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

  • From: Wayne Vanaman <Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 08:59:30 -0500

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

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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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> 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:
>>
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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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