Found a panasonic plasma smart, hdtv,1080 p, 60z, on side of the road. picked it up and took it to my repair guy. He told me $200 to fix it. Is it worth it or forget it?

I was told to that it was the capacitors in the power supply board so I changed everyone and it wasn`t so I took my TV to a super tech guy at Gregs TV and Video on 33 Pine St. Thorold ont 905-227-4304

7 blinks of standby light to Panasonic brand Plasma TVs means; Driver SOS 2 SU / SD / SS Boards (SC floating voltage area). If you wish to get more details about the blinking codes and faults to Panasonic Plasma TVs, check this site. There is explanations with illustrations to many faults to many brand TVs, including Panasonic. If you are not familiar with electronics, do not attempt to repair. Whether you suffer fatal electrical shock! Instead, contact the nearest service center.

have you told the ps3 you want it to work through the hdmi cable?? it wont automaticly do it

Either a bad power supply or a bad processor board.
A Good Service Shop should know what the 10 blinks are indicating.
May be a repair cost between $200 and 400 dollars.
Be prepared -
Blessings,
A/V Media Guy

You can do the repair yourself, you need about 3 hours to take apart and re-install. Keep a note of every screw, there are alot of them.

The board may be stuck on by some di-electric grease so pry it off carefully making certain all screws are off, check behind wires etc...

Replace with 6781QCH038C not the 060Q it will not work with LG's but will work for Vizio's

You can purchase the plasma panel for $1094.43 from tritronicsinc.com using the part number: MD42H11A1J. This part has a dud value of $200 which means that you will get a $200 refund once the bad one is returned.

Hope this helps,
Dan

I fixed it myself!
I bit the bullet and ordered a replacement Power Board for AUS$290 and swapped it out myself.
Only took ten minutes, most of that time was removing and replacing the 101 screws holding the back panel on!
Working fine again now.
I did sit the two boards side by side and noticed the new one had moved some of the micro components from the back of the board to the front plus some other small component changes.
If your handy with a screw driver and have some technical knowhow I recommend having a go at fixing it yourself as it wasn't hard and probably saved $200 in service charges (all this assuming you are out of warranty!)

Hello,

Please click the link below for the cost of the Plasma Display Panel. Also this unit has a Front Glass as well. You may or may not need the Front Glass.

TH-50PX77U Plasma Display Panel
TH-50PX77U Front Glass

Pin 93 of the MPU IC9003 monitors the status of the SC, SU, SD board. During normal operation, the photo-coupler PC6480 outputs a low to pin 93. If the SC, SU, or SD board becomes defective, a high is provided to pin 93. As a result, the unit shuts down and the power LED blinks 7 times.

its fucked