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Sony Repair Guide: Common Issues and Fixes

Brand Model Fault Detailed Problem Solution By
SONYKV1547R
Jail bars in the pictureBlack jail bars in video. all waveforms appear normal.
SONYKP7220
No blue, replaced crt and d5320The stopper diode associated with the blue crt was shortingout about every 30-60 days. we found the problem to be caused by adefective crt. the crt was intermittently shorting. evidently when alarge enough arc occurred the associated transient would d
SONYTV125
No turn off operationPower switch s901 operates by breaking ground connection. inexternal dc mode such as mobile camping trailer installation, unit cannotbe turned off since dc return path is continued thru antenna transformers.camping trailer antenna contacts body when in
SONYKX2501
Incorrect purity, resoldered thp-601Servicer complained that profeel 25-inch monitor would nothold purity adjustment if it was rotated on bench. other tv's andmonitors in shop had little effect from rotation. distributor duplicatedproblem on another set out-of-box, however auto-degaussin
SONYKX1901
Weak videoVery weak video.
SONYKV2648R
Hum sound, adj t204 and t205Constant 60hz hum heard on audio when hbo or showtime isselected. tone enhance feature on tv boosts hum level even louder. thejerrold jsx3dic cable box does not remove the 60hz am sync pulse off thesound carrier to the tv. if the alignment is not perf
SONYKV2648R
No sound, replaced r5038, r5039, ic5004, ic5005Set had no sound, found r5038 and r5039 open. also foundic5004 and ic5005 shorted on x board.
SONYKV2602
Retrace lines in the picture, replaced l503Retrace lines in picture.
SONYKV1952R
Green screen, hvrGreen screen.
SONYKV1952R
No display, replace zener d2003 and q2007Original complaint was display out. found channel displayonly partially lit during channel change, and sound up would cause pix upto change at the same time. also, channel up or down would cause sound tomute. traced sound problem to ic2001, pin 10 - p
SONYKV1947R
Incorrect sound mute, replace ic001Sound would intermittently go off and if you changed channels,the sound would come back on. problem was being caused by the mutefunction of ic001.
SONYKV1946R
No operation except power, leaky d010Unit would not respond to hand unit other than to turn uniton. after set was turned on, no other remote function would work.voltages at pins 24/25 of ic001 on me board too high.
SONYKV1945RS
Shut down, replaced cx-557s and adj r563Set would work ok for hours then shut down.
SONYKV1915
Purple colorPurple color shows up on and off. problem is intermittent.i saw this problem more than 3 times in newer model. crt pins do not makegood contact in socket of c board.
SONYKV1910
Retrace lines on the screenVertical retrace lines were seen on the top of the picture onchannel 2 and 4.
SONYKV1746R
Intermittent shut offUnit came in with complaint of goes off intmtly and blowsr232 fusible resisotr. servicer changed q205, q206, c238, r212, r246.after all components changed unit went out again and in further investiga-tion, found r231 had 330Ω instead of 10k as schema
SONYKV1546R
Bloches in pix and unstable, changed value of r555 to 82kScreen has oval blotches with no info and will increase insize with signal received. originally had 100kΩ res. installed, aftercomparing with a kv-1547r with a 30p chassis we noticed it had an 82kΩ.
SONYKV1514
Black bar on the screenBlack bar, about 3/4 inch wide on left side of screen. blackbar would start bottom left corner and extend diagonally to top. byhitting front of pix tube i was able to shift bar from left to right, incheach way.
SONYKV1222R
Doors do not stay closedThe tabs on the front door that fit into the spring loadedlatch on the mask are not long enough nor are they notched. the doors donot stay closed but rather flop open. the tabs on units whose doors stayclosed are longer and are notched on the right han
SONYKPR4600
Convergence distortion, replaced ic-5505Unable to correct severe keystone error of red and bluepattern. red was more severe. waveform at base of q5510 and q5517 wasdistorted, namely the right portion of vertical deflection was missing.this distortion was traced back to output of ic5505.