Originally Posted by fugiot
Since I know I wanted these when I first got my set, I'm going to share my ISF settings with all you 26HF(84/85/14/15/66) owners. We all know that every CRT is different, but maybe these will work or at least head you in the right direction. Also, these are optimized for HD sources.
First off, set the screen mode to "Full" and then enter the Service Menu. Turn Volume to "0", hold the 'volume down' button on the front of the set and then hold '9' on the remote until the service menu appears. Make sure to write down all of your current settings. I don't want to be to blame if my settings don't work for you. Change the settings to the following values and then press 'menu' on the remote to return.
Items #2-#23 are Geometry settings and a different for each set. Only use these for experimentation as I can guarantee you they are not the correct settings for your particular set.
2. H. POSI - 84
3. V. POSI - 1
4. H. SIZE - 20
5. V. SIZE - 40
6. V. LIN - 27
7. V-EHT - 4
8. H-EHT - 2
9. V-BLK P - 31
10. V-BLK S - 0
11. V. CENT - 31
12. V. LIMIT - 0
13. V. CORR - 13
14. V.S. CORR - 40
15. EW PARA - 10
16. TRAPEZIUM - 45
17. COR. TOP - 16
18. COR. BTM - 15
19. S. CORR - 17
20. CORNER - 16
21. C. PARA - 6
22. C. SAW - 6
23. V. SYMM - 128
The following are the picture settings and are roughly equal across all sets. They may need slight adjustments, but it will be pretty darned close to perfect.
24. R. BIAS - 69
25. G. BIAS - 63
26. B. BIAS - 93
27. R/G. DRV - 77
28. B/R. DRV - 60
Items #29 through #38 are for the 'cool' and 'warm' color temp settings. I didn't include them because they are unused.
39. R-Y GAIN - 1
40. R-Y PAHSE - 0
41. G-Y GAIN - 2
42. G-Y PAHSE - 1
43. BRI. CENT - 227
44. BRI. MAX - 232
45. BRI. MIN - 222
46. CONT. CENT - 63
47. CONT. MAX - 71
48. CONT. MIN - 55
49. COL. CENT - 42
50. COL. MAX - 43
51. COL. MIN - 37
52. SUB CONT - 0
53. TINT - 66
54. SHARP CENT - 63
55. SHARP MAX - 95
56. SHARP MIN - 31
57. TILT CENT - 138
Exit the Service Menu by pressing the "menu" button, press the tv/video button and repeat all settings on all 7 inputs.
Then, exit service menu, change to "Theater Wide 3" screen setting, enter service menu again and change V. SIZE to 50. This is ideal for widescreen 4:3 viewing from SD sources. Make sure "TheaterWide 1" is set exactly the same as "Full". "TheaterWide 2" is unused.
Once you have all the service menu set up, set your main menu settings like this.
S-video(or composite) connection:::
Brightness - 0
Contrast - 25(set to '50' for a brighter picture)
Color - 0
Tint - 0
Sharpness - 25
Cable Clear - Off
Color Temp - Medium
SVM - Off
Colorstream Component:::
Brightness - 25
Contrast - 25 for HD(50 for a brighter SD picture, 0 for night HD)
Color - 25
Tint - 0
Sharpness - 25 (set to 50 for slightly enhanced sharpness)
Cable Clear - Off
Color Temp - Medium
SVM - Off
HDMI:::
Brightness - 50
Contrast - 25 for HD(set to 50 for a brighter SD picture, set to 0 for night HD)
Color - 50
Tint - 0
Sharpness - 25(set to 50 for slightly enhanced sharpness)
Cable Clear - Off
Color Temp - Medium
SVM - Off
Yes, did you notice? All the SM settings are to make the main menu settings easy to remember by leaving most of them at default(25).
For example, Bright. Max in the SM corresponds to 'Brightness@50' in the User menu
Bright.Cent in SM = 'Brightness@25' in UM
Bright.Min in SM = 'Brightness@0' in UM.
Enjoy! Hopefully they work for you like they do for me. Looks as good as a Sony now....a non-ISF'd Sony.