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Originally Posted by Nugrl
And to think my brother was going to throw this tv in the garbage! tisk...tisk...tisk ;-)
It is working out fine for me as a spare tv! it was manufactured in June 1986 is says on the tag on the back. I guess they just don't make things like they use to. I have a 32" Sony Trinitron that I paid about $1000 for 8 years ago and its sitting in my shed now because I dont' know whats wrong with it. When you turn it on, it takes a while to get a picture, so there is no video at first, but you have audio??? then after its on for a while the screen goes to a black screen, but you still have audio. Any suggestions? When I bought it, I also bought a liftetime warranty on the picture tube, but I don't know if that is what is causing this. So I haven't had them send someone out to check it out, because I figured with my luck it won't be the picture tube and I will have to pay for the service call. : ( So needless to say, I am currently watching one of my old 19" tvs that I bought about 20 years ago. It only goes up to channel 43 I think. so I had to use a vcr for the tuner to pick up the upper channels. At least this old Zenith gets the upper channels! I really don't see anything wrong with this tv, the only thing that is a little annoying is that when you first turn it on, you hear some screaching sorta noise, then after its on for a little while it quits doing it. what is causing that?
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I've seen a lot of mid to late 90's Sony's with that problem. There's a circuit in there that's supposed to sense when the picture tube is warmed up before sending video. That circuit could be acting up or the tube can be weak. Every one I've come across (and fixed a few that were new enough to be worth a new tube)has had a weak tube. You can usually do a temporary fix by turning up the screen control slightly. But if you have a warranty, I probably wouldn't mess with it.