According to service manual 3m blinks indicate the lamp door cover is loose or open
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Thank you for the help. Well, my husband decided to stick a pair of pliers in the slot to hold the button down for the door. Now it blinks 5 times. The door is a little warped and that may be causing the problem. I can get a new one. My question now is, what does 5 blinks mean???
5 blinks is a lamp driver error.... now this can mean a couple of things..first remove the lamp and check to see if its not blown....ussally when they go bad they blow and perhaps overheating caused door to warp. a lamp can be bad and still not look bad. this error occurs when the lamp fails to light. worst case i see is a faulty what is called a ballast unit which provides the high voltage to the lamp much like a florescent light does. and those can be replaced. but check the bulb first.. as always let me know how it goes
Thank you for the information, the door was warped and not making contact with the switch. The TV is working great! Thanks again.
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Thank you for the help. Well...my husband stuck a pair of pliers to hold the button down and it stopped blinking 3 times. NOW it blinks 5 times. The door is a little warped so maybe that is causing the problem. I can get a new door, but what does the 5 red blinks mean??
A side note...i put the door back on and tightend it up. It isn't blinking 3 times even with the door on now. When I turn it on it blinks green for a while and makes a static type sound like its trying to start. Then it stops and keeps blinking green for a while and makes the sound again. Then it blinks green a couple more times and starts blinking red 5 times.
Thank you very much for the help. I was wondering if you happend to know off hand what the part number is for a ballast unit? I don't seem to be having any luck finding one online. If not I guess my husband will just have to take it apart and hope there's a number on it. lol Thank you.
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