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Posted by Bob on 09/09/06 11:36
"Donald Lancon" <dcljr@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:DJoMg.16687$dl.8371@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>I just got an RCA model DRC247N DVD player, which is probably almost
>identical to the DRC245N model. I say this because apparently the 247N
>model is so new, RCA doesn't even have it in their list of models at their
>website (which, even apart from this, was singularly unhelpful, as I
>expected).
>
> Now my problem: While fiddling around with the on-screen menu options, I
> "accidentally" chose YUV progressive-scan video output instead of YUV
> interlaced (another option is S-Video out, which I can use also). Now, my
> TV doesn't support progressive scan, so the picture went haywire for a
> moment and then went blank (okay, technically blue -- the way the picture
> looks if there's no input signal at all).
>
> I tried to "undo" what I had done, but, not being able to see the menu
> anymore, I couldn't hit on the magic key sequence to choose YUV interlaced
> or S-Video. According to the manual, the "default" mode is S-Video, but
> after turning off the machine and even unplugging it, I can't make it
> "forget" the video output mode I chose.
>
> I can't believe someone can choose the wrong menu option and then never be
> able to use the player ever again! This is crazy. The manual doesn't say
> anything about resetting the machine to it's "factory settings", but
> there's got to be a way of doing that...
>
> So, does anyone know:
> 1. how to reset the player to its default video output setting; or
> 2. the exact sequence of key presses needed to choose YUV interlaced as
> the video output mode?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help (please respond in the newsgroup).
>
> - dcljr
>
> P.S. - The answer to #2 should be a key sequence that starts with the "set
> up" button, then selects the "General Setup" menu, "Video Out" option,
> then "YUV Interlaced" option. Like I said, I just can't get the correct
> sequence of "downs", "OKs", etc., to do that.
Have you tried connecting the TV to the player using the S-video output
instead of the component out ? AFAIK the S-video output is always interlaced
so you should be able to get to the players menu on screen that way... then
change the component out back to interlaced. I may be wrong..
Bob
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