"Lon Ponschock" <lon@athenet.net> wrote in message news:pi7bhv0gqb9rkd1u5occ8ieu65198h8bum@4ax.com...

> Some time ago I came into the newsgreoups to get advice on how to straighten

> the letterbox image on my Sony Trinitron tv.

> The advice given was to get the serice manual which I did.

> However, I am no technician. The manual specifies test gear needed to make

> picture adjustments.

> I have none of that. But the text of the service manual says that the remote can be

> used to fine tune some things without going into the set and fiddling with the yoke.

> Can anyone give some details on how to straighten the image of the letter box down

> from left to right. The letterbox image is high on the right-hand side just enough to

> make it distracting while watching a cimenamtic 'wide screen' image.

> Alternately, would a service call onsite be necessary if the set is too big to lug into

> the shop?

> I'm thinking that this is a minor adjustment that I just don't know how to do.

> Please advise if this is incorrect.

If the distortion is simple rotation of the whole image, the remote likely has

this control (though my Sony rotates the picture in too gross increments for

fine adjustment. It is too bad TVs don't have the many geometric adjustments

available on good computer monitors (or the resolution...;-). If the problem is

other than simple rotation (which will change some with turning of the TV itself...),

service work is indicated (by someone who knows how to do it...;-). BTW, I

always look for a good demo to buy, and NEVER buy a TV "new, in box",

since adjustments like this (and convergence, and color) are rarely adequate in

random samples, i.e., the one you buy "sight unseen"...