20 Most Recent Panasonic TH-42XVS30U 42 in. Plasma HDTV - Page 3 Questions & Answers

These blinks (flashes) are fault indication. By the number of blinks occur at one time switch ON, you can get an idea about the faulty circuit stage inside the TV. Count the blinks occur at one time switch ON, carefully. Do it once again, and make sure about the number of blinks. If the flashes are continious, non-stop, the main system control IC should be suspected. If you wish to get more details, check the site linked here. It has blinking codes detail to many brand TVs. Pull up older posts. Check the site in 'Mosaic' view. It will make search easy. http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/

These blinks (flashes) are fault indication. By the number of blinks occur at one time switch ON, you can get an idea about the faulty circuit stage inside the TV. Count the blinks occur at one time switch ON, carefully. Do it once again, and make sure about the number of blinks. If the flashes are continious, non-stop, the main system control IC should be suspected. If you wish to get more details, check the site linked here. It has blinking codes detail to many brand TVs. Pull up older posts. http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/ Check the site in 'Mosaic' view. It will make search easy.

Check the signal cable, resolution of the source and input mode of the TV.

Try disconnecting all of your HDMI cables and plugging the power cord of the TV into another wall outlet. If this resolves the issue, you may have had a small power surge from either your wall outlet or one of your source devices. It is recommended to connect your TV to a surge protector if you haven't done so already.

On the side of the TV there should be a button that says "MENU"

Hank, go to manual owl.com and you can download your manual if you have the prooer Adobe program to download and read the files. If you dont it looks like the site will let you do it righr there. Hope this helps and Hapoy St. Pats! Tom

use this chart to help isolate the problem