UPDATED!Get out the 3D glasses fellas, it's convergence!
Mitsubishi VS 50603 serial 134043
Okay, So here goes my story. I received this TV from my Mom after it stopped working for her. She figured I would be the only one in the family that would be willing to take a stab at it. I was.
So, it didn't get a picture when video was fed through the coaxials. Fine, I brought it to the local place I've had repair a couple of 25" TV's for me in the past. He's usually pretty reasonable, and quick.
I brought it in and told him that he could take his time with this one, I wanted it fixed right, I had heard about coolant leaking in these sets...let me know what he thinks. I don't feel like lugging this thing back and forth for anything. I figured that was fair...no pressure from a customer makes for a happy repair guy.
The next day he calls me and says that he needs to replace the circuit board the tuners are on. He calls me 2 days later, it's fixed! Yay! I was happy, and on my way home with my new 50 inch Mitsubishi ( finally, a big screen! ). Got it downstairs, hooked it up and watched a little TV. Hooked up the game cube for the kids....Super Smash Bros on the big screen...AWESOME!
A week later, the tuners start acting up, then the set starts shutting off immediately after powering it on. I take off the back cover to see what's going on - if I can. Sure enough, there's coolant on the new board. :scratch:
So, I call him up and let him know whats up. He tells me to bring it back, and he'll R&R the gaskets and put a shielding in there to avoid troubles in the future. I'm good with that. Not happy I have to drag it up the stairs and 35 miles to the shop, but what can you do? So, I drop it off. I tell him to take his time, be thorough with it. I understand that personal warranty work makes you no money, and this guy is up to his elbows in Plasmas and DLP's in on warranty. Again, the TV isn't paramount to my happiness, I just don't want to rush him.
So, 3 months goes by and I haven't gotten a call. I'm none too happy about not even getting a word from him. So, I call. Oh, it's in the shop. One of the gaskets came finally, but he didn't get the other two and wants to replace all of them. Okay, semi plausible excuse. When its all said and done, he says it will be done on Friday, I tell him I'll pick it up the next Monday, and when Monday comes, it's not ready ( has to let a sealant dry? ). So, I get it on Tuesday.
Well, Tuesday it's 25 degrees outside and I have about an hour drive before I get done with errands and the commute home.
I drag the thing in with my buddy. Now, here's where I thought I'd get smart. I had cut two lengths of chip board for my staircase so I could roll the set down to make it less ackward. Well, it was, but the gap between the two pieces busts the front wheels off the set :wits-end: We get it down, take a skateboard and roll it over to its spot and lift it up and set it on a 5 gallon pail so I can replace the wheels. Set it down and leave it unplugged ( frosty condensation on the screen told me to let it sit a while ). So, I let it sit unplugged for 2 1/2 hours while we went to a friends house.
A little impatience on my part ( I'd been waiting 3 months to get this thing back! ), I plugged it in and hooked up my first set of RCA cables from the satellite box. Looked pretty good! However, I bought a nice new little Phillips DVD player with HDMI and progressive scan and I wanted to see if the picture was better using the YBG cables in the DVD port of the TV. I hooked them up and heard a buzzing noise from the speakers ( no audio cables hooked up to the TV, that's all through the Denon Receiver ) and walked around to look at the "better" picture.
Might have been better if I was wearing 3D glasses, something was wrong. Not even running for 5 minutes and I get this?! :explode: So, I freaked for a minute there :duh: What did I do wrong?! I unplugged the cables and went back to the RCA's...no difference. Everything was wrong, something happened, but what?!
I figured convergence was screwy...maybe I could fix it with the TV's controls. Well, even with 64 points to control and quite a bit of adjustment, I got to the picture at the beginning of this post. I don't know what to do. After doing a bit of research, I read that the coolant can cause all sorts of troubles, and I read that the IC's in these can go out ( hey, it's a 10 year old set! ).
I feel like I bought a used car. I fixed the tail pipe, but now the catalytic converter is clogged!
Was it something I did? Is it something that happened out of the blue? Or did my tech not do a thorough enough job fixing it in the first place ( again ). I don't want to call and accuse him unnecessarily, I know what it's like to have a nagging customer that's being unreasonable....I won't be that guy. But I do want a second opinion before I call him and let him know what happened.
Dragging this thing out of my basement again just isn't something I plan to do. If I have to pull the entire circuit assembly out myself and bring it to him to fix, I'd rather do that that drive that TV 35 miles to him and asking him to drive out to me for an in house visit isn't necessarily fair to him either.
The other problem is, I can't afford to spend much to fix this thing again...and it's at the point of whether it's worth it. I mean, it's a 10 year old TV that is NON HD. I've got 350 invested, that's half a decent 42" Vizio LCD with my wifes Discount.
I'm not necessarily asking anyone here to lead me through fixing this thing, but I sure would love some opinions on how I should proceed. I've got enough soldering knowledge to take a stab at it, but I'm also just smart enough with electronics to do something stupid :nerd:
So, to recap. Originally was told he replaced the circuit board to fix the original problem. Then fixed leaking CRT's and repaired the set .( replaced the circuit board again, I don't know...after 3 months in his shop, the inside has a layer of dust on everything again ) Now, I've got a warped screen.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Redfury111/PicasaUploads#5273560333814759954
That link is to a picture of the "innards" of my TV if you wish to view a large picture.
Mitsubishi VS 50603 serial 134043
Okay, So here goes my story. I received this TV from my Mom after it stopped working for her. She figured I would be the only one in the family that would be willing to take a stab at it. I was.
So, it didn't get a picture when video was fed through the coaxials. Fine, I brought it to the local place I've had repair a couple of 25" TV's for me in the past. He's usually pretty reasonable, and quick.
I brought it in and told him that he could take his time with this one, I wanted it fixed right, I had heard about coolant leaking in these sets...let me know what he thinks. I don't feel like lugging this thing back and forth for anything. I figured that was fair...no pressure from a customer makes for a happy repair guy.
The next day he calls me and says that he needs to replace the circuit board the tuners are on. He calls me 2 days later, it's fixed! Yay! I was happy, and on my way home with my new 50 inch Mitsubishi ( finally, a big screen! ). Got it downstairs, hooked it up and watched a little TV. Hooked up the game cube for the kids....Super Smash Bros on the big screen...AWESOME!
A week later, the tuners start acting up, then the set starts shutting off immediately after powering it on. I take off the back cover to see what's going on - if I can. Sure enough, there's coolant on the new board. :scratch:
So, I call him up and let him know whats up. He tells me to bring it back, and he'll R&R the gaskets and put a shielding in there to avoid troubles in the future. I'm good with that. Not happy I have to drag it up the stairs and 35 miles to the shop, but what can you do? So, I drop it off. I tell him to take his time, be thorough with it. I understand that personal warranty work makes you no money, and this guy is up to his elbows in Plasmas and DLP's in on warranty. Again, the TV isn't paramount to my happiness, I just don't want to rush him.
So, 3 months goes by and I haven't gotten a call. I'm none too happy about not even getting a word from him. So, I call. Oh, it's in the shop. One of the gaskets came finally, but he didn't get the other two and wants to replace all of them. Okay, semi plausible excuse. When its all said and done, he says it will be done on Friday, I tell him I'll pick it up the next Monday, and when Monday comes, it's not ready ( has to let a sealant dry? ). So, I get it on Tuesday.
Well, Tuesday it's 25 degrees outside and I have about an hour drive before I get done with errands and the commute home.
I drag the thing in with my buddy. Now, here's where I thought I'd get smart. I had cut two lengths of chip board for my staircase so I could roll the set down to make it less ackward. Well, it was, but the gap between the two pieces busts the front wheels off the set :wits-end: We get it down, take a skateboard and roll it over to its spot and lift it up and set it on a 5 gallon pail so I can replace the wheels. Set it down and leave it unplugged ( frosty condensation on the screen told me to let it sit a while ). So, I let it sit unplugged for 2 1/2 hours while we went to a friends house.
A little impatience on my part ( I'd been waiting 3 months to get this thing back! ), I plugged it in and hooked up my first set of RCA cables from the satellite box. Looked pretty good! However, I bought a nice new little Phillips DVD player with HDMI and progressive scan and I wanted to see if the picture was better using the YBG cables in the DVD port of the TV. I hooked them up and heard a buzzing noise from the speakers ( no audio cables hooked up to the TV, that's all through the Denon Receiver ) and walked around to look at the "better" picture.
Might have been better if I was wearing 3D glasses, something was wrong. Not even running for 5 minutes and I get this?! :explode: So, I freaked for a minute there :duh: What did I do wrong?! I unplugged the cables and went back to the RCA's...no difference. Everything was wrong, something happened, but what?!
I figured convergence was screwy...maybe I could fix it with the TV's controls. Well, even with 64 points to control and quite a bit of adjustment, I got to the picture at the beginning of this post. I don't know what to do. After doing a bit of research, I read that the coolant can cause all sorts of troubles, and I read that the IC's in these can go out ( hey, it's a 10 year old set! ).
I feel like I bought a used car. I fixed the tail pipe, but now the catalytic converter is clogged!
Was it something I did? Is it something that happened out of the blue? Or did my tech not do a thorough enough job fixing it in the first place ( again ). I don't want to call and accuse him unnecessarily, I know what it's like to have a nagging customer that's being unreasonable....I won't be that guy. But I do want a second opinion before I call him and let him know what happened.
Dragging this thing out of my basement again just isn't something I plan to do. If I have to pull the entire circuit assembly out myself and bring it to him to fix, I'd rather do that that drive that TV 35 miles to him and asking him to drive out to me for an in house visit isn't necessarily fair to him either.
The other problem is, I can't afford to spend much to fix this thing again...and it's at the point of whether it's worth it. I mean, it's a 10 year old TV that is NON HD. I've got 350 invested, that's half a decent 42" Vizio LCD with my wifes Discount.
I'm not necessarily asking anyone here to lead me through fixing this thing, but I sure would love some opinions on how I should proceed. I've got enough soldering knowledge to take a stab at it, but I'm also just smart enough with electronics to do something stupid :nerd:
So, to recap. Originally was told he replaced the circuit board to fix the original problem. Then fixed leaking CRT's and repaired the set .( replaced the circuit board again, I don't know...after 3 months in his shop, the inside has a layer of dust on everything again ) Now, I've got a warped screen.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Redfury111/PicasaUploads#5273560333814759954
That link is to a picture of the "innards" of my TV if you wish to view a large picture.