Panasonic TH42PX60B

[crt man]

Hi All
Can anyone point me in the right direction of the above set.
there is a black bar on the left hand side of the screen followed by multi colored lines, then from about the middle of the screen the picture appears fine
Ive done a search on line and this model comes up with a known fault the Manufacturers acknowledge but that is of a green line through the center of the screen from top to bottom at which the panel has to be replaced
As I have not done any repairs on anything other than Samsung help would be appreciated pictures to follow.

Alan.

[Neonpeon]

Re: Panasonic TH42PX60B

Looks like possibly bad tab bonds? Don't take my word for it though.
Someone will chime in here soon and help you out.

[tom66]

Re: Panasonic TH42PX60B

It is a plasma so it doesn't have tab bonds.
It is either a loose connector for that part of the panel or the panel is bad itself.

[freakaftr8]

Re: Panasonic TH42PX60B

I know this model and I have been through this a few times now. This is a bad panel. no doubt about it. lucky for you it went bad on the very end of the panel so you could still use it TV letterbox mode without any kind of interruption. there is a IC chip on the bottom of the panel embedded in a ribbon and that chip shorted due to lack of cooling efficiency or possibly wasn't made properly.

[crt man]

Re: Panasonic TH42PX60B

It is either a loose connector for that part of the panel or the panel is bad itself.

Thats what I was thinking, it belongs to a client of the wife's so I will get it here and have a look.

Many thanks
Alan