[jockeymaster]

Funny thing happened with my own AV setup last night. My TV went blank, and stopped responding to the remote. Even the Power Off on the side of the TV didn't work.

Switched everything off at the wall socket ( including my DVD recorder ). Power TV back up - everything OK. Power up Samsung DVD-SH853M ( Yes, I know it's not the best ) recorder. switch TV to HDMI1. Now from the DVD recorder I get:

Pr1 - Av1 - Av2 - DV

When I press the Input Select on the 853M remote No picture except the Pr1 etc text, No DTV, just like my brothers Sony 870. Press DTV / Analogue on the 853M remote. Hey Presto, everthing OK again.

From the manual it looks like there isn't a DTV / Analogue key for the 870, just the Input key, which is still cycling:

pr1 - input1 - input2

But my brother also has a Sony 32D3000 TV, and the remote for that controls some of the functions of the 870.

Is there a key on either remote that would switch the 870 back into DTV, other than Input which doesn't list DTV ?

These problems are so similar there must be a link. Can't believe just by migrating from SCART to HDMI, like many others, has bricked the 870.