I have a sony pfm 42b1 that now has the standby red light flashing continuously while on.... what to do??

Hi,

There are a number reasons why this might happen:

• The backlight has gone (Find a dark place and shine a torch into the screen and see if you can see an image in the background, if you see an image then the backlight has gone) - Needs a new backlight (Engineer to remove and fit) or have a new panel fitted.
• The panel has died - Need a new panel
• A cable has worked itself loose or is broken
• The inverter has gone - Need new inverter
• The driver board is faulty

Thanks

Count the flashes - This is an error code - Usually between 1 and 6 flashes followed by a pause.

Count the flashes this is an error code. [email protected]

Does the red standby light flash ?? If so count the flashes and see my error code section.

I have a sony tv PFM-42B1 when I turn it on it go to standby an a red light flash I count count 14 time but I heard that it only support to flash 1 to 6 time how do count the flash

http://forums.futura-sciences.com/attachments/depannage/56514d1222941113-plasma-sony-pfm42b1e-sony-pfm42b1e-plasma-tv-sm.pdf

STBY LED flashes

2 times pcb X SUS TEMP (DD CON

3 times pcb Y SUS TEMP (I/O Block)

4 times Center TEMP

5 times Digital 5 volts

6 times PANEL FAIL (PDP)


try unplugging it for a while, from other forums looks like they sent them back to sony for repair

vik_ny
Your best bet, if you have ther board out yourself is PTS Electronics. Techs even feed these guys because they're well known for their quality of work and reasonable price. If you're looking to have a shop there bring the whole set in and work on it maybe this will help.
http://www.nesda.com/locator/state_search.php

Good Luck!
Bill

Your pdp panel sounds faulty - Count the red flashes this is an error code.

Check the settings for the input and make sure captioning is not on....text mode does this on mine, figured it out after hours of pulling hair out...