Sony kdf-e50a10
 

I have this set and I'm getting 3 blink red standby code.Does anyone know of a source for a service manual ?
Thanks

Dave

Don't have that manual but I looked in one I do have for a KDF-50E2000, and 3 red blinks equals "Lamp cover not securely attached" or "Lamp not inserted properly".

Lamp is likely bad

I can confirm that 3 blinks is lamp door error. I have seen a bunch of these with broken switches on the door. For my own set I might just short the switch and call it good. At least until the new switch arrived. P/N 1-786-591-11

Hmm..That may be the problem. I just installed a new XL2400 lamp assembly.Maybe its just not seated properly or the cover is not properly installed or I broke the darn switch trying to install it.

Good call Ed & Geoff...The cover was improperly installed.The latch was not engaging the switch..Alls good in the avionic video dept.:thmbsp: Made Mama happy too.No ones happy if Mama's not happy.:D

And it didn't even cost you anything extra!

What brand lamp did you get?

A friend of mine ordered a "Sony" lamp off of e-bay but it was an no-brand aftermarket lamp. Ad should have said "FOR Sony". Anyway he ended up sending that back, buying a Philips lamp-reflector only and reusing the lamp holder.

Hell I didn't even check. I got the unit off of Amazon..so its probably a cheap knockoff from china.
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-XL-2400-R...placement+lamp

What happened was my friend ordered one on e-bay said "S0NY" not "for S0NY", and "Genuine".

A few days later he receives it as a "gift" from Amazon! The e-bay seller fulfilled the order with that same $35 lamp for only $50! My friend was already aware of the cheaper lamps on Amazon which is why he bought what he thought was genuine Sony issue, made by Philips.

Where would a good source be for the phillips bulb only?

He finally ordered one of these...

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-KDF-E50A1...2400+bare+Lamp

Do you know the actual phillips part/model # ?

Well, upon close examination of the picture of the box in the Amazon listing looks like it says "PHI/379S" and UPC # 56375 00133 .