Re: Sony KDL-70R550A - Fixed Side Tab Issue - Now Vertical Color Bars on Half of Scre

Thanks for the reply budwich. It was your comments in another thread that got me to this point, so I appreciate all the help so far!

During initial troubleshooting, I did also disconnect the cables at the bottom corners while leaving the main T-CON to panel ribbon cables connected. It was only when the left (when viewed from the front) side tabs were disconnected that the TV would power on. During this boot time, I recall seeing half of the Sony logo appear just fine on the right...

First off, what a great community. I've learned a lot so far. Thank you all for your commitment and insights!

I started off with the 5 red-blink error code on my Sony KDL-70R550A (just outside of the warranty timeframe of course). After following the steps in another thread to disconnect cables from the T-CON board to Panel to determine which side was acting up, and then removing those corresponding side tabs, the fix worked!

I had picture again, but now when the TV started up, only the left half of the TV was viewable in normal condition (this also happened to be...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hello. I've been lurking this site for quite a while and have read a lot of insightful posts that have helped me to learn a lot about my TV. I just have one final question I am hoping to get answered.