philips 47pfl6158k/12 image faded away, sound still coming from TV

[Kartowl]

Hi, my TV image started showing those lines and the image faded away, but sound is still coming from it, what could be the cause and is it fixable? I thought it could be the tcon board but I red on the internet that it could be a failing panel

[Diah]

try first with firmware upgrade_loader ,use USB stick fat 32 MBR mode... very important MBR mode

[Kartowl]

I cant tell if it does anything, the LED on my USB stick is certanly not blinking, just at the beginning when the tv turns on, it is correctyl formated to fat32 in MBR mode, but the stripes on the tv do get wider over time, I really hope its just the tcon board and not the panel itself :/

[Diah]

I cant tell if it does anything, the LED on my USB stick is certanly not blinking, just at the beginning when the tv turns on, it is correctyl formated to fat32 in MBR mode, but the stripes on the tv do get wider over time, I really hope its just the tcon board and not the panel itself :/

read here how to downgrade upgrade android Philips

[dadio]

I had two Philips today. One had similar symptoms to yours. I recovered the picture by blocking pins 3 to 14 on the left hand ribbon with a piece of Sellotape 7mm wide.
The second one had lines appearing across the picture and the same method cured that one too.

[Kartowl]

hey, thanks for the suggestions, I got a new Tcon board and now the TV works fine, but I have a annoying audio delay...

[Davi.p]

I'm not sure your problem was tcon, that series has common problems at the processor solder joints, try to heat a bit the cpu and see if more problems comes..

[William1967]

try first with firmware upgrade_loader ,use USB stick fat 32 MBR mode... very important MBR mode

Additional information: Standard this tv is not an Android, that upgrade_loader only works when there is an upgraded mainboard inside. The original mainboard has a white ceramic cooling block, the upgaded verion has a metal cooling block

[Diah]

Additional information: Standard this tv is not an Android, that upgrade_loader only works when there is an upgraded mainboard inside. The original mainboard has a white ceramic cooling block, the upgaded verion has a metal cooling block

yes this true... but all home normal user never upgrade the MB