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I have a Sony KDL-40V2500 LCD 1080P TV there is no picture the

Red flash blinks 4 times! Do you now what is happening with my tv? Thanks

  • bdillard Dec 14, 2008

    I have the same problem, 4 blinking lights and no picture. I took the back off to look for the backlight inverter. What does it look like and do you have a website where I can purchase the parts needed? Thank you

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A 4 flash shutdown indicates a backlight problem. It can be acused by a bad backlight inverter board (the backlight power supply) or by a defective backlight in the panel. There are fuses on the backlight inverter board called "picofuses" which will need to be checked in order to isolate the problem to the board or the panel. If the fuses are good, you have to replace the panel (very expensive!). If the fuses are opne, most likely the back light inverter board has failed.

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