How To Pioneer North American KRP-M ISFccc Patch and Display Profiles for ControlCAL

[Turbe]

Hi,

Each Key is for one serial number (unique).

[supershick]

Originally Posted by Turbe

Hi,

Each Key is for one serial number (unique).

Dumb question yet again, but what are the keys for? Are for ControlCAL or for the patch?

Thanks Turbe!

[Turbe]

They are used for both the ControlCAL application and the Patcher application.

[supershick]

Turbe,

Paid for the two patches and faxed over the NDA already. Will it be possible to receive the patcher this weekend or wait till Monday?

[adinn]

I purchased my KRP-600M back in June 09 after reading about them in the AVS forum and when Pioneer decided not to stay in the PDP business. I already have an Elite 1140 (7G panel). When the patch became available and after reading about how much an ISF calibration made a difference I decided to look into it. I found Robert Busch's name on Turbe's list of calibrators for the California Bay Area and Robert was advertising a summer calibration special on his Busch Home Theater website.

I did a 150 hour burn-in but not continuous and purchased the ControlCal KRP Patch about 3 weeks ago and installed it with no problems. (Thanks Turbe!) I had Robert come and calibrate my 600M on October 8. The first thing he did was go through all the settings on my Oppo BDP-83 and then go through all the settings on the 600M. He re-adjusted my Pure settings. It seems like every panel has its own personality so settings for one 600M may not look the same on another 600M. When he finished re-adjusting the Pure mode, the display looked clearer and sharper. Next he loaded up ControlCal and started adjusting the panel in ISF mode. Peak output was 46 FL. He decided this was bright enough that I did not need an ISF day setting so he used ISF day for my Surewest DVR mpeg4 1080i output and SD DVD viewing and setup ISF night for 1080p viewing with the BDP-83. When he was done he said WOW and I said WOW! Like everyone else that have written about their display calibration, its like someone had wiped the screen clean. After watching it in Pure mode then switching to ISF night or day was unbelievable. Whites were white and blacks were black. Blacks just about matched the black frame. Colors were natural and vivid, skin tones were real, display was very sharp, clear and detailed, a very 3D like picture. We watched some of the videos and pics from the Joe Kane cal disc and we went through some scenes from the Dark Knight. Display was now awesome. Robert was very impressed with my 600M after calibration. This was his first 600M he calibrated with the ControlCal Patch. Its like I have an Elite panel now with the 600M.

Since he was here, I also had him calibrate my 7G Elite 1140. We took an short lunch break first. The 1140 ISF functions needed to be unlocked. Turbe had a 7G profile available for Robert. At first he couldn't connect and he gave Turbe a call. With his help, Robert got into the integrator mode to set the baud rate and ControlCal connected! Again, Robert went through all the settings. The 1140 is about 3 years old and peak output was about 33FL. With ISF unlocked this was plenty bright in my bedroom. Again, when he was done, wow. Even though the 1140 is a 720P panel and I thought the picture was already pretty good, the picture was now outstanding after calibration. Again Pure was no match for ISF night. Much brighter and clearer picture. Black level was good for a 7G panel but the 600M is just awesome.

I also have a Panasonic 37 inch 1080p LCD (TC-37LZ85) panel in the family room for non-serious viewing. Since he was here for the day and only done when he was happy with his calibrations and I was happy, I had Robert calibrate the lcd panel too. This lcd panel had its shortcomings and was no match to the Pioneer plasmas. To set the black levels properly, peak output was only about 11 FL. Increasing the backlight to increase brightness made blacks look purplish. Picture was very clear and sharp though. ISF not available for Panasonics but it has a service mode to adjust grayscale.

I am now a believer of ISF display calibration and Robert Busch is an expert display calibrator. His knowledge of video displays and audio is vast. He could only scratch the surface in trying to explain everything to me. Robert is an easy going guy and driven to make your display look the best it can be and seeing you happy with his work on your display makes his day. I would recommend anyone in Northern California to call Robert to calibrate your display. You won't regret it. Thank you Robert! I would also like to thank Turbe for helping Robert and making sure he was set to calibrate my displays and of course creating the KRP Patch to make ISF calibration available to the KRPs.

[bobaphx]

I have purchased a KRP-600M. I called a recommended AVS Forum ISF calabrator and asked about doing a calibration for me with the patch. He said that he does not use the patch; it voids the Pioneer warranty and he can do as good a calibration using the regular user modes. Is this a true?

[Turbe]

For warranty concerns, see the Agreement in Post #1.

Currently, only about 20 Calibrators from the Master List are Licensed and can calibrate the Patched KRP-M's ISFccc Interface.

If you have complete light control in your room, perhaps you will not need the Patched ISFccc Interface.  If you have ambient light (as most do), you can not achieve the same results with the Standard AV Selections as can be achieved with the Patched ISF Interface.

More Info:

Understanding the Pioneer 9G ISFccc Interface: http://www.controlcal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=109

Pioneer Owner's Calibration Reports: http://www.controlcal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=92

[wp746911]

is windows 7 ok? I know that it lists xp and vista as the only compatible systems? I have an old crappy xp laptop I can use- but my best new laptop is windows 7?

[Turbe]

Windows 7 is supported (both 32 and 64 bit). I had Vista+ posted

I did add Win7 though



-Turbe