An Attetion message pops up every 5 seconds saying 'OSD MAIN CONTROLS LOCKED' and then 5 seconds later 'OSD MAIN CONTROLS UNLOCKED'.
Also, sometimes my display menu screen pops up for a second or two...
Any ideas?
Hi,
Press the Menu button ( marked OK) for one minute, or more, and a blue/red menu list should appear on screen.
Using the adjust button (immediately to the left of the OK button) by pressing the arrows at each end up or down as required you can enter the menu and select an action by scrolling.
At the end of the list of possible adjustments on the left of the screen (brightness, contrast, etc) is the Reset section.
On the righthand side of the screen is a flashing Yes No choice which automatically alternates.
The trick is to select the Reset choice on the left and while selected press the OK button when the Yes alternative on the right of the screen is flashing.
You VDU should then Reset and all will be well.
It just got worse and worse, then nothing would bring up the menu at all, just the brightness control.. I got so sick of the stupid message coming up i gave the button area a few good hard thumps with the palm end of my fist, enough to rock the monitor violently.. It is great again :) ..
I'm sick of unreliable electronics. It usually gets back to inferior Chinese parts.
change all buttons at electronic plate, that's problem, after changing them monitor works perfectly
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Stick a toothpick in the first button from the left on your monitor and problem solved for sure-ur welcome:-)
Yeah it really works. I thought the same but thanks. It was pretty annoying that window every second. Firstly was jumping only the window with options, that when you press OK, then the window with brightness, when you press up arrow and this window was unable to turn off, but suddenly it turned off, and then again, so i put the plastic pick next to AUTO button and it stopped. I thought it before because when it was any window, when i pressed auto, it worked every time and every time it clicked and it looked like it stopped the blicking the window, so i just put the pick next to it and it works. :D Yeah the button is little crossway, but it works, Ou f**k I have a bad mood, not because the upgrade :D, i dont know. And sorry for any mistakes, my english isnt perfect, i am from czech republic
Yeah it really works. I thought the same but thanks. It was pretty annoying that window every second. Firstly was jumping only the window with options, that when you press OK, then the window with brightness, when you press up arrow and this window was unable to turn off, but suddenly it turned off, and then again, so i put the plastic pick next to AUTO button and it stopped. I thought it before because when it was any window, when i pressed auto, it worked every time and every time it clicked and it looked like it stopped the blicking the window, so i just put the pick next to it and it works. :D Yeah the button is little crossway, but it works, Ou f**k I have a bad mood, not because the upgrade :D, i dont know. And sorry for any mistakes, my english isnt perfect, i am from czech republic
That was REALLy helpful
how awesome are you valerioD!!!!! what an amazing practical solution, the one minute depressed button does not work.
you are welcome !
Brilliant, I will buy new PC in two months so this was very helpful.
reddit shows bad osd switch is common
using real electronics spray cleaner is best (to it) do not melt the plastics with wrong spray.
the other factor is a firmware bug
2005 are junk but here goes and sure(CCFL tube H3LL is real and all monitors before LED 2010 died long long ago,... but.... )
2005 legacy monitors from the dumpster dive happens?
Firmware bug is real)
the person that puts the OSD into
autosetup mode, wrong.
and PC is dead, or not connected to the correct Video input and selected first.
the firmware locks up !
autosetup centers he video exactly and more. back then it as buggy.
the factory cure, is here.
1: connect PC first. powerup and let it boot fully.
2;CONN THE CABLE VIDEO TO THE right port on the monitor. ( using wrong port causes this to fail)
3: and now what happens is the Autosetup ends. (no longer lost in firmware H3LL bug.
on this relic and for sure newer monitors this same OEM
if altiris management is enabled, it can lock the monitor fully down.
BY DESIGN.
called monitor asset management lockS down
this magic app, locks and marries the monitor to 1 PC. or to the business .
end Phillips mon, 2005 to now.
and they are not all the same.
ONLY 1 IN 35 POSTERS TOLD tHE MODEL# HOW SAD IS THAT (SUPER)
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An Attetion message pops up every 5 seconds saying 'OSD MAIN CONTROLS LOCKED' and then 5 seconds later 'OSD MAIN CONTROLS UNLOCKED'. Also, sometimes my display menu screen pops up for a second or two... Any ideas?
Hi everyone!
I had a philips 170S with this problem. I tried less invasive methods (which do not involve dismantling the monitor) and did not help ..So I disassembled it, cleaned it - same problem. Then I cut off 'auto' button and everything was ok. Unfortunately, another problem appeared for which I had no solution ..
After that, by crazy chance, I'm stuck again with a PHILIPS 170S monitor! After 3 month (it was second-hand), the same problem repeated.
Today I took it apart, cut 'auto' button off, but nothing changed.
Then I followed the cables from the 'board' with buttons on to the end and swiched off the cables all together.
Problem solved!
My advice is to just turn off all the buttons in one move - the least damage to the monitor and the simplest solution.
(cables are located where You connect Your monitor to a computer - for me it was a combination of 5 gray-ish and a red-ish gray cable)
I hope this will help someone because this site and all off You helped me a lot!Hi everyone!
I had a philips 170S with this problem. I tried less invasive methods (which do not involve dismantling the monitor) and did not help ..So I disassembled it, cleaned it - same problem. Then I cut off 'auto' button and everything was ok. Unfortunately, another problem appeared for which I had no solution ..
After that, by crazy chance, I'm stuck again with a PHILIPS 170S monitor! After 3 month (it was second-hand), the same problem repeated.
Today I took it apart, cut 'auto' button off, but nothing changed.
Then I followed the cables from the 'board' with buttons on to the end and swiched off the cables all together.
Problem solved!
My advice is to just turn off all the buttons in one move - the least damage to the monitor and the simplest solution.
(cables are located where You connect Your monitor to a computer - for me it was a combination of 5 gray-ish and a red-ish gray cable)
I hope this will help someone because this site and all off You helped me a lot!
i can't disassembled the monitor. is it possible to show us hot to diassemble it.? thanks
also if the monitor has Philips smartIMAGE lite app
loaded to PC, that may be messed up,
remove that or upgrade that app.
there is no monitor service manual, for dismantle.
but you can watch all day long others doing just that.
ON YOUTUBE !
hidden screws and super secret plastic pressure points that unlock bezels and such showing more screws.
watch out for CCFL 600v pins. oops. you glow like a Lightening Bug? be safe.
you could lie to Philips and tell them you are official philips service center and get the real manual not sold
but they'd be on to yah. in a flash, LOL
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Take the monitor and carefully unplug all connections from the pc and the monitor. Neatly fold all cables and put them in a bag. Get a larger bag (like a shopping bag) place the monitor and the bag containing the cables into the large back. Shake the bag around and scream like a chicken before throwing it over a cliff. That will fix the issue
Chicken little returns.
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This problem is caused by the OSD button going faulty.
One solution is if you have a soldering iron is to remove the button , and replace with a new one. (It is possible to leave it out in most cases.) Alternatively you could try spraying it with contact cleaner.
Both solutions will require the dismantling of the unit.
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I disassembled front panel of monitor, cleaned osd card and buttons but it didn't help, than I removed also rear panel unscrewed metal shield, blow away all dust, cleaned wire connecting monitor with osd card and found that wire on the corner of a bend leading on top is in dirty liquid, I cleaned it, and everything works, blinking dissapeared.
Problem 1. Philips 190S6 monitor toggles between displays “Main OSD Controls Locked” / “Main OSD Controls Unlocked”
Problem 2. Monitor Setup menu can be displayed by holding down monitor’s OK button for a minute or so but will not allow selection beyond the first two options.
This problem can be rectified by following these steps:
Monitor Setup will be displayed and can be operated
YouBeauty
This does not appear to be suitable for windows 7
the switch assembly can be removed and inspected and cleaned to make it work. it is only a very simple cave man class switch (Jules Vern classic?)
if has spilled /splashed drinks on it well clean it with IPA and dry it out.
also in the OSD menu;s there is monitor ReSet.
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Have the same issue as well as brightness control popping up so i took the spring out of a wooden clothes pin [ a paper clip might work ] and when the lock comes up or the brightness control pops up i turn the monitor off and clip the spring around the bottom of the monitor effectively holding the auto button in and turn the monitor back on and now i just leave the spring in place and no more issue. i know it's a bit of a hick move but hey it works. it seems if you keep the auto button pressed while in operation you don't get anything but the odd "adjusting screen " message which goes away after 2-3 seconds. basically you try to make a c-clip clamp for the button. hope this helps
Osd locked can i solve this problem
Just discovered what caused the problem. The screws that hold the base to the body are too long and almost touch the board with the buttons on areas where are some SMD capacitors and resistors. The board itself is made unnecessarily sophisticated. To save some wires to the main board the engineers have decided to determine the closed button by a resistor in the chain.
Some of the buttons also was found faulty and making some 2kOhms contact while not pressed. All this makes strange effects including popping up the OSD MAIN CONTROL LOCKED/UNLOCKED, popping the menu etc.
First I replaced the faulty buttons. Then separated the screws and the board with a sheet of paper A5 folded several times When I put everything back together the monitor worked as new.
THE REAL SOLUTION:
I also had these problems. with this old phillips 190s crappy screen. endless pop up messages locked, unlocked and the menu started pop also. I tryed all the ''solutions'' mentioned here but it dident work a bit. I fixed this by jamming the auto button in. This worked for 7-8 days. then suddenly it started again and jamming the button ment nothing enymore. Now also 30% of the top of the screen picture came out down at the bottom screen and everytime i straightened this it happend again 30 min later. and that problem was really hard to fix with all the pop ups. the osd main menu was hardly working at all and trying to reset the screen was a nightmare. totally creazy. I was totally out of options and the screen was totally usless.
i tear off the frame around the screen and had a look at the chip with all the menu buttons on it.. I started breaking of pieces of the chip with buttons on intill all of the menu buttons was gone. then everything stopped. worked like a dream ever since. i only broke off a pice at left side. the on and off button at the right side still works yust fine lol. only i have whats left of the chip hanging down below the screen in the cables its connected with. I know this might sound a bit wierd but its ither my way or buy a new screen way. Hope this will help you guys.
BTW this screen have been sutch a f*****g pain in the *** ill never ever buy a philips screen again!
Hey man can you tell me how you removed the front frame?
its a bit tricky. but i did it the stonage way. took a wide bladed knife and stucked it in between the frame and the other plastick around the frame to tear it off side by side. there is a lot of click on hooks attatched to the screen so it is not easy to get off. u gotta give it a fight ;)
Hey guys, all together.... reading this, coming from Germany, being a woman, I read the comment, that someone lost it .... so I decided to lose it....:-) went to get a hammer... gently I hammered twice or three time on the Okay button all is good......
THANKXXXXX!!!!!! The Stone age is greeting!!!! No mainlock controls anymore...
WHAT'S THE "OK' BUUTTON
recap
in the OSD turn off Auto input scan set it manual 2 correct input, Auto mode is BUGGY !
1: clean switch in IPA. and dry it.
2: remove switch or its cable , killing it dead.
3: OSD reset
4: run SmartImage lite app ,free from Philips and reset it that way. (smart off per manual below)
5: dump the pig and get ViewSonic or LG. (Yeah)
6: smack the switch, smartly (thump it hard)
7: the tooth pic fix above. posted (genius)
8: target practice, (william tell)
Smartimage told here. can help or make worse. or be the cause,if corrupted
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/260009...
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Okay so I had the same problem, the menu would open every 10 seconds or so with the brightness options popping up, right after it would state OSD locked. After an hour of research to find a solution, I finally lost it and took out my pocket knife and plucked the button out, and hey it worked! Now if I need to go into my menu for what ever reason, there is a little panel in the button space, I use a pen to press it. Lost a button, but at least I don't have a possessed monitor anymore :)
OSD MAIN CONTROLS LOCKED
I Just pulled the plug on the whole button board assembly and took it out. Now screen is perfect
Rayso
its works
this is best any fix that is reversible
wins all hacking contests.
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Solution is easy. Open your monitor and just plug off cable from control board with buttons. You would not be able to turn on/of or adjust any properties of monitor manualy, but that message would not appear any more. Works for me fine.. It is good if your current settings on monitor are OK. Bad for you if you have too dark or light screen and disabled controls :D
The problem is a bad soldering on the microswitch board of the monitor. Open the monitor case , use a magnifier, check all the solderings on the microswitch board. Resolder.
THE BEST SOLUTION!
Remove the gray part of your monitor and then down below in the keys you will find a cable. Pull it out and then everything must be ok.
Same problem with no results from trying to manipulate the menu (OK) button. Got out the screwdriver and pried the outer screen frame off. This is easier if you take the base mount off. Four screws attach the base. The two more phillips screws set into the back also attach the screen frame near the base mount. Now just go around the frame prying it off carefully with a slot screwdriver or butter knife. The control strip is the tan coloured eight inch long thing attached with three easy finger pressure tabs. The buttons are marked so it is easy to find the OSD button. I just simply took a pair of wire cutters and cut the four soldered legs right off completely removing the button. Works great now and even though I cannot enter any menu to adjust the screen who cares because I never did anyway
Islander
Hi,
With the help of comments in this forum I could fix the problem easily. Special thanks for Emir Neziric
http://www.fixya.com/support/t1614539-problem_osd_main_contorls_unlocked
He wrote:
"Just remove plastic case from monitor, plug off cable from front monitor controls, put back plastic case.. Turn it on.. an voila!"
I tried it and it works! :)))))
Some more details:
1) To remove plastic case first you should remove 3 black screws at the bottom. The right and left ones in corner is easy to find. For the middle one you have to remove the stand base fixed with 4 smaller black srews (to be able to see them first you should remove the black plastic cover in the middle).
2) The black plastic and grey plastic case could be separated step by step e.g. by the a help of screw driver.
3) The control panel at the bottom (which is controlled by the seven buttons of the monitor) could be easily removed by screwing out 2 screws.
4) Plug off cable six-wire cable (6-pin -plug)
5) Put back everything
6) Enjoy the picture on the monitor!
Before you should start, 1-6 , be sure that all settings are good (e.g. brightness and the MONITOR IS ON)!
If you want to change any settings you should repeat points from 1 to 6 :(
OMG what is hell is this, i have same problem PHILIPS 170S .... My heart saying me just broke the L.C.D And buy new ,,,, there is nothing have a easy and simple way to off this warning...... :(
In my case the OSD switch was the problem. I ohmed the (Normaly Open) switch and measured several KOhms. Replaced the switch with one that I harvested from an other broken apparatus and all ok now.
I have this problem on my LG flatron w1934s who can help me?
I have a phillips 107 E5 monitor n the same thing happens.....but i cannot diassemble it (i m just 15 year old with no technicle knowledge)....PLEASE HELP COZ I HAV TO COMPLETE MY SCHOOL PROJECT!!!!
Hi everyone!
I had a philips 170S with this problem. I tried less invasive methods (which do not involve dismantling the monitor) and did not help ..So I disassembled it, cleaned it - same problem. Then I cut off 'auto' button and everything was ok. Unfortunately, another problem appeared for which I had no solution ..
After that, by crazy chance, I'm stuck again with a PHILIPS 170S monitor! After 3 month (it was second-hand), the same problem repeated.
Today I took it apart, cut 'auto' button off, but nothing changed.
Then I followed the cables from the 'board' with buttons on to the end and swiched off the cables all together.
Problem solved!
My advice is to just turn off all the buttons in one move - the least damage to the monitor and the simplest solution.
(cables are located where You connect Your monitor to a computer - for me it was a combination of 5 gray-ish and a red-ish gray cable)
I hope this will help someone because this site and all off You helped me a lot!
top cause is the switch
2nd it firmware bug, well known
do not use OSD autosettings mode,
until RTM first doing it correctly]
or the automode gets STUCK.
simple cure that.
RTM, read the manual.
the manual is free to read, on vast sites now./ read it. and end autosettings bug.
more on the above. (firmware bug)
is in there manual they tell you not to have auto input scan turned on, for some models with many input ports (vga,dvi,hdmi,dp) (vga only can use auto)
if using i think(?) vga cable , there, it fails.
and does go in to a wild loop this scanner.'
just turn off AUTO. set the input via, osd manually
if have smartImage lite or others did before you, hummmmmm disable that using the app, (free)
now the quote in the manual
"AUTO button doesn't function
• The auto function is applicable only in
VGA- Analog mode. If the result is not
satisfactory, you can do manual adjustments
via the OSD menu
if the autobug happens.
think about that, the auto scan turned on cause it to go mad (firmware bug) and its only way to warn you is
to open the OSD menu in the hope that you turn off the
AUTO INPUT PORT SCAN.
turn off auto first. we know it is buggy turn it off
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Estava também com o mesmo problema de voces, já estava irritado, então abri o monitor e desconectei a ligação com a placa de controle dos comandos dos botoes do menu. é fácil fazer. Só que não vai funcionar mais os botoes. pelo menos essas mesagens não vão mais incomodar.
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osd main controls locked/unlocked pops up every 5 seconds problem
every few seconds, the same message apears on my screen!
An Attetion message pops up every 5 seconds saying 'OSD MAIN CONTROLS LOCKED' and then 5 seconds later 'OSD MAIN CONTROLS UNLOCKED'.
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Damn it guys help i have the same problem here..
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when I can do that it is like the ok button is constantly on
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Solution is easy. Open your monitor and just plug off cable from control board with buttons. You would not be able to turn on/of or adjust any properties of monitor manualy, but that message would not appear any more. Works for me fine.. It is good if your current settings on monitor are OK. Bad for you if you have too dark or light screen and disabled controls :D
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