Very faded.....tv is 7 yrs old....54 in akai projection tv

Hi Scott,
Your convergence board gone bad. You may replace the Chip and other resistor around or buy online with the board replacement. If you want to do it yourself try the availability of the board on ebay.com or shopjimmy.com.
Hope I helped you.
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PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHEN DOING THIS PROCESS!!! YOU WILL DESTROY YOUR CIRCUIT BOARD LIKE I DID IF YOU DO NOT TAKE YOUR TIME OR ARE CAREFUL!!
What you need to do is clean the CRT coolant inside the TV. Here is a forum that I SHOULD have read before doing mine:

CRT COOLANT REPLACEMENT AND CLEANING

I was lazy and not taking my time to take care in not dripping any CRT coolant and some got on my circuit board, ( I felt confident since I had changed the Blue CRT 2 years prior) and I was only able to see about 1 hour of the best viewing my TV has ever given me since it was new, it looked like a miracle had happened. My TV was "dull" as the best way to describe it, colors faded, kinda fuzzy. I briefly researched into it again to refresh my memory then jumpted right into not really taking any precautions. I got lazy and didn't take out the CRT's like I did the first time with the Blue CRT and paid the price for it. Let me tell you, theirs nothing worse than getting a perfect brand new like picture only to loose it and hour later because of carelessness. Take out the CRT's, take your time, label everything and take pics, the reward is WELL worth it. Oh ya, you can use Mineral oil instead of the coolant that they sell at stores. Its not conductive, and dose'nt damage the circuit board if u spill a little. I used Baby Oil the first time I did it and when I went back to change the green CRT this time around it was still crystal clear, no discoloration in the Blue CRT I had done 2 years prior. I hope your results come out better than mine did!!

Switching from analog to digital tuner seem to have fixed the problem. Thanks.

the dull and faded color could mean you need to change the coolant.
you could also try and adjust your convergence.

YES, THE CRTS WILL START SHOWING THEIR SIGNS OF WEAR. TO REPLACE THEM IS MORE THAN YOU PAID FOR THE SET.

I had the same problem this week. I tried the convergence thing but it was impossible to fix. I still needed the repairman. He changed two convergence units ($325, parts and labor). Then the tv was still doing the same thing. We had to adjust the convergence and now everything is perfect. You will need your converter

MUTE 1 8 2
or
MUTE 1 8 3

Look for vertical adjustment
Be careful, no factory reset if you screw up
Write down old value before adjusting

Convergence board failure. $300 repair

EBAY. Want it Now

I sounds like a bad filter in the sudio supply circuit finally took out the sound output chip or the power supply that controls the sound circuit. its a soliud state set and there are no user replaceable parts inside this set. Unless you have had solid state repair experience, please be safe and call in a pro to assost you in this repair. good Luck ps Please rate this thread