Teevee technical questions. HELP! I sold 2 teevees to a friend and

[radwriter0555]

Neither is working properly.

The sylvania's picture is too wide for the screen, width wise. I know I pushed SOME button that did this, but how do we fix that? It didn't bother me! That remote control is intact and works.

The panasonic has a built in VHS player, which isn't a problem. However, the remote is missing, and I always used the cable box remote to run it, no problem.

However, he runs his cable directly to the teevee, no cable box. Can't seem to program the teevee to run the cable.

HELP!?? Please?

[GOPisEvil]

1. Is there a menu program for the first one?

Sort of like the ones for computer monitors? One that shifts the image. Try under the setup menu if there is one.

Would a replacement remote help the other problem? RCA makes great replacement remotes. I tend to be destrcutive to remotes and replace them often. :nopity:

[Trajan]

2. Hmmmmmmmm ....

1) .. The Sylvania MAY have a 'zoom' function, if you say it occurred when a button was pressed .... I know Zenith produced a few TV's that had a built iin 'Zoom' .... whatever for ? ....

IF it is not a built-in function: .... then it may be a defect of the video deflection circuit, output too high ....

2) .. He could run the cable to the VCR .... er ..... wait a second: . its a built in VCR ? ..... does it have independent, externally accessible patch points ? ... or is it integrated within the TV to automatically 'patch in' when required ? ....

Hmmmmmmm ? .... IF it acts like an outboard VCR: ... then he could rout the cable to the VCR, then from the VCR to the TV: ... use the VCR as the channel-tuning front end ....

IF instead the VCR is functionally integrated into the TV: .. then I have no idea what you could do: .. except buy an original replacement remote control ..... or a universal capable of providing decent functionality with THAT TV ....

Good luck ...

[Squeech]

3. How old is the Sylvania?

Most of the TVs I've owned have had dedicated controls for that sort of thing: height and width of the image on the screen, and centering in both the left/right and up/down dimensions. In my youth these controls were knobs or thumb wheels in plain sight on the front of the box, usually right under the screen. Later they became skinny little control shafts hidden under an access panel, or hidden inside the box itself, with little holes big enough to stick a screwdriver into. So see if you can find four (sometimes six) such holes in the back; one of them ought to be the right control. Hope this helps.