Power light flashing all 3 colors TV will not turn back on

time to take it in for a proper diasgnosis and then to decide if to fix or not

There is no reply from the jungle IC301 (data bus is busy, shorted to ground, or held high), IK video path is defective.

Might check fuse, R607, Q601, IC601, R612 and VDR601 (should show open).


Tom Miller
Broadcast Eng

The pop noise could be a capacitor poping its top up.This is a common problem to most TV sets today. Usually located at the power supply board.Once this parts give up it usually shorts the circuit and blows a fuse.Replacements of these parts mentioned will often remedy the problem.Flashing power indicators indicate a problem.If you have the chance of counting how many the blinks are I could have told you the problems code are and the source of the problem.

Check your color wheel. There is a DIY guide for replacing the color wheel. Mine did the same thing yours is and my color wheel was all busted up. Unfortunately after replacing the color wheel my set continues to do the same thing, but this could mean I need to replace the ballast as well.

The color wheel needs replacing. Thats causing the whining and it will also make the lamp light blink.

same problem, red blinking light in series of 5 flashes

Your Lcd Projector Lamp/DLP Television Lamp went out

its about $165-$200 to replace if not under warranty

You definitely have a bad lamp. Sony rates the lamp life at between 4000 and 8000 hours. There are 3 things that effect the lamp life, listed in order of importance:
1) number of times the lamp is turned on and off. Every time the lamp is first fired, it takes life off the lamp. Customers I see that turn the TV on in the morning, leave it on all day and then turn it off on the evening can get up to 12000 lamp hours
2) ventilation. Be sure you have at least 6 inches of open space all the way around the set and that the vents are clear of dust and debris.
3) power. If the power is interrupted when the set is on, there cannot be a proper cool down cycle. The fans will run after you turn the set off to properly cool it down, if the power is lost this cannot happen. If your power is unreliable, buy a small UPS to let the set finish a cool down cycle

Occasionally a lamp will faill before the average lamp time due to being defective. from your purchase date it sounds like you got about average lamp time. Be sure to purchase AN ORIGINAL SONY LAMP as a replacement, becuase the aftermarket lamps are bad news, Be sure to rate this solution. Thanks!

Bad lamp and/or lamp driver. Try replacing the lamp first.

I agree. The monitor probably blew a capacitor.
Time for a nice new LCD monitor.