Red light blinking sony kv32s40

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Hi,

I have a kv32s40 Sony TV that was purchased in late 1998. I was
watching TV recently and it just suddenly turned off. The red light in
front of the TV now keeps blinking and it wont respond to any other
commands.

I googled for this problem and came across various posts, but nothing
that satisfactorily had an answer. Some ppl found out that the TV came
back on after a day, some people banged their TV to get it to work etc.
I have tried the above briefly, to no avail so far, but was wondering
if someone who has faced this probelm had a more concrete answer?

Has anyone fixed this? Is it do-able w/basic knowledge of circuits?
Is it worth the repair to take it to sony (if anyone has gotten it
done, what was the cost?)

Help is much appreciated.

Thanks,

 

[Art]

The blink code is a diagnostic, the number of blinks point a trained service
technician to a specific circuit area to be investigated. The data for that
information is in the service manual for your set.

 

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Can you pointme to where thisinformation would be in the service
manual? I was looking at the manual and didn't find any more
information on it.

All it says is,

Problem: A red light keeps flashing on the TV for more than a few
seconds
What it could be: Your TV may need service
What you can do: Call your local Sony service center

Thanks,

 

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Do you have the service manual or owners manual?

 

[[email protected]]

Sony didn't start using diagnostic blink codes in the low end stuff
until/around the year 2000.

Standard troubleshooting is required for the OPs problem.

 

[Dani]

IC601 MX0841, open 0.1 ohm fusible resistor in the power supply, bad
solder connections on horizontal drive transformer, 0.47mfd/50V in
horiz drive circuit.
Look here:

http://www.iwaynet.net/~nesda/SonyPowSupply.html

http://wa6ati.com/Sony-Directview.html

 

[james hyde]

i had the same thang happen to my kv32s40 and i got it fixed and sold it....