As an easy fix, since I can't solder, can I just replace the G and D boards? I think I mistakinly said B board last time.
It's been almost 4 weeks and my wife is getting impatient with my lack of action on either repairing the TV myself, calling a technician, or buying a new one. I would appreciate any assistance.
If the boards are available, that will cost you a lot of cash. You can go to ptscorp.com get their telephone number and call them to see what they will charge you to rebuild the boards for you. Good Luck
Larry Dillon said: You can download one from HERE for free. It is a service we have here at techlore. Good Luck with your repair.
Dear Larry.
Thanks so much. I have great reputation here. I have some detail questions to ask.
My TV model: SONY KP-51WS510
A couple of days ago, convergence went bad. From the pictures, all colors are not aligned correctly. The pictures are distored. I tried flush focus but not work. All three plus signs during flush focus in 3 colors do not go to the same places. Do you know do I need to replace all 2 IC chips and possible some fuses too?
Larry Dillon said: You can download one from HERE for free. It is a service we have here at techlore. Good Luck with your repair.
Larry Dillon said: You can download one from HERE for free. It is a service we have here at techlore. Good Luck with your repair.
Dear Larry.
Thanks so much. You have great reputation here and very helpful. I have some detail questions to ask.
My TV model: SONY KP-51WS510
A couple of days ago, convergence went bad. From the pictures, all colors are not aligned correctly. The pictures are distored. I tried flush focus but not work. All three plus signs during flush focus in 3 colors do not go to the same places. Do you know do I need to replace all 2 IC chips and possible some fuses too?
I know this is a long thread, but it will anwser all your questions. Do what I do and go through it backwards. You'll find a lot of do's and don'ts. One of the big don'ts is that now that you have the manual and access to the service menu, DO NOT TRY TO ADJUST IT before you replace the IC's.
And you always replace both IC's. Order your IC's, watch the "How To" solder video a few pages back. Put them in, and then worry about your fuses, or read back in this thread for the proper readings on the different fuses. I've done 3 now and the new IC's always fixed the problem.
mathelm said: I know this is a long thread, but it will anwser all your questions. Do what I do and go through it backwards. You'll find a lot of do's and don'ts. One of the big don'ts is that now that you have the manual and access to the service menu, DO NOT TRY TO ADJUST IT before you replace the IC's. And you always replace both IC's. Order your IC's, watch the "How To" solder video a few pages back. Put them in, and then worry about your fuses, or read back in this thread for the proper readings on the different fuses. I've done 3 now and the new IC's always fixed the problem. Good Luck
Thanks so much for your quick response. Do I need to take out D-board in order to install new IC's chip or can I unscrew them off and put the new one in? I saw the prices are over the place from all kinds of vendors.
Can anyone use this web site to fix the Sony TV whether successfully or not to post where and what prices do you puchase all IC-chips? Good or bad experience so that everyone here will not waste the money to purchase the BAD chip even at higher prices? Statistical results make economic sense? Maybe you post a request to this thread to ask for IC-chip purchase experience and results so that everyone can benefits from that? Good idea?
mdonnelly said: I got tired of waiting for my mail-order STK392-560 chips to arrive, so I found a service center in the city that had them for $35/each. I put them in yesterday, with a good coating of heat-sink compound. With the chips screwed down to the heat sinks, the pins stuck out from the board at just the right height to solder, so that made it easy. All the connectors went back in easily. Sony did a good thing by adding color to the red and blue plugs, to match the labels on the sockets. I had digital photos of the board before disassembly, but I didn't need to refer back to them. I turned the set on, and it was perfect. No further adjustments necessary. I'd like to thank Larry Dillon and techlore.com for being here and providing me with all the info I needed to fix the set myself. I'm sure that I saved $400 over what a tech would have charged. And, I had some fun getting into the job. :)
Hi, Mdonnelly,
Where did you puchase STK392-560? How much it cost for each of them? Also where did you get heat sink compund? I have the same problem and I need to pick up 2 STK392-560 IC's to fix my sony. Thanks in advance.
mdonnelly said: I got tired of waiting for my mail-order STK392-560 chips to arrive, so I found a service center in the city that had them for $35/each. I put them in yesterday, with a good coating of heat-sink compound. With the chips screwed down to the heat sinks, the pins stuck out from the board at just the right height to solder, so that made it easy. All the connectors went back in easily. Sony did a good thing by adding color to the red and blue plugs, to match the labels on the sockets. I had digital photos of the board before disassembly, but I didn't need to refer back to them. I turned the set on, and it was perfect. No further adjustments necessary. I'd like to thank Larry Dillon and techlore.com for being here and providing me with all the info I needed to fix the set myself. I'm sure that I saved $400 over what a tech would have charged. And, I had some fun getting into the job. :)
Hi, Mdonnelly, Where did you puchase STK392-560? How much it cost for each of them? Also where did you get heat sink compund? I have the same problem and I need to pick up 2 STK392-560 IC's to fix my sony. Thanks in advance.
I ordered the chips from electronic-repair-kits.com for $15/each plus $5 shipping, but after three weeks I got tired of waiting for them to arrive from Canada. I called around TV service numbers from the phone book until I found someone with the chips in stock. Locally, they were $35/each, plus tax. Sure enough, I fixed the set on Saturday, and the chips came in the mail on Monday.
I bought the heat-sink compound and desoldering braid from Radio Shack. I bought two 5A picofuses from a local electronics supply store.
As you seem to be the "Yoda" of the this forum, I thought you may be able to help.
I purchased a used KP61HS10 a few weeks ago, only to find out that the picture was horrid. After much research I am pretty sure it is the IC's ( picture blurred, thin horizontal lines through picture and colors not alinging)
randomly one day it worked for a few hours until we shut it off, this makes me wonder if the IC's are good but the connection is bad.
Do you happen to have any ideas , Also any manuals/schematics would be much appriciated.
Thanks, but I am not sure which one to use for the KP61HS10? also the TV looked great again then crapped out this morning. Any ideas? should I check the connections and possibly resolder them?
All the manuals for Sony are fairly similar, so just look in your TV and see which on is closest. All the IC's with their big heat sinks look the same. And there's no way I would go to all that trouble and not change the IC's. Because even if I won the lottery and your "resoldering" the IC's fixed the problem, they have a limited life span and will have to be changed at some point.
Good Luck
and do yourself a big favor and skim through this thread, there's a lot of good info on do's and DON'TS...
I happened upon this site in checking for solutions to convergence problems with my SONY KP-46WT510. Please send me a copy of the service manual at [email protected]
Hey I am having 6 blink problem, Hopefully it is the fuse as I picked this up from an area where power spikes are common, epud oregon...can you send me a manual to dalbello [email protected] thx (ps no space in between )did not want to expose to all spmers
Fuses do not blow for no reason man. What model number is the set. If it is the one on the thread, Go to http://www.techlore.com/group/2/list_downloads and download one from the site. Good Luck
Larry Dillon said: Fuses do not blow for no reason man. What model number is the set. If it is the one on the thread, Go to http://www.techlore.com/group/2/list_downloads and download one from the site. Good Luck
Thanks for the super quick reply, Thinking power quality might be the problem here...Is that an acceptable thought? maybe or no...Saw that sony might be specing a different fuse for my used KP-51ws510 ? Ordered from partsores already so guess I will have to wait and see if it holds. Picked the set up for $100 and cant really find that many forums with too many troubles so I am pretty exited! Ideally I want a samsung dlp but $$$$ I know this sony's got some good years left in her it was made in 2002... hopefully in 2012 I can pickup a samsung :)
i wish you luck also but not to burst your bubble, the picture tubes are known to go bad all the time in these TV sets. What is the number of the fuse that is blown? It should be marked on the printed circuit board right beside fuse.
1-576-193-11 Man Why you got to burst my tubes? Damn well I guess it does say made in USA...Guess I cannot expect too much... how much are tubes? When Buying I saw that hdmi in and got pretty exited, but probably a bad Idea to try to plug my computer into? Thanks George
"Thermal fuse is located right next the light bulb affix, if you open the front light bulb cover you see it on the right side. Fixed professionally cost me $125.00..." Thanks to the guy that emailed that to me belive name was joerg, I am going in ! wait; the front or back hmm....
fuse test ok...must be a problem on power board, I noticed black dots on capacitors and such. Might have had a previous problem... any suggestions on what it could be?
After looking at your threads, I realized, this set DOES not have a light bulb. It uses three picture tubes, therefore, it does not use a thermal fuse. I would have to say, first measure the standby voltages in the power supply, then try the switched voltages.
You can download one from HERE for free. It is a service we have here at techlore. Good Luck with your repair.
Just to reiterate.
As an easy fix, since I can't solder, can I just replace the G and D boards? I think I mistakinly said B board last time.
It's been almost 4 weeks and my wife is getting impatient with my lack of action on either repairing the TV myself, calling a technician, or buying a new one. I would appreciate any assistance.
Thanks, Rob
If the boards are available, that will cost you a lot of cash. You can go to ptscorp.com get their telephone number and call them to see what they will charge you to rebuild the boards for you. Good Luck
Dear Larry.
Thanks so much. I have great reputation here. I have some detail questions to ask.
My TV model: SONY KP-51WS510
A couple of days ago, convergence went bad. From the pictures, all colors are not aligned correctly. The pictures are distored. I tried flush focus but not work. All three plus signs during flush focus in 3 colors do not go to the same places. Do you know do I need to replace all 2 IC chips and possible some fuses too?
Thanks so much in advance.
John
Larry Dillon said: You can download one from HERE for free. It is a service we have here at techlore. Good Luck with your repair.
Dear Larry.
Thanks so much. You have great reputation here and very helpful. I have some detail questions to ask.
My TV model: SONY KP-51WS510
A couple of days ago, convergence went bad. From the pictures, all colors are not aligned correctly. The pictures are distored. I tried flush focus but not work. All three plus signs during flush focus in 3 colors do not go to the same places. Do you know do I need to replace all 2 IC chips and possible some fuses too?
Thanks so much in advance.
John
I know this is a long thread, but it will anwser all your questions. Do what I do and go through it backwards. You'll find a lot of do's and don'ts. One of the big don'ts is that now that you have the manual and access to the service menu, DO NOT TRY TO ADJUST IT before you replace the IC's.
And you always replace both IC's. Order your IC's, watch the "How To" solder video a few pages back. Put them in, and then worry about your fuses, or read back in this thread for the proper readings on the different fuses. I've done 3 now and the new IC's always fixed the problem.
Good Luck
Thanks so much for your quick response. Do I need to take out D-board in order to install new IC's chip or can I unscrew them off and put the new one in? I saw the prices are over the place from all kinds of vendors.
Can anyone use this web site to fix the Sony TV whether successfully or not to post where and what prices do you puchase all IC-chips? Good or bad experience so that everyone here will not waste the money to purchase the BAD chip even at higher prices? Statistical results make economic sense? Maybe you post a request to this thread to ask for IC-chip purchase experience and results so that everyone can benefits from that? Good idea?
Thanks a lot.
Hi, Mdonnelly,
Where did you puchase STK392-560? How much it cost for each of them? Also where did you get heat sink compund? I have the same problem and I need to pick up 2 STK392-560 IC's to fix my sony. Thanks in advance.
I ordered the chips from electronic-repair-kits.com for $15/each plus $5 shipping, but after three weeks I got tired of waiting for them to arrive from Canada. I called around TV service numbers from the phone book until I found someone with the chips in stock. Locally, they were $35/each, plus tax. Sure enough, I fixed the set on Saturday, and the chips came in the mail on Monday.
I bought the heat-sink compound and desoldering braid from Radio Shack. I bought two 5A picofuses from a local electronics supply store.
Larry,
As you seem to be the "Yoda" of the this forum, I thought you may be able to help.
I purchased a used KP61HS10 a few weeks ago, only to find out that the picture was horrid. After much research I am pretty sure it is the IC's ( picture blurred, thin horizontal lines through picture and colors not alinging)
randomly one day it worked for a few hours until we shut it off, this makes me wonder if the IC's are good but the connection is bad.
Do you happen to have any ideas , Also any manuals/schematics would be much appriciated.
Best regards
-A
[email protected]
There's a link above for the manuals.
Here is the link for the service manual
http://www.techlore.com/group/2/list_downloads
Thanks, but I am not sure which one to use for the KP61HS10? also the TV looked great again then crapped out this morning. Any ideas? should I check the connections and possibly resolder them?
Yes for sure man. Resolder the convergence IC connections before the iC's crap out all together.
Which service manual would be the right one?
Thanks a bunch for your help.
I cannot upload that manual on techlore, it is over 20 meg. Leave an e-mail and I will send it to you.
[email protected]
Regards
I happened upon this site in checking for solutions to convergence problems with my SONY KP-46WT510. Please send me a copy of the service manual at [email protected]
Thanks,
Mikee46
Hi Larry D, I have Sony KP-57WS500. Do you have the service manual for this model? If you do, could you please send it to [email protected]?
Thanks much
GMan007
http://www.techlore.com/group/2/list_downloads
Hey I am having 6 blink problem, Hopefully it is the fuse as I picked this up from an area where power spikes are common, epud oregon...can you send me a manual to dalbello [email protected] thx (ps no space in between )did not want to expose to all spmers
Fuses do not blow for no reason man. What model number is the set. If it is the one on the thread, Go to http://www.techlore.com/group/2/list_downloads and download one from the site. Good Luck
Thanks for the super quick reply, Thinking power quality might be the problem here...Is that an acceptable thought? maybe or no...Saw that sony might be specing a different fuse for my used KP-51ws510 ? Ordered from partsores already so guess I will have to wait and see if it holds. Picked the set up for $100 and cant really find that many forums with too many troubles so I am pretty exited! Ideally I want a samsung dlp but $$$$ I know this sony's got some good years left in her it was made in 2002... hopefully in 2012 I can pickup a samsung :)
i wish you luck also but not to burst your bubble, the picture tubes are known to go bad all the time in these TV sets. What is the number of the fuse that is blown? It should be marked on the printed circuit board right beside fuse.
1-576-193-11 Man Why you got to burst my tubes? Damn well I guess it does say made in USA...Guess I cannot expect too much... how much are tubes? When Buying I saw that hdmi in and got pretty exited, but probably a bad Idea to try to plug my computer into? Thanks George
"Thermal fuse is located right next the light bulb affix, if you open the front light bulb cover you see it on the right side. Fixed professionally cost me $125.00..." Thanks to the guy that emailed that to me belive name was joerg, I am going in ! wait; the front or back hmm....
got the schematic, but am kind of eratic. when it comes to things that dont reside in my attic...
fuse test ok...must be a problem on power board, I noticed black dots on capacitors and such. Might have had a previous problem... any suggestions on what it could be?
After looking at your threads, I realized, this set DOES not have a light bulb. It uses three picture tubes, therefore, it does not use a thermal fuse. I would have to say, first measure the standby voltages in the power supply, then try the switched voltages.
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