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

  • From: Larry <schntv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:41:57 -0400

I guess im not reading enough, but are we talking about a lcd 
projection or a crt projection?
sony had a problem with flickering CRT tubes, but not LCD as i 
recall.
Larry


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
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> 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.
>>
>>
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>>Since 1972                     *
>>Jim Myers                      *
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>>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
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>>>Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>WWW.PensacolaTVRepair.Com
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>>>
>>>
>>>Rich M wrote:
>>>
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>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>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. 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>>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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