Thanks everyone for your answers.
Tellyfiend said:
I can see no difference, but then again my TV is connected via component leads to my TV.
Unfortunately I have no equipment to try that...
Bravo Brooks said:
I am experiencing exactly the same problem.
Any ideas!!???!
Thanks for reassuring me
Please see below, I kinda found a solution and it may apply to you too.
micke said:
Please correct me if Im wrong but is it not the other way around, i.e.:
DVD untouched RGB signal
TV signal affected by TV settings
Thanks for your help - and what you say makes perfect sense, but unfortunately that's not my case
I can change the TV colours allright, either in TV or DVD mode; what prevents you from changing them? Perhaps your TV is a Panasonic too and it's talking to the E85?
And in my case, the colours are bleaker when I select 'DVD'.
Here's what I found:
I fiddled with the settings some more, and seem to have found a (perhaps I should say THE) determining factor: the bleak colours show up when I have AV2 set to 'Decoder'. If I select 'Ext', I can see no difference.
The problem seems to be solved, but I probably set AV2 to 'Decoder' the first time because a. Couldn't understand what they meant by 'Decoder' (isn't my sat receiver one?) and b. it is much more convenient.
In fact, by setting AV2 to 'Ext':
1. When the timer is on, the signal does not pass thru, so I have to turn the timer off to watch satellite (very annoying, 'cause then I often forget to turn it back on and risk missing some recordings)
2. Even if the timer is off, turning on the satellite receiver doesn't 'wake up' the TV, so I have to manually select the AV input on the TV (annoying too).
I now very much doubt that it is a faulty machine, but I can't understand if it's a bug or what.
If anyone wants to replicate the problem, try these settings:
AV1 - RGB (no component, scart)
AV2 - RGB, Decoder (scart)
Pressing 0 + Enter switches from bleak to full colours.
Thanks