Is it worth paying for the tube?

That model uses three CRTs ( Picture Tubes) one red, one green and one blue. You can get the replacment CRTs from www.tvrepairworld.com

The TV has gone into "protect mode" and the flashing light is indicating a error code, TV will need a service call. Good luck and Merry Christmas!

The standby light should be blinking a repeating pattern. Please count the blinks and update this with that count. That count will indicate the circuit that has a problem which is causing the shutdown. These sets shutdown to prevent further damage. Armed with the count, we should be able to provide you with the problem and likely solutions.

Thanks,
Dan

Ok, 5 times is an akb problem, and without red, this tells me one of three things are most likley wrong either the red tube is too weak to produce return current to the akb circuit, or you have a bad driver on the crt board or you have a defective focus block. There are several diagnostics that need to be done to determine which one is the cause, if you are un familure with electronic repair it could be a little hazardus to do, so i don;t recommend it unless you are aware of the issues. If you swap the neck modules with the blue tube, and the set looses blue then it is not the tube. and might be worth repairing. but again if you don't have experience it may not be a good idea for you to try this yourself.

You have a BAD Tube RED.

Yes the red tube is shorted. I will post a link to the site where I work as they have an entire AV48WP30 with a bad tuner they are selling parts off of including the Tubes. they also provide free info on how to switch out the tubes as a unit which is a fairly easy job. Heres the link.

http://servicemanuals.vstore.ca/

· Sony Picture tube recall
· http://esupport.sony.com/perl/news-item.pl?news_id=24
· Which models are affected with the "flicker" problem?
A1: There are 12 models in total: KDP57XBR2, KDP65XBR2, KP46WT500, KP51HW40, KP51WS500, KP57HW40, KP57WS500, KP57WV600, KP57WV700, KP65WS500, KP65WV600 and KP65WV700.

Does the light blink?
there is a

Sony Picture tube recall
· http://esupport.sony.com/perl/news-item.pl?news_id=24
· Which models are affected with the "flicker" problem?
A1: There are 12 models in total: KDP57XBR2, KDP65XBR2, KP46WT500, KP51HW40, KP51WS500, KP57HW40, KP57WS500, KP57WV600, KP57WV700, KP65WS500, KP65WV600 and KP65WV700.

· Sony Picture tube recall
· http://esupport.sony.com/perl/news-item.pl?news_id=24
· Which models are affected with the "flicker" problem?
A1: There are 12 models in total: KDP57XBR2, KDP65XBR2, KP46WT500, KP51HW40, KP51WS500, KP57HW40, KP57WS500, KP57WV600, KP57WV700, KP65WS500, KP65WV600 and KP65WV700.

or try this
Sony Too green,red or blue

Bad crt

Sony Picture tube recall
http://esupport.sony.com/perl/news-item.pl?news_id=24
Which models are affected with the "flicker" problem?
A1: There are 12 models in total: KDP57XBR2, KDP65XBR2, KP46WT500, KP51HW40, KP51WS500, KP57HW40, KP57WS500, KP57WV600, KP57WV700, KP65WS500, KP65WV600 and KP65WV700