I've been making an effort lately to clean up some old projects and this is the last of the tv's. I did not take pics so this is post is just informative in case someone else runs across this set.
This panel is edge lit and for whatever reason when the strip fails it mostly does a bang up job taking out entire banks of LEDs. I've tried replacing these individually but fail miserably so went in search of replacement strips and found them to be overly pricey.
The strips themselves have two parallel banks of 38 LEDs for 76 total per strip. The connector is six-pin of which only three pins are used. I made an educated guess on purchasing a set of used strips from a UN55ES6500 for $40. They had the same number of LEDs and appeared to be in the same form factor but had a 10 pin connector. After receiving them I found these were driven in four banks of 19 LEDs.
If you solder small jumpers on the connector you can make them run in the desired configuration of two banks of 38. As for plugging in a six conductor harness into a 10 pin socket it's simple if you don't mind getting a little destructive. I used side cutters to cut the harness connector in half where the unused pins are. The two halves will now snap into the 10 pin connector at either end making contact in the proper place on the strip. Done.
If you've made it this far... In the time since I acquired this set I've lost/tossed a few pieces. If anyone out there has the tcon cover for this and has no use please PM. It provides thermal support for the tcon but also structural support for the stand. Thanks.
This panel is edge lit and for whatever reason when the strip fails it mostly does a bang up job taking out entire banks of LEDs. I've tried replacing these individually but fail miserably so went in search of replacement strips and found them to be overly pricey.
The strips themselves have two parallel banks of 38 LEDs for 76 total per strip. The connector is six-pin of which only three pins are used. I made an educated guess on purchasing a set of used strips from a UN55ES6500 for $40. They had the same number of LEDs and appeared to be in the same form factor but had a 10 pin connector. After receiving them I found these were driven in four banks of 19 LEDs.
If you solder small jumpers on the connector you can make them run in the desired configuration of two banks of 38. As for plugging in a six conductor harness into a 10 pin socket it's simple if you don't mind getting a little destructive. I used side cutters to cut the harness connector in half where the unused pins are. The two halves will now snap into the 10 pin connector at either end making contact in the proper place on the strip. Done.
If you've made it this far... In the time since I acquired this set I've lost/tossed a few pieces. If anyone out there has the tcon cover for this and has no use please PM. It provides thermal support for the tcon but also structural support for the stand. Thanks.
