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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
black.
On the remote, press SOURCE.
Screen is a solid
color, not black
Unit is displaying a test pattern Turn off the test pattern. See “To turn off a Test Pattern” on page 70.
Unit is displaying a custom
splash screen.
On the remote, press C
URTAIN
Picture is visible,
but something is
wrong with it
Image is rotated Check your source. The Bay Cat X has no way of rotating images.
Picture has a black edge Picture is not positioned cor-
rectly.
Use the Picture Position menu
to adjust it (see “Position” on
page 36)
Picture has a black or colored
edge
The source has a black edge
Wall Mode turned on and the
picture is not the same aspect
ratio as the wall. The edge color
is determined by the Border
Color in this menu
Check the Aspect Ratio and
Wall menu (see “Aspect Ratio
and Scale Mode” on page 32)
Picture is too large or too small This could be a zoom adjust-
ment, particularly if you are
using Clarity’s Big Picture™
Check the two Zoom menus
and set them both so you
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
Picture has horizontal or verti-
cal streaks
Cable from source is poor quality
or too long
Use a different cable
Poorly adjusted Phase and/or
Frequency
Only analog computer signals
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