Re: Mitsubishi RPTV Red CRT Shuts Down-Repair Advice

Village you were right! It was just the screensaver kicking in.
Apparently identical models aren't created the same and all I had to do was just hit a button to bring up any OSD. I just wish now that I had hit a button before, but with no signal and no screen I saw no reason to then. Oh well?

I still think they'd mute all three together. From what I understand it's usually the green CRT that gets weak first, while the red CRT usually is the last one to be replaced. If they'd mute just any single one CRT first,...

Re: Mitsubishi RPTV Red CRT Shuts Down-Repair Advice

Thanks Village
I understand and even thought of that myself. It is true the TV had no signal when I was testing it and now with the main board out for testing, I wouldn't go back and test that theory just for that reason. Also the last identical model I repaired like this stayed on for about two hours with no signal when I tested it.
But I don't think that's what's happening here because the red and green CRTs stay on? Why would only the red go out?

First off let me just say thanks to all the Tech guys who have helped people out on this form over the years, your help has been most appreciated.

I'm repairing a Mitsubishi WS-65869 rear projection TV for customer. The customer only brought me the bottom part of the TV and not the top part with the screen and mirrow so as to make transport easier. I'll take it back to their place and then set it up there.

Anyway it had the common problem of the green blinking timer light and no power up. This is the second such TV I've repaired like this so I knew what it needed....