- Hidden Secret Service Menu Codes for Sony, Samsung, LG and Philips TV. All digital TVs contain a secret service menu/engineering mode which allows users to access advanced menus/options and to change various internal settings such as picture height, width, position, colors, blue back screen, etc.
- LG LCD Monitor Service Menu Instructions. First turn off the lcd monitor, then press and hold the 'MENU' button, then turn on the monitor. Release MENU button after the monitor is turned on. Press 'MENU' button to open the OSD menu, at the bottom of menu, you can see a new selection to go into the factory service mode.
- LG- Buy the LG Service Remote.: LG 105-201M OR (holding both menu or 'Ok' buttons on the remote & the front panel). MAGNAVOX 1 With the set ON, push: 0 6 2 5 9 6 then MENU. The channels will change but when menu is pressed, the TV will enter the service menu. Press MENU to change adjustments To save your changes, press POWER on the TV set.
Just turn off the monitor, wait for 5 seconds. Then press and hold the menu button. With it pressed, press the power button. The monitor will be on. Release menu button. Then press menu again and you will get the secret menu. So this way, I found a field called 'Panel' and in my LG E2042TC, it is written CMI 200 L23. You know, the thing that distinguishes a smart TV from other, stupider TVs. Update: LG is sending Michael a new television. Here is his sad tale. But it would be a third party service. Hidden Secret Service Menu Codes for Sony, Samsung, LG and Philips TV All digital TVs contain a secret service menu/mode which allows you to change various internal settings such as picture height, width, position, colors, blue back screen, etc.
Here’s the problem with smart TVs that I had never thought of: they depend heavily on the remote controls that come in the box. That’s a lesson that Michael has learned the hard and expensive way. The “magic” remote that came with his 47-inch LG smart TV won’t work. That’s not very magical. Years ago, if your remote control didn’t work, the worst-case scenario was that you would have to get up off your rear end to adjust the volume or change the channel. In the case of Michael’s TV, he can’t use any of the Internet features without that specific remote. You know, the thing that distinguishes a smart TV from other, stupider TVs. Update: LG is sending Michael a new television.
Here is his sad tale:
I purchased the “LG Cinema Screen 47LM6700 47-Inch Cinema 3D 1080p 120Hz LED-LCD HDTV with Smart TV and Six Pairs of 3D Glasses” from Amazon.com for $894.99 (paid for with a combination of American Express points and money – see attached invoice).
Despite my brother-in-laws fanatical endorsement of everything Samsung, after seeing that the recent crop of good reviews of LG TVs at Amazon and other sources, the Cinema Screen with Magic Remote seemed like a great value with its internet connectivity and well-reviewed screen.
After one false start (our first TV arrived with a cracked screen), when we finally had our new TV set up, things were great. We were watching YouTube videos on our TV, and we could’t stop gawking at the quality of the image as compared to our old TV.
Then our Magic Remote lost its mojo sometime in August.
The Magic Remote is the key to the functionality of this unit. If it doesn’t work, you actually have to get up from the couch to turn the TV on and off, and to control the volume! Without the Magic Remote, using the internet features becomes impossible to use (this was one of the selling points of the unit). Additionally, you cannot download firmware updates to your unit if the remote does not work.
I called LG and they sent me a replacement Magic Remote.
After struggling to get the remote to registered, even consulting this You Tube video, we got our replacement remote to work.
It worked until about October when our replacement Magic Remote stopped working.
This is when our appointment hell to get a technician to fix our TV began.
LG sent one of their own technicians out to our house in October. At first he didn’t know what to do (he kept on doing all of the stuff in the You Tube video to register the remote). He even called technical support that lectured him on the process that he and the video had lectured me on. Finally, he took at a major part in the back of the TV. Voila! The Magic Remote works again. It worked for a few weeks, but then, despite multiple battery checks and re-registrations of the remote, it stops working.
I call LG, ask that they send someone over ASAP. We make an appointment. My wife makes sure she is there, no one shows up. LG says they have no record that there was going to be an appointment – they look into their system and find that they can dispatch someone to our house the same week, but it would be a third party service. Date is confirmed, plan my schedule to be home in the afternoon so that a third-party service called [Redacted] TV will be there. I get a phone call from [the repair shop], I am told that they do not honor the dates that LG provides to customers and that it would need to order parts first before it sends anyone else.
Finally, [Redacted] arrives at my house last week, technician disassembles the TV, determines that none of the parts he has ordered would be sufficient to fix the TV. At that point, I was done with this TV. I thought it was time for everyone to finally give up on this unit, and just start over. I called Amazon, for about five minutes, they were going to replace the unit – I was ecstatic – then the the customer service rep said, sorry, he was mistaken, Amazon could not take it back at this point.
I finally asked for some type of supervisory support when I called LG. I forwarded a copy of my sales invoice to [redacted], who said she would be submitting a request to the department that authorizes replacement units. She didn’t sound optimistic that a replacement would be approved as I now have a pending appointment with [the repair place].
I don’t trust this unit, the mysterious “Magic Remote” or the folks who have been sent out to fix my TV.
I think the right thing for LG to do at this point would to give me choice by either reimbursing me for the cost of my TV so that I can buy another or by providing me a replacement (possibly non-Magic Remote) TV and ensuring that the set does not have the same problems this one has.
Despite my brother-in-laws fanatical endorsement of everything Samsung, after seeing that the recent crop of good reviews of LG TVs at Amazon and other sources, the Cinema Screen with Magic Remote seemed like a great value with its internet connectivity and well-reviewed screen.
After one false start (our first TV arrived with a cracked screen), when we finally had our new TV set up, things were great. We were watching YouTube videos on our TV, and we could’t stop gawking at the quality of the image as compared to our old TV.
Then our Magic Remote lost its mojo sometime in August.
The Magic Remote is the key to the functionality of this unit. If it doesn’t work, you actually have to get up from the couch to turn the TV on and off, and to control the volume! Without the Magic Remote, using the internet features becomes impossible to use (this was one of the selling points of the unit). Additionally, you cannot download firmware updates to your unit if the remote does not work.
I called LG and they sent me a replacement Magic Remote.
After struggling to get the remote to registered, even consulting this You Tube video, we got our replacement remote to work.
It worked until about October when our replacement Magic Remote stopped working.
This is when our appointment hell to get a technician to fix our TV began.
LG sent one of their own technicians out to our house in October. At first he didn’t know what to do (he kept on doing all of the stuff in the You Tube video to register the remote). He even called technical support that lectured him on the process that he and the video had lectured me on. Finally, he took at a major part in the back of the TV. Voila! The Magic Remote works again. It worked for a few weeks, but then, despite multiple battery checks and re-registrations of the remote, it stops working.
I call LG, ask that they send someone over ASAP. We make an appointment. My wife makes sure she is there, no one shows up. LG says they have no record that there was going to be an appointment – they look into their system and find that they can dispatch someone to our house the same week, but it would be a third party service. Date is confirmed, plan my schedule to be home in the afternoon so that a third-party service called [Redacted] TV will be there. I get a phone call from [the repair shop], I am told that they do not honor the dates that LG provides to customers and that it would need to order parts first before it sends anyone else.
Finally, [Redacted] arrives at my house last week, technician disassembles the TV, determines that none of the parts he has ordered would be sufficient to fix the TV. At that point, I was done with this TV. I thought it was time for everyone to finally give up on this unit, and just start over. I called Amazon, for about five minutes, they were going to replace the unit – I was ecstatic – then the the customer service rep said, sorry, he was mistaken, Amazon could not take it back at this point.
I finally asked for some type of supervisory support when I called LG. I forwarded a copy of my sales invoice to [redacted], who said she would be submitting a request to the department that authorizes replacement units. She didn’t sound optimistic that a replacement would be approved as I now have a pending appointment with [the repair place].
I don’t trust this unit, the mysterious “Magic Remote” or the folks who have been sent out to fix my TV.
I think the right thing for LG to do at this point would to give me choice by either reimbursing me for the cost of my TV so that I can buy another or by providing me a replacement (possibly non-Magic Remote) TV and ensuring that the set does not have the same problems this one has.
That seems pretty reasonable, which is why LG probably won’t do it. This situation seems ripe for a suit in small claims court.
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Consumerist.
I've a 42LA6230 & the best I've managed is:
NB: This script only worked for me from Windoze box running Python x86 when connected directly to LG Soft AP, steps below should get you connected just fine
Lg Tv Service Menu Password
- Start Soft AP on LG TV & connect PC to LG Soft AP
- Open script in Python & choose Run > Run Module
- Enter the Pairing Key shown on screen into the dialog box (OPT: add to Python script & save for re-use)
- Enter the codes above for the respective actions, but not the one and only thing I want: EZ_ADJUST;
My need is to enable Pass Through of 5.1 (6ch) audio from HDMI input to TOSLINK Optical output. At present any AV containing 5.1 sent to HDMI on the 42LA6230 TV is down-mixed to 2 (stereo) then sent out via TOSLINK Optical. Which means I can enjoy any media I want on my TV so long as:
a) I am happy to use the stereo speakers in the TV only, or
b) I am happy with only stereo audio on my HT surround system, or
c) I am happy to physically swap the TOSLINK cable from one source device to another each time I change what I am using
a) I am happy to use the stereo speakers in the TV only, or
b) I am happy with only stereo audio on my HT surround system, or
c) I am happy to physically swap the TOSLINK cable from one source device to another each time I change what I am using
Answer to {a|b|c} = No
Many have stated that it is a simple on|off toggle in EZ_ADJUST to enable 5.1 pass through from HDMI to TOSLINK, but access to the service menu is required. I very much appreciate the work done to get this far, hopeful there may be something more we can do to expose/access the innards of LG TVs? Cardscan 800c driver windows 7. I can't can believe they'd just hobble a function of the technology for market control.
How To Access The Service Menu In Oled Lg Tv
For HDMI connected devices, in order for the TV to pass DD 5.1 you will need a service remote. In the EZ Adjust menu go to tool option 7 and change the EDID setting from PCM to AC3. TV will reboot and you will have full 5.1 pass through.