[TechAssist] Re: Sony LCD proj KF50XBR800 picture intermittent on/off

  • From: "al m" <ampm@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:18:07 -0400

Next one you run into for free give me a call.
Al Marquardt
ampm@xxxxxxx
Al Marquardt Electronic Repair
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Bader" <tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 10:12 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Sony LCD proj KF50XBR800 picture intermittent 
on/off


>I have one of those Sony CRT 65" XBR's with the flickering CRT issues.
> It did it for the customer oh-so-slightly, but drove him nutz.(doctor)
> He gave it to me. It did it several months for me, then it settled down
> and has been perfect a year now.
> Sony did say it was "self correcting" if you wanted to burn it in  a
> thousand or so hours. Had to do with the coating on the internal CRT
> elements. (cathodes?)
> Phil
>
> Philip Bader
> Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976)
> 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880
> Fax (863) 299-8821
> email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> Wayne Vanaman wrote:
>
>>I rather suspect that they mean lamp/ballast matching problems, but that
>>isn't what they say.
>>
>>They also claim that the flickering CRT problem is in fewer than 1% of
>>those sets, which means half the people in Pensacola own those sets.
>>
>>Wayne Vanaman
>>Omega Electronics
>>6904 W Fairfield Dr
>>Pensacola, Fl.  32506-3310
>>
>>Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>WWW.PensacolaTVRepair.Com
>>
>>850-456-5995 voice
>>850-458-6369 fax
>>
>>
>>Jim Myers wrote:
>>
>>
>>>ALL projection sets with a lamp have lamp problems! How could they NOT
>>>have lamp problems?
>>>Maybe someday they will have an LED light source to replace the lamp.
>>>
>>>
>>>********************************
>>>Since 1972                     *
>>>Jim Myers                      *
>>>Telrad Electronics             *
>>>Fort Wayne Indiana             *
>>>********************************
>>>
>>>
>>>Wayne Vanaman wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Sony "claims" that these models (kf50 and 60xbr800 and df60dx100) do not
>>>>have lamp problems.
>>>>
>>>>I always believe Sony, don't you?
>>>>
>>>>Wayne Vanaman
>>>>Omega Electronics
>>>>6904 W Fairfield Dr
>>>>Pensacola, Fl.  32506-3310
>>>>
>>>>Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>WWW.PensacolaTVRepair.Com
>>>>
>>>>850-456-5995 voice
>>>>850-458-6369 fax
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Rich M wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I always replace the lamp and ballast the first go around, also educate 
>>>>>the
>>>>>customer on the proper use of the et.
>>>>>
>>>>>1. make sure there is a lot room around the unit for proper ventilation
>>>>>
>>>>>2. make sure the unit is not on a switched  outlet
>>>>>
>>>>>3. better to leave the unit on between shows if only 30 min to 2 hours 
>>>>>a
>>>>>part,  the cooling and heating of the lamp decrease the lamp life.,
>>>>>
>>>>>4. don't move the tv after you turn it off because the lamp is very 
>>>>>fragile,
>>>>>give it a couple hours to cool
>>>>>
>>>>>5. Also put the unit on a U.P.S battery backup. So if you lose power 
>>>>>the
>>>>>lampstill have time to cool. then turn off set.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>From: "tvservice" <tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Sony LCD proj KF50XBR800  picture intermittent 
>>>>>>on/off
>>>>>>Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:42:04 -0500
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi group,
>>>>>>am servicing this proj tv it will come on normal for about 1 minute 
>>>>>>then
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>picture and sound go off, lamp goes out.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Just as it goes out the "standby led" starts blinking, at 30 blinks 
>>>>>>you
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>heara click (relay) and at 4 more blinks picture and sound are back. It 
>>>>>will
>>>>>operate about another minute and repeat cycle.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Is this a lamp or ballast problem?
>>>>>>I remember seeing something posted about the Sony LCD projection sets
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>havingsome ballast modification but I didn't save them.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Please any help would be appreciated
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Robert
>>>>>>tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>H &H Electronics Inc
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