Service menu? at DVinfo.net

Javier Gallen · May 25th, 2007, 05:16 PM

Canon XL1 had a few "secret" functions like color bars, and other cameras had service menu's with interesting things to be adjust. ¿Anyone knows about the posibility of finding a secret key combination with the HV10/20 cameras?

Pete Bauer · May 25th, 2007, 05:30 PM

If anyone does, we ask them not to post it on, or link to it from, DVinfo. In some cases, serious damage can be done to a camera by tinkering around with such menus that the manufacturer does not intend to place into the hands of end users.

Javier Gallen · May 25th, 2007, 05:52 PM

I complete understand your position, but with the apropiate warnings, that would be a very useful "modding tool" for a lot of users.

Thanks to the complex and dangerous service menu of my old projector, I was able to get a perfect calibred image, and also minimize flickering. Even I fixed the bad red panel allineation shiftin electronically one pixel up.

May 25th, 2007, 05:16 PM	#1
Javier Gallen Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Spain Posts: 67	Service menu? Canon XL1 had a few "secret" functions like color bars, and other cameras had service menu's with interesting things to be adjust. ¿Anyone knows about the posibility of finding a secret key combination with the HV10/20 cameras?

May 25th, 2007, 05:30 PM	#2
Pete Bauer Wrangler Join Date: May 2003 Location: Eagle River, AK Posts: 4,100	If anyone does, we ask them not to post it on, or link to it from, DVinfo. In some cases, serious damage can be done to a camera by tinkering around with such menus that the manufacturer does not intend to place into the hands of end users. __________________ Pete Bauer The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert Einstein Trying to solve a DV mystery? You may find the answer behind the SEARCH function ... or be able to join a discussion already in progress!

May 25th, 2007, 05:52 PM	#3
Javier Gallen Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Spain Posts: 67	I complete understand your position, but with the apropiate warnings, that would be a very useful "modding tool" for a lot of users. Thanks to the complex and dangerous service menu of my old projector, I was able to get a perfect calibred image, and also minimize flickering. Even I fixed the bad red panel allineation shiftin electronically one pixel up.