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Posted on Oct 10, 2007

Red color shift and ghosting

Thank you so much anyone who can help with this:

When looking at my screen, I have a band of blue along the left side with no ghosting of the picture in that band. In the center, it is ghosted with a red hue that seems to ghost towards the center (i.e something on the left will have a red shadow to the right of it, while something on the right of the screen will have a red shadow to the left of it), and then a band of red along the right side of the screen. It looks as if I have colored transparencies that aren't lined up covering the picture and distorting the color. The tv works fine for about 10 minutes after starting it up cold, then when it warms up it stays like this. Any idea of what is going on?? Is it worth fixing or will it be more expensive than just buying a new tv?

  • AlainaD Oct 13, 2007

    Yeah, thanks for the help.

  • Anonymous Feb 10, 2008

    Same Issue happened to me, what was your solution? I tried playing with the convergence without any luck.



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You will need to adjust the red, green and blue colors for each cross so that only a white cross is displayed. Keep red, green and blue fringing to a minimum. When you're done, the screen should look black and white, symmetrical and straight - like this:

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Problems arise when you are no longer able to coax the utility to give you these crisp, B&W results with no red, blue or green ghosting. This is often due to a failing convergence integrated circuit ("Convergence IC"). Many times, replacing it will solve the problem, but other times it can be the result of failing components either ahead or after this IC. If you're attempting to replace this IC, please make sure the TV or monitor has been *unplugged* for 24 hours or more to allow the dangerously high voltages to dissipate.
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When its out of alignment the video will look 3-D, wavy, distorted, etc. Most of the time you just need to adjust your convergence in the menu. If you cannot adjust it in the menu - then your convergence is broken and needs to be repaired. Convergence problems are very common on all Projection TV sets including Sony,Samsung,JVC,Philip Magnavox,Panasonic,Akai,Pioneer2_bing.gif Hitachi,Mitsubishi,Zenith and others.
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*No Audio/Video - TV Shuts down - May also make a constant chirping sound

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Your set may have one or more of the following symptoms....

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*White looking picture
*Halos around objects
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*Screen Looks 3-D
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*Dull looking picture
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*Halos around objects
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These sets need to have all three colors - RED - BLUE - GREEN - lined up correctly on the screen in order for the picture to look normal. This is called convergence.

When its out of alignment the video will look 3-D, wavy, distorted, etc. Most of the time you just need to adjust your convergence in the menu. If you cannot adjust it in the menu - then your convergence is broken and needs to be repaired. Convergence problems are very common on all Projection TV sets including Sony,Samsung,JVC,Philip Magnavox,Panasonic,Akai,Pioneer2_bing.gif Hitachi,Mitsubishi,Zenith and others.
You can get a convergenece repair kit with instructions from the links below.

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Problem #1) Convergence

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*Screen Looks 3-D
*Colors wont align
*Screen may look distorted or warped
*No Audio/Video - TV Shuts down - May also make a constant chirping sound

Problem #2
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Your set may have one or more of the following symptoms....

*Dull looking picture
*White looking picture
*Halos around objects
*Red/Orange looking picture

You can see some more examples and find a fix herebb0cf99.png http://www.fixya.com/support/r2861467-solution_video_looking_whiteish_dull
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You can get a convergenece repair kit with instructions from the links below.

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Problem #1) Convergence

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*Screen Looks 3-D
*Colors wont align
*Screen may look distorted or warped
*No Audio/Video - TV Shuts down - May also make a constant chirping sound

Problem #2
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*Dull looking picture
*White looking picture
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You can see some more examples and find a fix herebb0cf99.png http://www.fixya.com/support/r2861467-solution_video_looking_whiteish_dull
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