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//New lamp or ballast or color wheel? Try the next troubleshooting list: //Check the background of the TV If your TV is more than 2 years old If you haven't changed the lamp before If the TV is on for about 4 or 5 hours per day Then it sounds more like the lamp //Check for lamp symptoms If you get ...

//DMD or light tunnel? If you're picture looked like this: 313734.jpg Then the problem is the light tunnel. A collapsed light tunnel causes this darker image in a portion of the screen, basically the light passes through a series of optical filters guiding the light all the way into the screen. So ...

//Color Wheel Symptoms If I recall well the color wheel has two cables which are orange and white (I think it is connected to the color wheel housing) so probably one cable wasn't plugged correctly or it wasn't plugged, both cables go attached to the DMD board, but if they were plugged correctly th...

//It's a long shot Try checking the lamp cables for continuity. According to projector lamp experts.com, during operation the entire lamp module is exposed to extreme temperatures, the wear-and-tear of connectors (a component of the plastic housing) can influence the stability of the lamp's electri...

//System Reset Try doing a system reset in your TV, according to the owners manual you have to: If the TV does not respond to the remote control, front panel controls, or will not power on/off, press the SYSTEM RESET button on the front panel with a pointed object, such as the point of a pencil or ...

//System Reset Try doing a system reset in your TV, according to the owners manual: If the TV does not respond to the remote control, front panel controls, or will not power on/off, press the SYSTEM RESET button on the front panel with a pointed object, such as the point of a pencil or end tip of a...

//New lamp? Try the next troubleshooting list: //Check the background of the TV If your TV is more than 2 years old If you haven't changed the lamp before If the TV is on for about 4 or 5 hours per day Then it sounds more like the lamp //Check for lamp symptoms If you get a dimmer picture (Lamp sym...

//Lamp may have shattered Sometimes you won't get a warning sign because the lamp may have shattered (popped). The lamps have a lifespan that goes around an average of 6000 hours so when you're getting near that point or if you have already passed it, then the lamp will start to go bad. //The sympt...

//Light Engine malfunction The light engine in your Sony LCD projection TV works with three color chips (red, green and blue). Inside the light engine the beam of light passes through several filters separating the beam into three and then the mirrors redirect them into each color chip, then all th...

//Damaged LCD Color Chips The light engine for the LCD rear projection television works with three LCD color chips (red, green and blue). Inside the light engine, the light passes through several mirrors and filters which separate the light beam into three beams of light redirecting them to pass th...

//Lamp Timer Reset When you open the back cover door to replace the bulb, the lamp timer should automatically reset but if it doesn't then try either one of the next options: //System Reset Press the SYSTEM RESET button on the front panel with a pointed object, such as the point of a pencil or end ...