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The CRT is very much alive, the onscreen menus are bright and sharp. It's just the picture itself that is almost black.
Could be a bad eeprom. They weren't nearly as much trouble as the Thomson RCA/GEs, but we used to stock them. Unfortunately, I tossed all my Philips parts many years ago.
I may have the SM for the Y series. I'll take a look when I get to work.