LG 32LX4DC buttons don't work

[MRX37]

Originally Posted by Findm-Keepm

The Serial port is RS232, and there are a set of commands you can send to the set to perform a remote/front panel lockout. We used to do them with RCAs that were used as monitors in schools.

You'll need the LG terminal program or a really good understanding of how to send specific commands to the set via PC.

Oooh... Uh given the scratched LCD and no HDMI (technically DVI is the same just with no audio) and the fact that I already have a 32" LCD and don't need another one...

Unless there's something simpler I can try first, I'll just get rid of it.

[Findm-Keepm]

The service manual is an 11 Meg PDF, else I would post it. I guess I need to get a dropbox or Google drive - I was using a hook-up from a buddy, who let me FTP some stuff up to his work site...

I also found a LGTerminal program - it's a 2 Meg Rar, and works. Lemme know, and I can make arrangements. 31 LG CDROMs, and they are a pain, as I haven't labeled them with the exact contents. I guess I should rent some space in the cloud, and make it available somehow. I probably have a Terabyte or two of Service Data - Thomson (90+ CDs), Hitachi (11 CDs), LG, Zenith, Philips, Sony (ESI CDs, no anchor program, just directories) and a smattering of Samsung, Sanyo, Panasonic, and others. Findm-Keepm, I say...

[MRX37]

Originally Posted by Findm-Keepm

The service manual is an 11 Meg PDF, else I would post it. I guess I need to get a dropbox or Google drive - I was using a hook-up from a buddy, who let me FTP some stuff up to his work site...

Could you by chance send me more of that service manual.

See, I was going to give up on this, but I decided to play with it and see if a remote would do anything. So I programmed a universal remote with some LG codes. Once I saw the LED on the TV blinking when I pressed a button on the remote, I knew the remote was programmed right.

So I pressed on and found out how to get into what looks like a service menu, and what looks like a simpler service menu that allows for picture adjustments.

I found that less then helpful video showing that yes the TV can be brought out of hotel mode. The guy making the video didn't feel the need to explain how he did it of course, but I now know it's possible and possible without messing around with a terminal program or hunting down a serial cable.

Also I discovered just now that if I press and hold the MENU button on the remote, well the menu doesn't come up, but the channel display does, then I can put in a single command with the remote before it locks back up again. So I can now change inputs in a roundabout way.

So I can't give up on this now, not when I'm one menu setting away from having a usable TV.