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Question posted by tarshad on March 31st, 2012

Turn On Tv Set, Tv Goes Into Standby, Standby Light Flashes

is there something I can do to fix this, ie replace the receiver box

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Answer #1: Posted by TVDan on April 1st, 2012 9:24 AM
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the blinking indicators are trying to tell you what's wrong. look at them and count the blinks between the pauses. Here's a chart to identify the problem area (media box blink count and color is mentioned first, followed by the LCD display indicators):

 

MEDIA RECEIVER RED FLASHING 9X DISPLAY UNIT RED/GREEN FLASHING LCD BACKLIGHT OR INVERTER FAILURE

MEDIA RECEIVER RED FLASHING 9X DISPLAY UNIT RED FLASHING 7X DC DETECT ON SPEAKER LINES, REPLACE K BOARD

MEDIA RECEIVER RED FLASHING 9X DISPLAY UNIT RED FLASHING 6X LOW B+ DETECT, REPLACE G BOARD

MEDIA RECEIVER RED FLASHING 9X DISPLAY UNIT RED FLASHING 4X EXCESSIVE PANEL TEMPERATURE, REPLACE G BOARD

MEDIA RECEIVER RED FLASHING 10X DISPLAY UNIT STEADY RED OVER-VOLTAGE DETECT, REPLACE MEDIA RECEIVER

MEDIA RECEIVER RED FLASHING 8X DISPLAY UNIT STEADY RED OVER-VOLTGE DETECT, REPLACE MEDIA RECEIVER

MEDIA RECEIVER RED FLASHING 6X DISPLAY UNIT STEADY RED LOW-VOLTAGE DETECT, REPLACE MEDIA RECEIVER

MEDIA RECEIVER RED FLASHING 4X DISPLAY UNIT STEADY RED FAN ROTATION ERROR, REPLACE MEDIA RECEIVER

MEDIA RECEIVER ORANGE FLASHING DISPLAY UNIT ORANGE FLASHING MEDIA CABLES UNPLUGGED, CHECK MEDIA CABLES

MEDIA RECEIVER NO LIGHT DISPLAY UNIT ORANGE FLASHING NO POWER TO MEDIA RECEIVER, REPLACE MEDIA RECEIVER


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