Fix XBOX 360 & PS3 Ghosting on Sony Bravia Rear Projection TV’s
I have been playing my XBOX 360 on my 50″ Sony Bravia – Rear Projection for around a year now but lately i have noticed a nasty ghosting of the text an images.
This problem has caused me to actually die!! no really…. i have died numerous times on Call of Duty 4 and its all because of Sony, The bastards (My excuse and i am sticking to it ;p)
When playing games like COD4 and Assassins Creed it is unfair that you are unable to witness the true greatness and quality in the graphics so i was forced to smash up the TV and buy a new 14″ Portable……Well, actually, I found out how to solve the problem so my beloved TV was my friend again.
It seems there are settings within a hidden engineers menu in the Sony Bravia series (not sure if its the same in others) so im going to explain how you can do it yourself as this is a problem all the bravias will face at some stage.
Ok so here goes
To access the hidden menu, turn your TV into standby mode and press the following.
[i+] (little button with i+ in a kind of tv icon)
Press Channel 5
Press Volume UP
Press Analogue (its the middle button on the top of the remote)
Once you have pressed these buttons in succession your tv should boot up onto a new screen with large green letters. This shows that its so far so good and we can now proceed to the more complicated settings.
Press the menu button (At the bottom of the remote)
You will then be presented with a new menu down the left hand side of the screen.
Use the direction buttons on the remote and move down to the LCD Drivers option and press right to enter the menu.
You are now presented with a new menu / option screen.
There are three settings that need changing and all relate to the synchronizing of the horizontal RGB (Red,Green,Blue) and simply shifts the colours back into position.
Move down to “S H POS REG R” – The settings should currently be set at 10. Press right to change the value to 11. Do the same for S H POS REG G and then move down to the bottom of the screen keep pressing down until you see S H POS REG B and change the value to 11 then press the menu button to back out of the menu before pressing standby.
Now simply press standby again to start up your TV and your problem should be sorted.
If i helped you and you wish to bow down to my juicy goodness please leave a comment below. You dont have to register and it takes a few seconds. Scroll to the bottom of this page and tell me how fat and juicy i am.
Sit back and enjoy the full power of the 360 and its beautiful games. If you feel like getting shot at on COD4 then add me to your friends list. My gamertag is SN1PER UK.
Although, im still dying…. maybe Sony messed something else up 
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Hopefully this will help others having the same problem.
Update: A lot of my readers are also sending me emails and have commented on this post that this is also the case for the PS3.
Tags: 50" Sony Bravia, Assassins Creed, Bravia, Call Of Duty, COD4, Engineers, Gamertag, Ghosting, Secret Menu, Sony, tv, Xbox 360
May 6th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Hi Just a quick message to say thanks. I was having the exact same ghosting problem with the Xbox 360 and the 50″ Sony Bravia. I thought it was either the Xbox going down, the TV on it’s way out or something wrong with the cable.
I printed out the instructions and 5 mins later I was up and running in beautiful ghost free HiDef.
Many many thanks.
U R a star.
May 6th, 2008 at 8:48 am
Thanks!
I was having this problem to with this tv, just decided to randomly google it and ta da! this comes up many thanks looks great now
May 6th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Thanks so much for this little piece of help i have the same setup and was finding my ghosted version of COD4 annoying and am on my second 50″ cause i thought the first time it happened it was just a faulty set, i was about to replace my current one but decided to goggle my little problem first, and now after months of playing ghosted 360, in less than 2 mintues everythings working fine again
Thanks Again
May 6th, 2008 at 8:50 am
I have had the same issue for quite a while and was seriously thinking about buying a new TV. But I’ve just tried what you suggest and it’s fixed the problem!!! Many thanks
May 6th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Thankyou for this invaluable info you have stopped me tearing my hair out,i have had green ghosting when playing dvd and xbox,followed your instructions,now got perfect picture again.
kev
May 6th, 2008 at 8:50 am
You saved my Xbox and Bravia from a fate worst than death i salute you oh fat juicy one. Gamertag Smokeii1 just got to get xbox live up and running again!
May 6th, 2008 at 8:51 am
Top bit of work there. I have just finished Call of Juarez in dodgy 3d vision.
How the hell did my TV screw up in the first place. I didn’t notice it on COD4
At least now everything is back in focus.
Cheers
Boylard
May 6th, 2008 at 8:51 am
worked, thanks!
May 6th, 2008 at 8:52 am
OMG ur a fukin legend m8, i bin avin dat problem 4 ages n i had 2 play on a crappy tv bcas i was missing ma sniper shot lmao fanks so much
May 6th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Nice one dude,thought the TV was buggered,no fun playing cod4 with shades of yellow everywhere.
Much appreciated,cheers.
May 6th, 2008 at 8:53 am
I just got my xbox 360 and tried to load up Forza Motorsport 2 and had the same problem, done what was suggested and ta dah! it worked aboslutely perfect
May 6th, 2008 at 8:53 am
June 1st, 2008 at 10:30 pm
Thanks for the info, helped me fix the same problem experienced by yourself and others here.
Should have Googled it before I purchased a HDMI switch to replace the Joytech 540 component switch that I thought was at fault. Not too fussed as the Joytech washed out the 360’s colours.
Thanks again.
June 15th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
You are the juiciest and fattest basturd of all time…..you are a freakin star.
UNREAL… see you on COD IV.
June 18th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Omg im so glad that i found this, you’ve really helped me, now i can play without being depressed about why there are 2 of my character on screen
Awesome man
this appears to be a quite consistent problem among us with bravia’s
June 27th, 2008 at 11:31 am
You are a fat juicy god!
June 28th, 2008 at 11:23 am
HEY MAN
I HAVE PS3 AND ON RESISTENCE FALL OF MAN WHEN USUIG THE SNIPER RIFLE THERE IS A GHOSTING ON THE SIGHT ..
I ACCESSD THE MENUE AS INSTRUCTED BUT IT ONLT LETS ME GHANGE RED AND GREEN
I GO TO BOTTOM OF SCREEN BUT IT JUST SEEMS TO REFRESH CURRENT MENUE
ANY IDEAS MAN ???
June 28th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
SORTED IT NOW , NEVER CHECKE PS3 THOUGH YET, WILL LET YOU KNOW MAN
June 29th, 2008 at 10:16 am
TRIED OUT THE PS3 LAST NIGHT …. NO GHOSTING AT ALL , MADE GAME MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE ….. ETERNALLY GREATFUL MAN
July 5th, 2008 at 12:09 am
Was gonna do a Begbie on my Sony. It was doing my heid in. Till google found the fat juicy one and this wonderful fix. Bring on the bloodshed again!
July 12th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
You the man
July 19th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Your a GOD!! thank you so much for the Sony Bravia 360 screen fix..
WoW it worked!!!
July 20th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Brilliant! Bought a PS3 and was hating the shadow, FIFA players all had a twin – all fixed now – legend!
July 28th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
how do you do this on a s-series sony bravia?
July 29th, 2008 at 9:12 am
@tony – I would think it was the same although i cannot confirm this. Have you tried the above instructions?
August 19th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
You are a star, i have had this problem for months, thought it was my 360, my 360 broke and when it came back from repair it still had the ghosting so i thought it must have been my tv, just found your wicked fixing solution and tried it, perfect looks brill. How much would have an engineer charged for something like that.
If you ever want a game on COD4 then look me up. might whites. nice one darren from wakefield.
August 20th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Your a star! Sorted my ghosting out finally, it was really doing my crust in! How the hell did you find this engineer menu?? And then the solution. Either ways it works, so cheers. Sean, Barnsley.
August 25th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
You are a total genius mate. Was at my wits end with my new Xbox, as 50 Inch Sony just wasn’t cutting it in terms of picture quality on some games. Cheers.
October 5th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
You have saved me!
Cheers for that i looked everywhere for something to do!
You sir, are a hero!
October 26th, 2008 at 10:31 am
MUCH thanks. Bought a Sony Bravia here on Turkey. Been trying to find this fix for over a year. Thought I had a busted tv! COD 4 & 5 are gonna totally rock now! Thanks mate!!!
October 30th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
dud e i love you, you have saved me from being distructive to my tv. i shall pass you site on to my friends who have the same problem.
Thanks again, see you online oneday.
November 6th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
well done you should work for SONY
November 16th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Thankyou so much, You’re amazing, was about to take the 360 back to the shop and thought I would do a quick google search and tadaa. Eternally grateful xxx
November 24th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
You are a fat juicy genius.
Thanks for this. The ghosting was getting on my bloody nerves and I thought the TV was on the blink!
It now works perfectly and I have my gorgeous TV back again.
Thanks again!
November 29th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Thank for the comments everybody. Glad i could help you out. Juuuuicy
December 17th, 2008 at 4:58 am
Thanks a million man, had this horrible yellow shaddow behind me games n shiz, this fixed it!
December 17th, 2008 at 9:58 am
No problem. Glad i could help
December 25th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
It’s Christmas Day, and after months of my kids playing games with green shadows, this fix has made me a Hero today! You’re a star……..take a bow.
December 25th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Yay a Christmas Star.. Takes a bow.
Glad i could help and Merry Christmas
December 25th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
cheers had same problem with my 42″ sony rear projection hdtv on 360 in hd mode & wii in edtv mode
the above fixed it cheers
December 27th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Sony Bravia 50″ Rear Proj here … just driving me nuts the menu, the games, blue ray discs all ghosting, thinking tv couldnt handle 60hz and this has it fixed, many thanks.
December 28th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
wow thanks for this advice. My freind has been tearing his hair out over this. Now i can come to the rescue and he owes me a beer
December 28th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
cheers mate had the same problem with my son’s ps3 was pulling my hair out but thanks to you I can rest easy
December 30th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
I thought the chances of finding such a specific fix for an old sony projection was slim. god bless the internet, and god bless you, fat bastard.
February 4th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
i bow down to your faty juicyness. fixed problem in 2 mins,was thinking about buying new t.v. this changes everything. hope to meet u on cod 5 so i can thank u in person !. top man
February 9th, 2009 at 10:16 am
TRULY A GOD
thanks so much, wish I’d looked you up before returning Xbox Oh well £60 down drain againTHANKS!
February 12th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Awesome mate works a treat and now i’m a happy bunny. (hasn’t improved my gameplay though on call of duty.) also when watching porn i don’t 2 of everything anymore GUTTED!
February 12th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
LOL, You could always change the setting back when watching porn and then switch it back for gaming
Of course I don’t do that though……That would be erm silly……Ahem
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Hey there i have just bowed down to you about ten times!!! I have a sony bravia 50″.
Your instructions worked perfectly, i can now watch blue ray movies and paly games clearly again. Many thanks and regards Steve.
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:54 pm
No Problem, glad i could help. Bow just one more time though ;P
March 6th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
is there a way of adjusting the brightness in the secret menu of the sony 50″tv
March 28th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Genius, peace reigns in the Tricker household once more, thanks.
March 29th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Thanks for that matey, absolute legend
March 30th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
you sir, are the phattiest and juiciest person I have come across *salute*
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:40 am
Ubelievably valued information regarding x box 360 ghosting on my 50″ bravo. tv .You nailed it right on the button. You are def. the fattest of all bastards.
April 6th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
never seen you before, never heard from you before…. no idea who the hell you are !
but your a living F***ING LEGEND ! i am not ashamed to say i love you haha
thanks for saving me a shit load of money cos i was going to buy a new tv n ps3 !
many regards ! x
May 15th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Just about to try this advice…..
Fingers crossed, hope it works
May 15th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Just tried this and now my PS3 is correctly aligned and theres no yellow ghosting at all
U RULE MAN
You are the fattest and juiciest person ever man
Mny Thanks
June 3rd, 2009 at 9:46 pm
cant find the menu button can somebady help i have a Sony bravia RM-ED011 remote
June 4th, 2009 at 6:47 am
Hi Jerome,
Can you post a pic of the remote?
June 28th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
This is a life saver my blu ray player was doing the same untill finding this web page Saved me at least £50 in calling a tv repair company to do the same job.
July 16th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
did god send u. this was drivin me nuts now sorted nice one thanx
July 20th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
I have tried this today after speaking with both Micorsoft (Xbox 360) and Sony (TV), no-one could help, only suggestion was from Sony to book and engineers visit ‘I don’t think so’.
Then found this and tried ‘WORKED LIKE A DREAM’…….In my view you are a legend (and possibly an ex Sony Enginner
.
Thank you my friend
(Do you/anyone know how to lighten my picture up, seems a little dark on my homescreen of 360 menu?
Ta
August 16th, 2009 at 10:37 am
wow your a legend in ya own underpants had this trouble since xmas done wot ya said and weyhey it works cool!!!! wont work in hd tho any ideas?? thanks gr8!!!
September 21st, 2009 at 8:49 pm
You are the master of the bravia!
Thanks a million!!!!
September 27th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Thanks TV works perfect now,
THE FORCE IS STRONG IN YOU
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:30 am
Hi there
Do you know a way to make the picture lighter ?
November 8th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
you are extremely fat and extremely juicy
November 10th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
After 2 years you have solved my problem. U are a star. Will you marry me? You Legend
November 11th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
WOW thanks you very much, you sir a genius. It worked to the letter, I owe you a beer!
November 16th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
OMG you are my hero!!!!! i have tried everything to fix this thank you so much
December 2nd, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Oh man! Thank you so much! The ‘ghosting’ problem on my TV was getting worse over the last few months, so much so that it almost made some text un-readable. Every time my friends came over for some gaming they would always point out how bad it was, and i had no idea how to sort it out. Again, thank you, and have a very Merry Christmas to you all.
December 27th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
thanks i have been havingtis prob fr over a year andthught my tv was screwed. cheers really appreciate it
January 10th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
You are a genius!!! Got a blu-ray player last year and it didn’t work on our 50” rear projection Bravia. Was resigned to using it on the smaller flat screen upstairs, but now it’s fixed, Hurrah!! Thank you
January 11th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
You are are extremely fat and juicy and my New Hero of the moment!
I have put up with this problem for a year now and it got progressively worse until I couldn’t take it anymore! I can’t believe how thankful I am to be back to my 51″ of juicy goodness!
I’ve also been panicking that I am dangerously close to the end of the estimated 10,000 hour lifespan of the bulb, but noticed that there was an operation timer of 6700 hours, so should have at least another year and a bit left to go!
I am very happy again!
)
January 24th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
I need to admit, i’m impressed.
There’s me thining my T.V was knackered and i was looking to sell this one and you go and save the day with fixing the ghosting.
Much appreciated as i too was having this issue for many months now
Ciao
February 11th, 2010 at 6:33 pm
aaaa thnlks sooooooooooooooooo much thank you thank you thank you you are the new fat version of jesus
February 12th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
great work got our first xbox360 – was ready for posting back – found this thread and i am pleased as punch now : ) thanks very much
March 1st, 2010 at 12:12 pm
OH SNAP!!! thanks man. great job (Y)
March 5th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
hi ive got a diffrent problem for some reason at the side or u can see is 2 green bits on the tv and the brighness is low how do u get rid of this and sort out the brighness can u please help me thank you Ant
March 14th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
excelllent you are the the man
just sold 2 of these tv’s to family, all having this ghosting problem while playing there xbox360.
thought i’d be having the tv’s back till i searched the net and came accross this.
fixed the problem in 2 mins on both tv’s, now everybody happy.
thanks alot you are the fat & juicy man of all times thank you
March 17th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
I bow down to your fat juicyness
April 20th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
you absolute bloody legend !!, thankyou so much…this sorted it out nicley. I love my telly again
July 19th, 2010 at 9:41 am
Hi just want to say a BIG BIG thankyou for your info i am a 70yr old who uses the PS3 mainly for blue ray DVD
and have been having a problem with ghosting for the last two weeks and could not find the answer, was at my wits end and just about to call in the engineer then i found your site and within 15min all was fixed.
Thanks Thanks
Anthony
July 25th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Your Fix really really helped, could not have fixed it without your help. But i have another problem that i can’t seem to fix ! I don’t get any sound through the xbox elite when trying to watch a DVD, HDMI cable connected, games are fine though. Seeing as you managed to fix the shadow problem i hope your expertise will help me again, as ive tried absolutely everything and got knowhere. If you could help it would be more than a massive thankyou, once again !!