

V.CALIBRATION START?

Procedure: 
1. “DVD” is selected by using [INPUT SELECTOR] dial. 
2. Connect a color pattern generator to the COMPONENT 

VIDEO ASSIGNABLE (INPUT ONLY) IN2 jack (J6002) on the 
A-VIDEO board, DVD VIDEO IN jack (J6201) on the A-VIDEO 
board and EXT VIDEO IN jack (J6904). 

3. Input 100% color bars signal from the color pattern generator. 
4. Menu that measures individual difference of hardness by 

automatic operation in pressing the [ENTER] button of the 
remote commander, and corrects reference value. In a mea-
surement once, only one of NTSC/PAL/HD can be measured, 
repeat NTSC/PAL/HD calibration from procedure 4. 

  “Check XXXX V-IN” at display: 
  Video signal necessary for the measurement while measuring 

it last time was not detected and it became an error 

 Confi rm the input of the video of the terminal connection etc., 

and measure the [ENTER] button of the remote commander 
again pressing

DDR access check

DDR CHECK [XX] sec

XX: Time to do access check on DDR (for design evaluation) 
(Video factory menu)

Auto cal mic test

SPEAKER OUT [XXXXX]

XXXXX: Selection of speaker output audio [SOURCE]: normal-
ly mode, [MIC]: mode that output audio from mic from speaker

FL display fonts test

FL FONT [0x 

∗∗ = X]

∗∗: 20 to FE, X: character

FL display test

ALL ON

Each time DISPLAY button to change as follows all on t 

test pattern 1 t test pattern 2 t all off t all on

HDCP key read

HDCP KEY READ [XXX]

XXX: ON or OFF

DSP SRAM check

<DSP SRAM CHECK> 

r

 [ENTER] button of the 

remote commander

SRAM1 [XX] SRAM2 [XX]

XX: OK or NG 
OK: success access SRAM, NG: fail access to SRAM

FAROUDJA update

FAROUDJA UPDATE [XXX]

XXX: ON or OFF

SYSTEM version display

SYSTEM VERSION X.XXX

X.XXX: System software version

MAIN version display

MAIN ##### 

∗∗∗ vX. XX

#####: Model 

∗∗∗: Destination 
X.XX: Main controller software version

Video Ucom version display

Video Ucom Ver X. XX

X.XX: Video system controller software version

FAROUDJA version display

FAROUDJA Ver X. XX

X.XX: Video Processor software version

GUI CG-ROM version display

GUI CGROM Ver X. XX

X.XX: CG-ROM software version

DSP Ucom version display

DSP Ucom Ver X. XX

X.XX: DSP controller version

DSP serial fl ash version display

DSP SFLASH Ver X. XX

X.XX: Serial fl ash software version

DSP parallel fl ash version display

DSP PFLASH Ver X. XX

X.XX: DSP parallel fl ash version

DSP halt

DSP HALT [XXX]

XXX: ON or OFF

DSP RAM

[

∗∗∗∗∗]=XXXXXXXX

Mode that refers to internal RAM of DSP (for design evaluation)

Super reset

SUPER RESET [XXX]

Not used for the servicing 
If super reset is performed, “up convert signal level adjustment” 
will also be initialized 
When EEPROM initialization is required, perform the “memory 
clearing mode”

RAM watch menu

XXX

XXX: For monitor of various internal RAM 
(for design evaluation)

EERROM debug

EEPROM [

∗∗∗∗] [XX]

∗∗∗∗: EEPROM address, XX: EEPROM data

Protector on/off

PROTECTOR ON/OFF [XXX]

XXX: ON or OFF

Model/destination change

MODEL [##### 

∗∗∗∗ XX]

#####: Model, 

∗∗∗∗: Destination, XX: At or fx

Audio swap

SWAP [XXXXXXXXXXX]

Switching with [M] [m] button of the remote commander

Decoder select

DECODER SEL [XXXX]

XXXX: AUTO, LEGACY, DDPLUS, TRUEHD, DTSEXP, MP-
3SUR (for debug)

Volume value display (FL/FR)

FL

∗∗∗∗ FR XXXX

∗∗∗∗: Front L-ch volume value, XXXX: Front R-ch volume value

Volume value display (SL/SR)

SL

∗∗∗∗ SR XXXX

∗∗∗∗: Surround L-ch volume value, XXXX: Surround R-ch 
volume value

Volume value display (CT/SW)

CT

∗∗∗∗ SW XXXX

∗∗∗∗: Center volume value, XXXX: Sub woofer volume value

Volume value display (SBL/SBR)

SBL

∗∗∗∗ SBR XXXX

∗∗∗∗: Surround back L-ch volume value, XXXX: Surround  back 
R-ch volume value

DAC mute information disclosure 1

DAC MUTE U XXXXXXXX

Display of module information to demand muting in system 
controller (for design evaluation)

DAC mute information disclosure 2

DAC MUTE L XXXXXXXX

Display of module information to demand muting in system 
controller (for design evaluation)

2nd volume value display

2nd VOLUME XXX

XXX: 2nd room volume value (00 to 

∞)

FL display duty change

DARK OUT DUTY [XXX%]

XXX: Duty value of FL display (0% to 100%)