Re: Vizio SV470XVT1A - red pixels instead of black

Update - 25 months later and the red started coming back. I took the back off again and disconnected both cables from the T-con and then reconnected. Walla - no more red! I think it is pretty weird but am not going to question it too much. I hope this helps someone!

Re: Vizio SV470XVT1A - red pixels instead of black

Try the disconnect thing since that is the only thing I found that helped my situation. Like I said, it should take about an hour. If that doesn't do it then you're on you own.

Although I will say that since I fixed mine (still fixed 11 months later) I haven't been looking for more solutions. So there might be others out there.

Best of luck.

Re: Vizio SV470XVT1A - red pixels instead of black

OK - I took your advice and bought a new T-con board - $40 ish from (I actually forget - I know vizparts wanted $103 ish). I installed the board (under a metal cover at the top of the TV held on with 3 tiny screws). The LVDS cables still looked like a royal pain to do so I didn't try them. The new T-con board fixed the problem - for about a week! Then the red came back. So I went back in (getting good at taking off the back of this thing) and started on the cables. Turns out the guy forgot to mention that all three cables are different!...

Re: Vizio SV470XVT1A - red pixels instead of black



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Re: Vizio SV470XVT1A - red pixels instead of black

Right, LVDS cable (This is the email I got from someone who had posted the same problem but never had any replies to his thread - "Happy to help, 2 part orders later and I got it fixed. The problem was the LVDS cable. The problem with this particular model is that it has 3 cables rather than 1 so I had to replace all 3 ($15 per cable). Been about a month since I fixed it and works great. The replacement is pretty straightforward, just lots of screws to access the cables. Prior to replacing the LVDS cables, I put in a new T-Con...

OK - so yea, someone else posted the same question a while back and didn't get any help. I tagged on that one looking for help. But I figure maybe people don't always look at old threads even when someone adds something.

Problem:
Red being displayed in much of what is supposed to be black or very dark. Moves with the scene. Not all of the black is red, just a lot of it.

So, from reading user reviews for this model my symptoms sound fairly common which leads me to believe the fix should be known. I was told by someone that its the LVD (or LVS - I don't remember...

Re: Vizio SV470XVT1A - Displays Red Pixels and Lines



I have the same problem... has this been fixed? If yes, how? I am very hands on and cheap so I'll try anything myself first - just need to know what I am looking for!

Thanks...