I need to find the ballast in the tv to see if it needs to be replaced
I just had an issue with my rca hd61lpw42, I had replaced the lamp and got the same five blinks you described. I took out the ballast the smaller circuit board, its in front of the light and mounted to the front of the tv. To get to it you remove the back cover with the tv cooled down and unplugged of coarse. Be extremely careful when removing the ballast as it normally operates at about 336 volts dc. its basically no amps but it will still throw you across the living room. The being said I found another site that discussed our issue on the ballast going bad. It is not the whole board that is bad normally. There is a solder joint in the middle of the circuit board coming up off the bigger board and that solder joint normally goes bad and causes the issue. All I had to do was remove the board and resolder the connection and reinstall. But you can get them on ebay for $50. iif you have the money or no soldering experiance I would suggest that route. The site is
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p4712.m570.l1313&_nkw=%09+RCA+Ballast+Assembly+%28261629%29&_sacat=0
Now I hope I can keep the light tunnel together :-)
danser75 , is there a way that I can talk to you on the phone, not sure if I'm looking at the right thing and have some other questions .....Debbie
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SOURCE: RCA 61 DLP
See my last post to you the 5 blinks means defective lamp I included a link where you can get a replacement
SOURCE: RCA DLP TV needs color wheel replaced
I used the internet and found others who had the same problem. Two individuals had a brief description on how to replace the color wheel in a DLP TV. Three small torque screws and a ribbon connector was all that was need for removal; once the access panel on the back was opened. I would guess that this process is the same for all DLP TV's, with some small variations!
SOURCE: replace lamp on 50' rca dlp and still no working.
i just replaced the lamp in rca m61wh185yx1, and the tv is doing the same thing----blink---blink----blink---flashes-steady
what-else could it be
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