It keeps flashing lights on the front panel, know as A & B, I believe these are in relation to the two scart sockets at the back of the TV. Since this started happening it first put it self on standby a few times and no it simply wont go back to showing a picture but stays in standby mode or flashes. Otherwise it doesnt show any lights at all and appearances would make you think the TV is not swithed on. Please help.
The TV stays in standby because protection circuit kicked in.
Protection kicks in when an internal fault had been detected.
In your case the SCART cable may have caused a short.
When on protection the TV will stay in standby, will not respond to buttons or remote, and will not start up. All higher voltages from PSU get shut down by controller board, and only the +5V remains on.
To attempt resetting the TV, disconnect all video cables, disconnect the power cord, wait about one hour and plug it back.
If TV does not restart, then there may be an internal fault.
In that case leave TV unplugged for longer, just in case.
If still no luck, then call Sony to discuss a repair. The number is listed on your owner manual.
If instead TV will restart, do not use the faulty video cable again, this can damage your TV.
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not being able to adjust or locate the vertical hold button the picture , it had to have the tv warm up a little to stop it from rolling and it keep getting worse and than thenext problem was the picture is gone we now can only hear it no picture at all, we took off the back and located a wire that had been disconnected but are unable to locate where it goes too