panel or Tcon ?

[Mikeyboy2007]

Hi, not been on for a while. have a Panasonic tx-48cx400b which has 1 side of screen faulty. is it T-con or screen itself ?

video is here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm1ZBgaT1oA

[tom66]

Re: panel or Tcon ?

Panel's knackered.

[budm]

Re: panel or Tcon ?

panel's knackered.

+1

[Mikeyboy2007]

Re: panel or Tcon ?

thanks guys, was afraid it was panel. bad luck on this one i guess.

[x_orange90_x]

Re: panel or Tcon ?

I would check the tab bonds just to be sure. That's the exact same symptoms my Sony KDL-46XBR4 had when I got it. Half the screen dark with horizontal bands and ghosting.

[budwich]

Re: panel or Tcon ?

you can likely save the panel using the tape cutoff method that uses a piece of tape to block some pins on the tcon if there are no side tabs. if there are side tabs, then the save involves removing those on the dark side and the picture will be good. lots of threads on this type of save.

[tom66]

Re: panel or Tcon ?

you can likely save the panel using the tape cutoff method that uses a piece of tape to block some pins on the tcon if there are no side tabs. if there are side tabs, then the save involves removing those on the dark side and the picture will be good. lots of threads on this type of save.

Only applicable for the larger panels that have two drivers, one for each side.
It's a 48" Panasonic likely using a cheap Chinese panel by TCL, so who knows? But seems unlikely.

[budwich]

Re: panel or Tcon ?

IF there are side tabs....otherwise try the tape cutoff method.... it will likely be saveable