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user181 04-24-2017 12:26 PM

Sony XBR Questions
 
I have a Sony XBR widescreen CRT HDTV, and when I went to turn it on this past Saturday, it wouldn't power up. The red "timer/standby" LED blinked in succession 20 or 21 times for the two instances I tried to turn it on.

I have the official Sony service manual for my model, and see that the self-diagnostics give statuses for up to 7 blinks, but nothing more.

I found a tidbit of info on the Sony website recommending to unplug the power cord to the set for a little while and then plug it back in. I tried that and the set has worked ever since, but I am wondering what the problem could have been, and/or if this is a symptom that is indicative of something that needs to be addressed/fixed.


Also, I am considering purchasing a set of boards for this set to have as spares. Does anyone have any good sources for new/refurbished Sony boards to recommend?


Thank you!

Eric H 04-24-2017 02:07 PM

TV's today are basically Computers, Computers sometime lock up for reasons unknown and have to be reset, I suspect that's all that happened to yours.

I run my Panasonic off an uninterruptible power supply to filter out the surges and brown outs in the AC Supply, I don't know if that would help but it can't hurt.

Electronic M 04-24-2017 02:52 PM

I've had such a set for ~5 months. In the first month or so it did the same thing yours did then was back to normal after being unplugged a few min. It has not relapsed yet :thmbsp: so I'd say it was probably a microprocessor glitch that needed a reset...Remember that the CPUs and code in most consumer gear are not designed continuously forever without crashing and needing a reboot.

user181 04-24-2017 03:42 PM

I've had mine for almost 9 years (5 years on a UPS) and never had an issue. I'm content if it was just a one-off peculiarity.

Findm-Keepm 04-24-2017 04:14 PM

Anything beyond 5 blinks on a Sony is power related - but with NO MODEL NUMBER posted, you'll get nuthin' from me.

http://www.videokarma.org/showpost.p...65&postcount=1

Sony made over 370 XBR models (just the index in the ESI software, there may be more)

You gotta give us some meat. Some of us have beaucoup experience with Sonys and could offer help....

user181 04-24-2017 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Findm-Keepm (Post 3183072)
Anything beyond 5 blinks on a Sony is power related - but with NO MODEL NUMBER posted, you'll get nuthin' from me.



http://www.videokarma.org/showpost.p...65&postcount=1



Sony made over 370 XBR models (just the index in the ESI software, there may be more)



You gotta give us some meat. Some of us have beaucoup experience with Sonys and could offer help....


Sure thing -- I apologize for leaving that out.

It is a KD-34XBR970.

I would love to get as much information as I can about it.

Thanks!

zeno 04-24-2017 04:56 PM

Hopefully it was micro lock-up........

BUT these sets had one fatal weak point. If yours is one it
uses 2 identical IC's. One in the STBY power supply & another
in the RUN power supply. They fail left & right.
Symptoms are dead set and or hard starting getting worse with time.
I had the 30" model & the 4th set went bad in 5 yrs. There was never a cure from Sony. The spare boards were all used up in < a year IIRC.
Fix is to replace BOTH IC's & install IC sockets so you can swap
them fast next time. One last thing is to watch out for bootleg IC's.
Ask around for advice before ordering any.

Good luck with the set. IMHO it had the best pix on any set ever.
I sure miss mine.....

73 Zeno:smoke:
LFOD !

Chip Chester 04-24-2017 06:51 PM

This went out on my KV25XBR back when there were TV repair shops. Not seen much use in the last 10 years, but so far so good. Have a parts set...

Chip

Findm-Keepm 04-24-2017 08:21 PM

EDIT: OOPs! Wrong series of chassis - huge difference in what my train of thought was. Your set uses the MCZ3001DB....I've always found it best to swap the D board, or go for the chip swap, but socket them and get spares.....


Genuine MX0841's ain't cheap no more:

https://www.encompassparts.com/item/...or_Mx0841-ab-f

Nor are the MCZ3001DB chips:

https://www.encompassparts.com/item/...1/Ic_Mcz3001db

I depleted my supply of them long ago - I still have two 2SC4834s for the smaller screen stuff.....

Those two chips are why I've junked more Sonys in the last 4 years. You can't go cheap with anything but the genuine Sony parts - the Chinese have mastered the fakes, and they don't hold up.

The ESI disc has a service bulletin for finding true MX0841's using capacitance of all things - the C-E junction has to have a certain picofarad value. Of 7 I had, only 3 checked out OK - the rest were obvious fakes already, but it validated the capacitance check as a way to rule out the fakes. I never got a fake from Tritronics (now Encompass, aka a Wall-Street-Run parts place....)

user181 04-26-2017 10:58 AM

Thanks for the information. I will stock up on some ICs. Briefly, what is the function of the MCZ3001DB?

Also, would you be able to share any relevant service bulletins? (Or point me to a resource to purchase, if it's proprietary/copyrighted).

Thank you!

Zenith26kc20 04-27-2017 04:18 PM

The IC's are part of power supply supplies. As mentioned earlier, be careful! No buying from our favorite auction site. The fake ones can fail rapidly or, in some cases, cause plenty of smoke, noise and sparks. I junked my super fine pitch 34' because of the chips. It was an incredible set when it worked!
And theft proof!

user181 04-27-2017 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zenith26kc20 (Post 3183212)
The IC's are part of power supply supplies. As mentioned earlier, be careful! No buying from our favorite auction site. The fake ones can fail rapidly or, in some cases, cause plenty of smoke, noise and sparks. I junked my super fine pitch 34' because of the chips. It was an incredible set when it worked!

And theft proof!


I ordered some from Encompass Parts -- hoping they are genuine.

Out of curiosity, what is the manufacturer of the genuine chips? The photo on the Encompass website shows "Shendengen" on the chip -- is that legitimate?

andy 04-28-2017 01:40 AM

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Findm-Keepm 04-28-2017 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andy (Post 3183232)
You can't go by manufacturer because the counterfeiters mark them with the name brand. Sometimes a careful side by side comparison to a known genuine part will reveal a counterfeit, but it's not conclusive. Sometimes the genuine manufacturers change their markings, and some of the counterfeits look really good.

Encompass (the old Tritronics) sources their stuff from Sony. They are ISO Supply-Chain certified and anti-counterfeit/gray market certified as well. Just expensive, unlike the old TriTronics. We could call and get the same sales lady each time, but not so now. Tritronics, MAT, MCM (pre-Premier/Farnell), ASTI, and Fox were all the independent dealer needed back in the late 80s/90s/00s.....enter Orion and Funai and splat! No support or accessibility.

And yes, Shendengen made the originals.

rcaman 04-30-2017 06:35 PM

the last i got from encompass was junk and went up in a fit of sparks. and encompass would not warranty them i no longer buy ANYTHING from encompass.


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