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Re: There goes another one - 7 yr. old Sony KV-27V40 DEAD !
Dave Posted Nov 15, 2005, in response to:G. Wood
This just happen to us Nov.14th,2005 8:15pm central. We have the Sony KV-27V40 (manufacture date October 1998) and it just died, no warning! WOW this seems to be a commmon problem. No warning other than the screen did a little vertical wiggle and then poof, the screen is gone, just like we had turned it off or something. The standyby/timer light flashes 4 times and then repeats every couple of seconds. Power button turns on the relay (I can hear it but nothing else, no picture, no sound, sounds like it always has when the power button pushed to turn the TV on) and the power light comes on four about 5 seconds and then turns back off. No picture, no contols, no nothing after that. Stereo(I think its a power light) light would come on right after this happened when power button pushed and then turn off. Now that light just stays on and the timer/standby light conitinues to flash at me like some bad joke, as if it is going to come back on when the timer times out. It just teases me flashing away there and I am helpless. Anybody got suggestions other than takin this bad boy to the local landfill and throwing a brick throught the front of it?
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The power supply has blown . It's caused by worn out welds that are made at the factory and , because being done by machine on an assembly line, are insufficient. When the welds wear out, the power supply blows and ruins some transistors as well.
This is such a common problem with these Sonys that my very good repairman knew exactly what the problem was without opening up the back of the TV.
It cost $130 to get repaired - parts & labor. I'll forward another person's (from Detroit)story with the same problem.
The annoying aspect of this is that you pay up for Sonys, expecting superior quality, but this seems such a common problem that Sony should consider a recall or lose its reputation for better quality (higher prices).
G.W.
Austin, TX
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