Television and Home Theater

For about a year, the on-screen menu has been very hard to see when I press the menu button on the remote.  Previously, the text was a nice bright green, with the multicolor headings at the top (Audio, Video, Parental, etc.) were visible.  Now the text is a very dull brown, and the color headings are not visible.   I just got finished with the STK IC and pico fuse replacements for the infamous convergence problem (thanks to all the great information right here in this forum!).  Now that my convergence issues are resolved, this is my next problem.  Any

My Mitsubishi WS 55857 recently stopped working.  There is no picture, and when I turn the power on the TV shuts itself off after a few seconds.  I pressed the menu and input buttons together and got the one blink, pause, and the 2 blinks repsonse. 

What does this mean, any help would be much appreciated.

thanks.

I've been reading a number of the other threads with similar problems where my remote operates the cable box, Amp, DVD, etc but not the TV.  I can turn it on/off with the power button on front panel.  Also, like the other postings, the device button does not allow me to change select other inputs.

I've tried holding the device and menu button at the same time and I did get the one long and two short blinks. But it did not fix the problem like it did on the other model.