No picture Loud arcing crack. followed by no raster. Audio and all other functions OK

Open up the TV and unplug all the connectors between the circuit boards and then plug them back in, this can restore functions sometimes.

if you mean have sound but no Pic.or no raster, horizontal section is the culprit. most problem is at the Horizontal output section that drives the Flyback transformer. Pull out that HV cap & test them to ground if there is some arc coming out. No arc means failed output section or the flyback transformer need to be replace..

Try to reset it to the factory settings and Them remove the power cable for atleast 5 minutes but Will be better to power OFF for 12 hours

Something is arcing and now is the time for you to have it looked at--in older regular sets it will be a high voltage issue where the voltage enters the picture tube---in very new sets it likely is a cap with a broken connection.

Something arcing and sooner or later you will have a dead set.

check the high voltage with the screen control turned up high where there is no raster. suspect problem within the video circuit where there is no high voltage or defective picture tube.some time when the screen is black and the screen control advanced,you can see if the tv has video or vertical or horizontal problems on the screen.service the high voltage circuit if there is no raster or high voltage is seen.no raster can be caused by the no heater or filament in the CRT.---- a defective picture tube can cause many problems, such as, poor brightness ,missing colors,intermittent picture,poor focus,a single-colored raster,arching in the gun assembly,retrace lines in the picture,negative picture,chassis shutdown,noheater or filament lit and no raster to name a few.an open filament or heater can cause no picture or no raster symptom.a defective CRT can have an extremely bright screen.loose particles of the cathode element can lodge between the grids and cause an intermittent black and white picture. simply tap the ends of the CRT gun assembly and notice if the picture begins to flash off and on.---- with a leaky picture tube after turn on the raster dims and get extremely bright.a dim picture with no green in the raster can result from a bad green assembly. a heater-to-cathode short can cause a raster to change colour or a result in no raster at all.replace the picture tube if there is severe arching in the neck of CRT. excessive brightness with retrace lines and a vertical collapse to a thin line can be caused by a bad coil on the neck board of the picture tube.rejuvenate the picture tube when there is very bright green screen. check for the resistance change on the resistors of the CRT neck board for an excessively bright picture with retrace lines.excessive dust inside the CRT spark gaps within the picture tube socket can cause the very bright raster and the chassis shutdown.a defective video amp,luminance buffer,or reference transistor can cause a bright picture with retrace lines. -------- for getting any required parts to replace you can get it from www.radioshack.com or from www.partstore.com or from www.shopjimmy.com --------- thanks.please do rate the solution.thank you for using fixya.keep updated.

buzzing noise is cause by small electrical arc inside the unit or a problem in your audio circuit.if you can open the unit up and check if its an electrical arc.

It seems you have loose or cold solder joint connection problem,causing a cracking sound.The solution is to reworks or resolder the solder joint connection in power supply section, audio section and inverter section...

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VOTIT

do you see anything on screen.no picture doesnt mean no raster ,raster mean anything that comes out in display.no raster with sound only mean failure in either,connection in heater which means, loose connection or some new sets declare failure in vertical circuit.so be more specific ok?

What you have described there is a classic example of the jungle IC failure. Ic301 Sony p/n 8-752-101-04. A pic with no color, and lines or grainy texture in the picture. Not a project you want to tackle if you don't have the proper soldering equipment or skills. And not a costly one at a good repair shop.. Only real hurdle is getting that heavy monster into the shop. To answer your question, yes what you described there is raster. Even the salt & pepper looking screen with no real decernable image is described as raster. In fact any image generated on the CRT is raster. And yes, these sets are prone to solder joint problems, usually ring cracking in circuits that generate the most heat.