My Sony Bravia has no colour, and the black and white is so dark you can't see the picture. It is less than 1 year old model # KDL-46S5100

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Hi,
A faulty Tcon board is often found responsible for wrong colour type faults. Some times the main board is also found faulty. If it has happened all of a sudden, it is not aging.

I would check the menu settings and reset everything to default. if there are calibration tests in the menu, use them. Try more than one source for video.

I have a sony bravia kdl 40v 5100 for less than two years and i did not purchased an extended warranty and now my tv is down.
I have no picture, no sound just a black screen when i turn the power on, the power (green) light is lite up and the tv turns off by itself for like less than 30 seconds. I have tried to press as many buttons on the remote control and on the side of the TV to get any message but nothing seem to happen. Any suggestions and solutions? Thanks

Your Sony Bravia KDL-46S5100 might have been affected and damaged by the lightning strike. You cannot fix it without the help of qualified technician. It must be brought to your nearest service center.

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I bought Sony Color Bravia TV 60 inch, moved with it Kenya, Africa, when i try to tune the color is not coming. I can only get black and white. Please anybody with idea on how to change it for Africa (Kenya). Model:KDL-52SS100. My e-mail. [email protected]

CALL SONY NUMBER SHOULD BE UNDER SUPPORT ON YOUR MENU SYSTEM MIGHT NEED SOFTWARE UPGRADE THEY CAN SEND YOU ONE SHOULD HAVE USB INTERFACE. ALSO IF YOU ARE ON CABLE TRY RESCANNING CHANNELS IF YOUR ON SATELLITE MAKE SURE CC IS IS SET ON, ON SAT REC

You should have a 1 year warranty from Sony. Call them before it expires. This is probably a LCD panel issue.

Hi there,

I've been looking into this myself as I've also recently purchased the KDL-40W4000. I was watching a murky old film and was getting a bit of sludgy ghosting but found that by reducing the contrast to 25, setting the backlight on low, colour on neutral and the brightness about 40-60 (and taking ALL advanced noise functions off), this reduced the ghosting considerably.

BUT, this is quite a cool and dark image. If you watch standard TV and films mainly, a variation of the Cinema setting is probably the best overall setting i.e.

backlight: min
contrast: 79
brightness: 50
colour: 53
colour temp: Warm 2 (although Warm 1 is less yellow and still fine)
sharpness: min
noise reduction: off
mpeg nr: off
contrast enhancer: off
colour space: standard

Ben, UK