We cleaned the lenes and put new bulb in ,put the tv back together and the picture to colors like voilet color and a bright yellow took it apart 3 times..dont know what else is wrong

I experienced this same problem and replaced the bulb. the problem has not returned. bulb change took all of 10 minutes

You Tube have video by somebody take out the old colors wheel and steps by steps and a replacement of a new colors wheel put into the DLP tv.

We replaced the lamp on our pr61lcx65 rear projector panasonic tv. We still have colorful spots and now it is getting darker and have yellow on bright picture and red on dark picture running through it. Please help.

there are many mirrors, filters and lenses in the projection assembly, This happened to me too. I took the assembly apart and there was one of the filters that had gotten charred. I peeled off the plastic filter and cleaned the glass it was attached to then put the TV back together, now have a perfect picture again.

Hi,It sounds like a light engine problem Sony is having.Basically the light of the lamp goes through tunnels that have mirrors that direct the lamp to 3 main LCD chips,These 3 LCD chips are blue,green, and red they blend to create the image and colors.When they start to fail you'll get color discoloration like what you are getting.You will need to replace the optical block because unfortunately they don't sell the LCD chips by themselves.GOD BLESS YOU!

There is only one brightness bulb for your tv. You have the main bulbs which run the color for the Tv and then you have another bulb which runs the brighness. Typically it is a flourecent bulb inside which does need replacement now and then. Check tje specks on the tv's web site and you should be able to get the model number of the bulb from them and you should be able to purchase it from a repair shop or from online

i just found out why, turn on ur tv and remove back look directly into 3 lenses, if the picture is not nice and clear or looks snowy in all 3 u will not get good color or brightness. I removed my blue tube assembly and took it apart WHILE OUT OF TV. there is cooling fluid between lense and tube, this fluid over time will build a film on the face of the tube and get thick enough to block the tube from projecting picture. (MARK EDGES IT GOES BACK TO GETHERE THE SAME WAY IT CAME APART).Find some new fluid then carefully dissasemble and clean interior of lense, housing and tube thouroughly. Reassemble and fill with new fluid. Do not use old fluid it will be cloudy and snow globe effect. Only do 1 tube at a time this will allow u to realign cross manually as close as possible before u perform convergence. Leave the green for last that is the center and the red and blue are moved to match green. Also be sure to clean mirror and back of screen. Pete

I took the unit completely apart and reassembled it, making sure to check all harnesses. I have been running the TV since I put it back together and it has been fine so far (3 hrs.). I was hoping that it was just a loose harness when taking the unit apart. Although, I did not note a loose harness. The dvd player went wacky by just having the harness slightly off. I will run the unit some more and post my findings. I have to say I'm surprised that this is not a more common problem considering there are numerous people with this particular unit with the same issue. Also, just a note the unit was very clean inside, no dust issues, no blocked cooling ducts.

Well I finally had the TV picked up by a Toshiba recommended repair place and they are saying that it is a bad Optical Block, also known as the Light Engine. Total for pick up, parts and repairs is $827.00. This seems ridiculous to me when brand new TVs are so much cheaper now. I don't think I will pay that much to have this one fixed.

Take out the lamp and clean it. Look inside where the lamp was and you will see a thin peice of coloured plastic (colour wheel). Vacuum that plastic and all around it but don't touch it. This solution worked for me, and now my TV is as good as new.