Sony XBR TV setup using component video converter

[heckheck]

I am sharing here for posterity the settings I use for my Sage TV setup, which makes use of a Sony XBR 32 inch TV with first generation component video input, in conjunction with a component video converter. I have no idea if anybody will find this useful, but since one person asked me privately about it, I figured it wouldn't hurt to share, especially since some of these settings took days to tune (note that actual settings would obviously vary set to set, but this might be a useful starting point for someone with similar equipment).

I have the following setup, which works VERY well. I am using an ATI 9600 SE card in conjunction with a Key Digital KD-VTCA3 VGA to Component Video Adapter. I run the VGA input into the converter, which is setup for SCART composite sync on H. I then use PowerStrip to carefully setup the video card for compatiblity with the TV. The following are the settings

640x480 resolution
29Hz Custom Timing
Composite Sync
Interlaced
+ Horizontal Sync
+ Vertical Sync
12.937MHz Pixel Clock

Horizontal settings
15.549 KHz
Active 640 49.471
FP 41 3.169
SW 64 4.947
BP 87 6.725
Total 832 64.312

Vertical settings
29.902 Hz
Active 480 30.870
FP 0 0.00
SW 28 1.801
BP 12 0.772
Total 520 33.442

Before setting the PowerStrip settings, I had also gone into the Sony internal menus ([PWR OFF] [DISP] [5] [VOL+] [PWR ON]) on the TV and done some modifications, tuning it using the Video Essentials DVD. Though they may be different on your set (certainly the fine tuning would be), here are the settings I changed
Setting Old New
VAPI 15 0
VAPG 4 0
SHPF 2 3
Y-DC 1 0
SSHP 7 7
SBRT 31 27
SCOL 6 10
SHUE 5 8
SCON 10 5
BCUT 14 3
GCUT 8 2
BDRV 34 25
GDRV 36 19
PPHA 4 5
LPIN 4 6
UPIN 3 4
PAMP 27 28
HSIZ 42 33
HPOS 11 14
VSIZ 28 17
VPOS 28 32

I also had to make some settings different from the factory resets in the general picture settings (the ones people usually use from the XBR menu)

Main HUE centered
Main Color 3 clicks beyond "R" in "COLOR"
Main Sharpness between "H" and "A" in "SHARPNESS"

Hope this helps (if you even still have the set). I'm going to copy this out to the general discussion folder for other's use (if they have any use for it...)

Jim Heck