How do I access the service menu of the Panasonic TH-42PX600U?

Question

I want to check the number of hours my plasma has been on.

I already tried the method that tells you to hold down the Vol button while hitting recall 3 times. It does bring me to a cryptic menu but it doesn't show the menu with the clock hours. Anybody know how to do this with my particular model of the panasonic?

Ok, I found the answer on avsforum.com. It took a while because the thread on the 600 is 1000+!!

Anyways, here's how you do it:
1. Hold down VOL button on the TV.
2. Click the Recall button 3 times on the remote.
3. When the service menu shows up, click 1 three times on the remote.
4. Hold down the Mute button on the remote for 3 seconds.
5. After holding the mute button, the menu will change to show data about your TV, hours, firmware version, etc. The hours for the clock is in hex format, so you will have to convert this to decimal format.

An easy way to do this is to use the built-in calc application that comes with windows. Set the mode to Scientific. Select Hex format. Type in the hex number. Then select Dec and your result should be in decimal format.

Answer 1

Yes, there is a way but I don't know it.
Try this website:

bruzziforum.com

Answer 2

Th-42px600u

Answer 3

can't do that, fella.