My 4 year old CT-36HX42F decided to start making a couple of quick succession high pitched chirps at power up. The red power on light comes on, the obviously overloaded main PS makes a few high pitched chirps and then shuts off. The main board LED flashes 6 times, pauses and repeats until power is removed. After reapplying wall juice, the main power supply mating call starts over again.
I bought the $20 service manual from Manuals Paradise online in PDF format. No mention of main board LED flash decoding. Interestingly enough the 32" model has the same manual as the 36" model. I would imagine there would be some difference besides the $1100 36" tube....?
The Horizontal output trans appears to be shorted when tested out of the circuit. I have not removed the Flyback trans from the circuit yet. The windings appear to be the only shorts I can see with my VOM. I need to order the the Q551 output trans ($25-35) and would like a warm fuzzy on the Flyback trans ($65) condition. Be nice if I could order them together as opposed to installing Q551 and then have to order the Flyback and maybe another Q551. Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated .
Thanks, jim
