Instructions for replacing the bulbs

The "bulbs" for a KP-51WS500 are 3 picture tubes--they are no longer available from Sony. The only way to get one is remove it and send it out for REBUILD--very expensive and usually not worth doing..

All these sets had bad tubes--a lot of them had the wrong tubes installed when they were sold---I know as I replaced dozens of them when these sets were still under Sony warranty--


Tell me what problem you have and I will try to help you---the most common problem is the screen will go bright blue, red , green and or set will shut off.

Sometimes you will get a blue cast (blue tube seems to be the one that goes most) to the picture with faint curved trace lines.

If you have this kind of trouble there is something you can do to try to correct it---it requires no replacement of parts--only some adjustments


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SD TECH