I tried this on a KV32S15 and it does work, value is not critical, I used three 27K resistors. Like Jeff said, the picture fades in as the filament warms up like a normal TV used to do and also the sleep/timer led no longer flashes as it warms up. This is NOT going to fix the weak gun of course but in some cases the owner could get another year or two out of the set this way. Finally, a simple way to defeat the IK problem. ************************************************** Jim Myers Since 1972 Telrad Electronic Services Co. Fort Wayne, IN 46815 ************************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shoreline Electronics" <jstielau@xxxxxxxx> To: "Tech Assist" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 2:47 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Sony IK Bypass : What Worked! In follow-up to me earlier post on the IK Bypass , another tech had mentioned this method. Take three 18K resistors and connect one end of each to the Red , Green and Blue Cathodes , the solder the other ends all together. This works perfect , you can see the image come up as the filaments warm up. Image looks like crap because of the dead green cathode BUT picture is not flashing....and that is all the customer wanted.. ================================= Jeff Stielau Shoreline Electronics Repair 344 East Main Street Clinton,CT 06413 (860)399-1861 (860)664-3535 FAX jstielau@xxxxxxxx ================================= ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/