Aboutcleggsan Expertise Consumer Electronics of all kinds. Audio, esoteric audio systems and components, video, tv. Digital equipment for consumer use. Ham radio and automotive electronics. Note: I give advice on tv repair based on general consumer electronics engineering experience but I am not engaged in actual repair of sets. MAKE SURE YOU GIVE THE MAKE AND MODEL NUMBER AND AGE OF THE SET.
Experience Electrical Engineering; recording, broadcasting, design, international standards, tv and radio theory and practice.
Organizations FELLOW of AES (Audio Engineering Society)
Senior Life Member of IEEE (Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers)
International Consulting Organization
Publications IEEE Spectrum
Various Consumer Electronic publications
Education/Credentials BSEE
MSCS
MBA
Awards and Honors Famous Engineer for Digital Audio
Question I have a sony that has a picture problem. I'm hoping it's not a service mode fix. The pic is too purple/pink and if i move the slider to full green it helps but now its too blue.the contrast(picture) looks like a haze (cloudy) on the picture and the brightness is still too dark. All in all the color is way out of whack (what is whack?). I'm afraid to go into service mode to fix as I don't normally fix tv's and may totally screw things up.also, with the price of repairs nowadays (i got quotes of 169.95 just to pick up and troubleshoot is it worth it to fix when new is around $350. to $400.?
Answer Do I assume correctly you have gone into the menu and adjusted the picture/video parameters for best color, contrast, brightness, etc. and found no solution?
Probably the set is getting too old for serious investment into repairs and you will want to find the easiest way to bring it to acceptable viewing quality.
Going into the service mode is the only way to find greater range on the picture adjustments. And, that may not solve the problems if the picture tube is getting old or if the bias adjustments are way off.
You said you did not want to go into the service mode, but I think that is the only way to find an economical improvement. Follow the instructions in this page:
Just be sure you write down each adjustment you make so that in the case it is not the adjustment you were hoping for you can come back to the original setting. This whole process may take a few hours just to make sure you follow all the steps until you get the color corrected. If these adjustments do not solve the color and clarity issues you may need, in the long run, to call in the techs - at unsavory prices for an older set such as this.
