20 Most Recent Sony BRAVIA KDL-40V3000 Television - Page 9 Questions & Answers

It was actually a problem with the satellite feed, not the TV. Dish Network was zoomed in, hitting the asterisk button on the dish remote fixed the problem.

Try to connect a DVD player or some other device to get video into the TV, just to make sure is not your digital box.
Try all the video inputs if possible.

Check the fuse?

It might be burnt .

You have broken the LCd panel. The cost of replacing the panel is more than replacing the TV. Get a new TV

The cost of replacing the screen (it is the entire LCD panel) is more than the TV is worth

Sounds like a bad panel, although the audio problem is puzzling. When you say "cut off" is half the picture missing? A better description would help

Sounds like you have the variable audio out of your tv going to stereo, and variable audio means when you turned the sound down the sound off and then you have no audio. go through tv audio menu, you have fixed out, variable out, also speaker on and off, these need to be set for your application.

Did the panel buttons ever work?
if not mabey it was never connected inside the tv from factory

the input should correspond to the numbered input that your equipment is pluged into

this is a 2007 tv it should have warranty? could be the fb3 board

The monitor outputs on most Sony TV's are regulated by the volume level. In other words if the volume is set low then the output will be low. Go into the menu of the TV and turn the internal speakers off and then see if there is an option to set the audio output to FIXED or VARIABLE. Set it to fixed and all should be good to go.

have you tried plugging your sky box into another scart socket on your tv set

sorry, but i'm an electronic technician. I don't know enough information about strapping a tv to any type of stand. I wouldn't trust it.

c-dog

without going to hd, contrast to full, color, tint and brightness to middle, then adjust sharpness for optimum clarity

contrast full, brightness, tint, color, in the middle, then adjust sharpness for what suits your eyes, you may turn brightness and color below middle.

The on timer will only work for a channel on this model not for any other inputs

Sounds like you have a home theatre system, and you need to run rca cables from audio out of the tv to audio in on the amp, and turn the speakers off in the tv menu and set audio out to fixed or turn tv volume up all the way to get enough audio siginal.

This unit has a bad invertter board

you have to use the remote control for the tv not the dvr.
the dvr control likely cannot control the tv inputs programming unless you can program the correct code. and most new lcd panels don't have the correct codes for existing remotes
access using ext on the tv remote.
you may have to go into the menu and tell the tv what the ext is set to ie.. a channel or a input.

I repair alot of flat panel TVs and whenever you're dealing with a problem with OSD (on screen display) That means that the microprocessor circuit is having a problem. The microprocessor is always found on the main board of these units. So I suggest you take it to an authorized Sony repair shop to be checked out.


C-Dog