13 blinks after power button lights green, then standby red led blinks 13 times.
SOURCE: Sony KDL-40V3000 standby blinks 13 times.
A service technician arrived at my home this morning and infromed me that 13 blinks indicates a bad LCD panel. His quote to repair it was approximately $500 more than the TV initially cost. I contacted Sony support directly, and they have agreed to replace the TV, since it is less than 30 days out of warranty. The KDL40V3000 has apparently been dicontinued so they are replacing with a KDL40V4100(factory reconditioned). I know this won't necessarily help others with the same problem, but if your warranty ended recently enough they will probably work with you to mitigate the expense.
SOURCE: Sony Bravia KDL-40V3000 standby light blinking
I just worked on this last week 13 blinks means there is a problem with the backlights.So it can be 1 of 2 things bad inverter board( which costs less than $200) or the panel in which case you can thow the TV away as it will probably cost as much for a new TV.Unfortunately the set I worked on ended up being panel. If you try the inverter board just take your time removing it its plugged in rather tight I gently tapped it out with a screwdriver to get it started.
Rustym62
The TV Dude
SOURCE: standby light blinks 13 times
Hi,
13 blinks is backlight error.. can be 1 of 2 things, 1st bad inverter board (on left side panel looking from back) it has several plug ins to the panel as it supplies voltage to the backlights.2nd could be panel itself as backlights are built into it they can't be replaced. Inverter is probably around $200 +labor, panel= buy new tv... they are outrageously expensive. Good luck!
SOURCE: tv bravia kdl 40v3000 problem turning on
To wayne: The balancer board is in fact available by itself. You can get it at many different parts depots here on the web. I just suffered from a similar problem, on the same tv and it solved my problem perfectly (Stupid 13 blink, blink code...)
The searchable part number is
SSB400WA20. Its referred to as a voltage inverter (for the backlight of the lcd panel.)
Good luck!!!
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It really depends on the model #, but 13 blinks in some 40" model sets point to a bad Balancer board.
The sad part is, the balancer board may not be available, and the whole panel has to be replaced.
Which XBR series is it? Give me a model # so I can be of better assistance.
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