I have a Sony PFM-42B1E, I switch it on and it powers up for a couple of seconds with a flash of snow on the screen then power light flashes 3 times, I opened it up and disconnected the ribbon power cable from the board with all the input/output sockets on and switched it on again and the fans and everything stayed on as normal but obviously no display. Any Suggestions please?

when pluggin power it turns on and immediately move to standby

you should change it from hdmi to cable. You can do it only on a hdmi tv when you do that you can use it for the pfm-42b1e because i had the same problem too. when you plug your ps3 to a hdmi tv you go to settings-display settings- video output settings than you change it to av multi. After you do that you can use it on pfm-42b1e

Count the flashes - This is an error code - Usually between 1 and 6 flashes followed by a pause.

Count the flashes this is an error code. [email protected]

Does the red standby light flash ?? If so count the flashes and see my error code section.

I have a sony tv PFM-42B1 when I turn it on it go to standby an a red light flash I count count 14 time but I heard that it only support to flash 1 to 6 time how do count the flash

http://forums.futura-sciences.com/attachments/depannage/56514d1222941113-plasma-sony-pfm42b1e-sony-pfm42b1e-plasma-tv-sm.pdf

STBY LED flashes

2 times pcb X SUS TEMP (DD CON

3 times pcb Y SUS TEMP (I/O Block)

4 times Center TEMP

5 times Digital 5 volts

6 times PANEL FAIL (PDP)


try unplugging it for a while, from other forums looks like they sent them back to sony for repair

Howdy, I guess you're talkin' about a : Sony PFM-500A2W Plasma screen ?? The fault-codes your talkin'about " 12/22 " + continue re-starting " is a common problem with those plasma screens. It gives an " low power " message on the PDP module . We started today a discussion-group at google.com to get a clear picture at the Sony. We allso placed a " fault-code " list , so users can see what those codes are standing for. The main target of the discussion-group is ..... sharing knowlegde and information about the Sony PFM-500A2W. Schematics Problem solving fault finding Where to get any kind of parts. Print layouts etc. etc. The followin' link shows the discussion group. Please give us some time to startup the group. So don't give up any hope ;-) http://groups.google.com/group/SONY_PFM-500A2W Best regards , EuroNet 2000 The Netherlands