5.1 Basic Bay Cat X Troubleshooting Steps

The Bay Cat X is very simple to troubleshoot because there is very little that can malfunction

Troubleshooting Checklist

Problem

Possible Cause

Possible Resolution

Result/Further Action

 

 

 

 

Screen is black

No power

Check power cord. Check power switch

 

 

 

 

 

Backlights not lit.

On the remote, press ON

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image being displayed is

On the remote, press SOURCE.

 

 

black.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Screen is a solid

Unit is displaying a test pattern

Turn off the test pattern. See “To turn off a Test Pattern” on page 70.

color, not black

 

 

 

Unit is displaying a custom

On the remote, press CURTAIN

 

 

 

 

splash screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture is visible,

Image is rotated

Check your source. The Bay Cat X has no way of rotating images.

but something is

 

 

 

Picture has a black edge

Picture is not positioned cor-

Use the Picture Position menu

wrong with it

 

rectly.

to adjust it (see “Position” on

 

 

 

 

 

page 36)

 

 

 

 

 

Picture has a black or colored

The source has a black edge

 

 

edge

 

 

 

Wall Mode turned on and the

Check the Aspect Ratio and

 

 

 

 

picture is not the same aspect

Wall menu (see “Aspect Ratio

 

 

ratio as the wall. The edge color

and Scale Mode” on page 32)

 

 

is determined by the Border

 

 

 

Color in this menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture is too large or too small

This could be a zoom adjust-

Check the two Zoom menus

 

 

ment, particularly if you are

and set them both so you

 

 

using Clarity’s Big Picture™

see a zero on all four sides.

 

 

 

Then check the two View-

 

 

 

port menus and see that

 

 

 

they read zero on all four

 

 

 

sides (see “Zoom and Position”

 

 

 

on page 49)

 

 

 

 

 

Picture is noisy

Cable from source is poor quality

Use a different cable

 

Picture has horizontal or verti-

or too long

 

 

cal streaks

 

 

 

Poorly adjusted Phase and/or

Only analog computer signals

 

 

 

 

Frequency

may need this adjusted. This

 

 

 

can be done automatically by

 

 

 

pressing SETUP on the remote.

 

 

 

 

 

Colors are wrong

Input Levels must be adjusted

For analog computer sources,

 

 

 

see “Adjusting Levels for Ana-

 

 

 

log Computer Sources” on

 

 

 

page 28. For digital computer

 

 

 

sources, see “Adjusting Levels

 

 

 

for Digital Computer Sources”

 

 

 

on page 26

 

 

 

 

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