For the "do-it-yourselfers", my TV made a low humming almost groaning sound and then I heard a small pop and then the TV turned off. The lamp light and then all 3 lights were blinking simultaneously.
I thought the lamp had blown out but "noooooo."
After replacing the lamp and proudly telling the wife to "watch" on how I saved us a service call, I dug deeper and found the color wheel had shattered in half.
Not to be outdone and after watching a few Youtube videos on some dude replacing a color wheel, I said to myself "why not?"
The TV looked GREAT after I replaced the bulb and color wheel. I even did a little clean up while I had the TV dis-embowled.
If anyone needs parts go to
http://www.discount-merchant.com/
These people rock and have the best prices and service (and no I am not an employee.)
Anyway, I got into the TV area reserved for the service techs. I did not tweak anything other than Options or Service. I hit some sort of reset and now I am screwed (no signal) and am looking like caca in front of the wife. She had asked me if I knew if I was doing and I said "no"
(at least I was honest this time)
If there is a TV service guru who can bail me out - talk to me.
Gracias in advance and may the lottery gods smile your way !!!
