1098 video and TFT problems

[Quantronics]

I have a 1098 that's about 5 years old. I upgraded the firmware to 2.2.3 last year and have been using the sleep mode for the screen. Well the screen doesn't work anymore and I can't get it to turn on. I've tried to unplug it and turn the power off for sometime. Would it be worth it to flash the firmware again. Maybe downgrade to a lesser version and then back to 2.2.3?

Also, when I first turn on my TV, I get these really weird lines racing back and forth. I have the 1098 switching all my video w/ a component video out back to my TV. After about 2 minutes everything is normal.

Could it be related? Is my video board on my processor going bad?

Any help would be well appreciated.

Thanks,
Erich

[Kevin D]

Won't help flashing the firmware again. The TFT might have gone out. There's a way of forcing the TFT back on, but I think that's only for when you have it set to always off. If someone can remember what it was, you might be able to try it.

As far as the flashing lines, do you have the PROGRESSIVE settings set to yes for all inputs that use 480p and higher?

Kevin D.

[Quantronics]

Won't help flashing the firmware again. The TFT might have gone out. There's a way of forcing the TFT back on, but I think that's only for when you have it set to always off. If someone can remember what it was, you might be able to try it.

As far as the flashing lines, do you have the PROGRESSIVE settings set to yes for all inputs that use 480p and higher?

Kevin D.

Thanks Kevin, that would be great if anyone knows how to kick start the TFT back on. Let me know when you can....

Thanks,
Erich

[digitalshah]

Kicking the 1098 lcd back on

hold down the menu button for about 10 seconds then press enter. The lcd should come back on. Thanks. Let me know if it worked.

[Quantronics]

hold down the menu button for about 10 seconds then press enter. The lcd should come back on. Thanks. Let me know if it worked.

I tried that nothing happened. It seems that holding down the menu button put the LCD into sleep mode. I tried to do it before it goes into sleep mode and hit enter. Maybe, I'm missing something here.

Thanks again for the help.