flangemonkey
Active Member
Hi.
My aging, but still lovely Sony KV-25F1U 4:3 set has started displaying an unusual problem.
Here's the prob:
It will emit a "snapping" sound from inside the chassis (not out of the speakers, it seems to be fairly near to the rear), accompanied for the most part by a narrow white line shooting horizontally across the image...sometimes, there is no line, but this is very rare, perhaps once out of 50 "snaps" there will be no line.
It "snaps" like this periodically every 5 seconds or so...very annoying.
It looks like it could be something electrical? However, this is coming from a layman, not a qualified TV engineer.
A switch-off and on doesn't seem to cure it, it just does it from the get go.
It used to only do it for the first 10 mins or so after being switched on (disappearing after presumably "warming up") until at least the next time the TV had been turned on from cold.
Now it does it all of the time, from the get go
Anyone know if it's completely up the creek or if it would warrant a repair...and how much it's likely to cost if not too serious?
Cheers in advance...
My aging, but still lovely Sony KV-25F1U 4:3 set has started displaying an unusual problem.
Here's the prob:
It will emit a "snapping" sound from inside the chassis (not out of the speakers, it seems to be fairly near to the rear), accompanied for the most part by a narrow white line shooting horizontally across the image...sometimes, there is no line, but this is very rare, perhaps once out of 50 "snaps" there will be no line.
It "snaps" like this periodically every 5 seconds or so...very annoying.
It looks like it could be something electrical? However, this is coming from a layman, not a qualified TV engineer.
A switch-off and on doesn't seem to cure it, it just does it from the get go.
It used to only do it for the first 10 mins or so after being switched on (disappearing after presumably "warming up") until at least the next time the TV had been turned on from cold.
Now it does it all of the time, from the get go
Anyone know if it's completely up the creek or if it would warrant a repair...and how much it's likely to cost if not too serious?
Cheers in advance...