I have Sony KDL-55W809C TV and here is short history of problem that I have:
- 10 months ago, when TV was 5 months old it started to have solarization problem when cold. Blacks were green, lots of purple, some inverted colors.
It was sent to service under warranty (very complicated procedure that lasts 2 months, due to the fact the TV was bought in another country) but as they said they could not replicate the problem when the set arrived there. When they returned it, it was working fine. I thought it was some loose contact, which most likely was.
- 30 days ago, the issue returned and it gradually got worse, first solarization was for only 1-2 minutes from turning on and in 10 days it stayed for 1 hour, maybe even more.
- Due to the complicated procedure of sending the TV to service center which will accept it under warranty and with previous experience (possibly bad contact) I've disassembled it and reseated TCon cables (all 3). Problem disappeared and TV was working OK again (no solarization).
- Then I've noticed that edges of the screen are very bright and that in area of cca 4cm (1,5 inch) there is some burn-in from previous content. Also the entire screen is very bright, even with brightness turned all the way down, as well as gamma in settings.
- Service mode/WB setting says 512 on all 6 points.
- After the TV was off for about 4 days (we were not at home), on first start there were darker vertical lines/areas of cca 10cm (5 inches) flashing, where the image would seem as it should (not so bright). Those lines appeared and disappeared for about 15 minutes when finally they were all gone and the screen was bright again.
- I've ordered and installed new main board to TCon board cable, because the old one did not look so good (picture of TCon with it in attachment), but the screen is still bright.
- I've also ordered used TCon board which is currently on route (before reseating the cables). The board is the same (code printed on the board itself), but the barcode is not the same as on my board, so my question is will it work? It is from the same model of TV, as the seller stated.
Also, what can cause burn-in and those darker vertical areas and in general those problems that I've described?
- 10 months ago, when TV was 5 months old it started to have solarization problem when cold. Blacks were green, lots of purple, some inverted colors.
It was sent to service under warranty (very complicated procedure that lasts 2 months, due to the fact the TV was bought in another country) but as they said they could not replicate the problem when the set arrived there. When they returned it, it was working fine. I thought it was some loose contact, which most likely was.
- 30 days ago, the issue returned and it gradually got worse, first solarization was for only 1-2 minutes from turning on and in 10 days it stayed for 1 hour, maybe even more.
- Due to the complicated procedure of sending the TV to service center which will accept it under warranty and with previous experience (possibly bad contact) I've disassembled it and reseated TCon cables (all 3). Problem disappeared and TV was working OK again (no solarization).
- Then I've noticed that edges of the screen are very bright and that in area of cca 4cm (1,5 inch) there is some burn-in from previous content. Also the entire screen is very bright, even with brightness turned all the way down, as well as gamma in settings.
- Service mode/WB setting says 512 on all 6 points.
- After the TV was off for about 4 days (we were not at home), on first start there were darker vertical lines/areas of cca 10cm (5 inches) flashing, where the image would seem as it should (not so bright). Those lines appeared and disappeared for about 15 minutes when finally they were all gone and the screen was bright again.
- I've ordered and installed new main board to TCon board cable, because the old one did not look so good (picture of TCon with it in attachment), but the screen is still bright.
- I've also ordered used TCon board which is currently on route (before reseating the cables). The board is the same (code printed on the board itself), but the barcode is not the same as on my board, so my question is will it work? It is from the same model of TV, as the seller stated.
Also, what can cause burn-in and those darker vertical areas and in general those problems that I've described?
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