20 Most Recent Mitsubishi WD-62525 62" Rear Projection HDTV - Page 2 Questions & Answers

You cannot tell what capacitors are bad just by looking at them. Some can fail without any outward signs. You need a special meter to test them.

The ballast for the lamp too should be replaced along with the lamp. If you wish to get some details; visit the site linked here. Pull up older posts. http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/

Your color wheel is failing or has failed. the red light ONLY means the lamp cannot light or was forced to shut down. it means nothing about the lamp or ballast specifically. If your color wheel isnt spinning up correctly or you have a stuck fan somewhere, the lamp will be shut down immediately upon startup. Id check to see if the color wheel is stuck or if its getting stuck.

There is a tiny reset button to the left of the timer light. Press with a pin or something small, wait 60 seconds. Viola!

estos equipos aveces presentan filtros danados en la fuente de alimentacion generalmente se ven inflados al cambiarlos se soluciona el problema

Mine just went out today......1 year and 7 days after purchase.

The cable box signal on the components video have a too high refresh rate frequency, that is the reason for the lines.
Use RCA cables or an alternative connection.
Other solution is changing the display out settings for cable box (from PAL to NTSC etc.)

Hello, was it doing the same thing before you changed the lamp? If it was it may be just over heating, which can occur when the vent in the lamp clogs up or the fans are clogged up with dust. I don't think that one of the fans are bad, the set would shut down after just a few seconds. DO NOT use canned air or anything that blows into it to clean it, vacuum it out wit the aid of a small brush (1/2 inch paint brush) works well. You might try that and see if it stays on, if that doesn't help, you may have a bad lamp....be sure to use a genuine Mitsubishi or Osram lamp only!.....tks

I have the same TV, and I was getting the black spots on my screen as well. It is dust settling on the bottom mirror. Yoiu can call Mitsubishi and spend 150-200 on getting it cleaned, or you can do like I did and take the front panel off and the 10 screws around the edge on the back of the black plastic border around the screen. Then lift up gently and have someone hold the screen for you and gently dust the bottom mirror. I did this by myself, but it would be wise to have 2 people do it.

Yes it can be fixed. Everything you are saying points to a problem with the digital video processing module and or associated power supplies that run it. Even though this is a "digital HDTV". It still makes it's picture using older analog methods (electron beam scanning on a CRT projects the image). Sometimes the digital video IC's would simply need to be resoldered. The big question is although it is repairable, is it cost effective. This is a 51" CRT projector. There are 50" flat panel tv's available now that can outperform it for $500-600 brand new. Back in the late 90s and early 2000s when I used to repair these full time, the repair would cost you around $350 including service charge to come to your house. Back then this tv cost around $1500+ so it was usually worth repairing, but that is not the case today. That is the rule, but There are a few exceptions (ie the guy who cuts a giant hole in his wall to recess the tv inside his wall for a "custom" installed look is forced to choose between repairing a 15yr old tv (your tv dates back around 2002 if memory is correct) and heavy construction)

Remove lamp door and check lamp.

Check that the lamp door is closed all the way. There is a saftey switch that closes from the door being on all the way. If not the status light will keep blinking. There is also a switch on the air filter door.

Tengo un Mitsubishi 73 inch el prende pero no se ve nada en la pantalla pero se oye despues de 5 minuto prende la bombilla roja y no se ve nada ni se oye

The service manual does not list an error code for "21".
Here are the error codes:

Error Code Probable Cause
12 No error detected
22 Recovery from momentary Reset
32 Lamp Cover open
33 Air Filter Cover open
34 Lamp abnormality
35 Chassis Fan failure
36 Exhaust (Back Cover) or Lamp Ballast Fan failure
37 Engine (DMD or Lamp) Fan failure
38 Excess Lamp Temperature
39 Excess DMD Temperature
41 Short Detected
44 DVI Cable (between Chassis and Engine) disconnected

The circuit board that the wires from the bulb socket connect to is the 'ballast' There's your problem.