Next one you run into for free give me a call. Al Marquardt ampm@xxxxxxx Al Marquardt Electronic Repair 206 W Main Girardville Pa. 17935 ----- 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 >>>>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>-- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>This Email List is Public. 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