for those of you unhappy with their trinitrons....

[alkemyst]

Color Return is located in the 'option' or 'screen' menu usually. It should not wipe out all your settings for size/convergence/etc.

Signs of needing to do this are hard for the user to notice as it gradually fades off. However, seeing a perfect spec'd monitor next to your's can be a real eye opener.

Takes two seconds and brings the color settings back to reference.

 

[Modelworks]

Another problem some trinitrons develop is they seem to lose the ability to control brightness, looks really washed out.
Most people think the monitor is broken or needs repair. Instead the problem is that the eprom that holds the correct values for the monitor corrupts over time.
It is not the easiest of fixes if you are not at least familiar with serial ports. It involves opening the monitor, connecting a cable to the monitors service port and running the service calibration software below. After that it looks as good as it did brand new and the values will not change again for many many years.

http://www.geocities.com/gregua/windas/

The software can adjust any parameter in the monitor, geometry errors, color values and many other settings. Be careful to read the guide as the service software allows you to change everything about the monitor from internal voltages, to safety shutdown parameters.

 

[imported_Shaq]

You can really change voltages with it? Is it possible to OC your CRT? lol Maybe I could get 100hz refresh rate at 1920. :laugh:

 

[Modelworks]

Originally posted by: Shaq
You can really change voltages with it? Is it possible to OC your CRT? lol Maybe I could get 100hz refresh rate at 1920. :laugh:

LOL

yeah you can change voltages, but it changes things like beam width, focus. If you set it too high the monitor shuts down and never powers back on