Sony KD-60X690E 6 blink error

[blake.s]

I have a Sony KD-60X690E tv that has issues in going to a 6 blink red status light error. The tv will sometimes function and work for a couple of days to a week and then will go into the 6 blink error. Kinda stumped on what the issue could be.

Here are pictures of the tv.

[dick_barton]

Re: Sony KD-60X690E 6 blink error

This may be backlight error. Turn the backlights down as much as possible and see if there is a change. Backlight not brightness or contrast,

[neilc6]

Re: Sony KD-60X690E 6 blink error

Also turn off any ambient light sensor feature that might increase the backlight level in a bright room.

[blake.s]

Re: Sony KD-60X690E 6 blink error

So turning down to 50% should fix the issue? Or should i go ahead and replace the backlights?

[budm]

Re: Sony KD-60X690E 6 blink error

So turning down to 50% should fix the issue? Or should i go ahead and replace the backlights?

It is not a fix, it is to find out the LED's are failing when driven at high current or not, so if it will stay on longer when the backlights level is turned down, LEDs will run cooler, and you can live with that then use it like that until the backlight fail completely, then you will have to take the LCD panel apart ti get to the LED strips and replace them.

[blake.s]

Re: Sony KD-60X690E 6 blink error

Well another odd thing when it does want to work is that the colors are off/ discolored.

[neilc6]

Re: Sony KD-60X690E 6 blink error

Looks like that model uses the LEDs that turn blue as well. Time for a full replacement. https://techhometravel.com/lg-49uj65...e-purple-tint/

[FunkieVibes]

Re: Sony KD-60X690E 6 blink error

This is what fixed my TV.

https://www.reddit.com/r/bravia/comm...eb2x&context=3

[dick_barton]

Re: Sony KD-60X690E 6 blink error

So it looks like it was a led(s) issue. Don't forget to turn down the backlight as low as you can to extend the life of the new led strips.

[howardc64]

Got one of these (KD60X690E) and had 6 blinking red error. Tested backlight and it shows on with close to 150v (10 bars x 5 LED x 3V/LED) Did reset sequence and backlight/TV turned on and no more 6 blinking red led code. Has been working fine for a few hours. But backlight is not super bright (even set to max of 50) and seems dim in a brightly lit room (YouTube white screen video shows no burnt out LEDs)

Does anyone know if these backlight will lose brightness as they age? I did read they turn blue with age (like the LGs I've seen) although this one has not. Regular and service menu don't show # hours on the backlight but it's a 2017 TV so maybe more than 10k hours by now when LEDs usually fail/turn blue. Rather not open it up and replace LEDs if possible. Still quite usable but probably for a darker lit room. Doesn't appear to have any ambient light sensing dynamic backlight feature.

Attached screen shots can't show in person brightness level of course but clearly no failed LEDs in the white screen test.

[tiki66]

Does anyone know if these backlight will lose brightness as they age?

Yes. You probably didn't fix 6x error as it will come back again. You can put BL_ERR on PSU to GND to turn off 6x error, but you backlight could shut down completely that way when things go wrong (when a diode starts turning off). Only real fix is to replace backlight.

Btw. you have too much pikachus

[howardc64]

Yes. You probably didn't fix 6x error as it will come back again. You can put BL_ERR on PSU to GND to turn off 6x error, but you backlight could shut down completely that way when things go wrong (when a diode starts turning off). Only real fix is to replace backlight.

Yeah make sense, its too dim anyways so going to replace the backlight and give this TV a few more good years.

Btw. you have too much pikachus

Son was 2nd in Pokemon cards world championship a few years back. Pikachu holding the silver cup is the 2nd place prize haha.

[howardc64]

Backlights came in but before putting them, did more investigation and found its the stupid SONY's built-in YouTube app.

The menu system looks plenty bright. My Firestick 4K Max over the ARC HDMI port will enable choosing HDR Video or HDR Vivid in picture mode. HDR Vivid is super bright. The problem is the built-in Youtube app (running latest firmware 4.931 link). This TV doesn't really have very much of an App Store. Just Prime Video, Youtube and couple of others. I'm guessing Youtube video implementation is outdated and somehow doesn't match their own TV's HDR brightness settings.

So the answer is... use an external Fire or Roku stick for way more apps and proper brightness via HDR.