Sony KDS-R60XBR1 60" Projection HDTV - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

The lamp for this model number is XL-5100 Before ordering the lamp, I would inspect the inside of the TV, be certain that the three fans are clean and free from dust. Often if a fan does not start the first time it may start on a restart. Due to the nature of televisions operating, dust seems drawn to these TV's. Cleaning the fans might correct your issue.

Sorry to hear this, but your optical block has failed. Sony replaced a ton of these under warranty and then extended the warranty on these SXRD sets so they could replace many more. They even replaced the sets with LCD sets after a class action law suite. This was a "black eye" for Sony TVs and they stopped making the SXRD sets. Your set is vintage 2006 and there is no longer a warranty. You could replace the optical block with a rebuilt one, but the cost would be about the same as getting a new 60" LCD. I would suggest you do the latter.

There is nothing in the TV that should cause this. It sounds like a cable box/DVR problem.

Those are retrace lines from too bright a picture. If you can't get them to go away with the brightness control then a repair is necessary

Thats caused by a shorted audio circuit. Replacing the K board will solve that issue. You can get the replacement K board from the following link scroll down to the bottom of the page and you will see the K board listed. They also have installation assistance if you need it.http://www.tvrepairworld.com/sony_circuit_boards/sony_dlp_circuit_boards

Samsung LN46A580P6FX On the main board, IC104 (Part #SPX1587AT) is a 3.3VDC to 1.8VDC regulator. When this IC fails, the 1.8VDC drops substantially when the TV is turned on. After five minutes or so, the unit operates fine. This IC can be purchased from digikey for about $1.80. Another fix is to attach a 1000uF 10 volts capacitor from ground to the DC source of this IC. I used a 1000uF 50V (overkill) for proof of concept. See attached pictures.

The tv is not the problem it's the elgato, during the setup it changed settings on the PS3. The problem can be fixed by changing display settings on the elgato software.

You have a bad optical engine. This is a really good tv. This was caused by overheating. Tv is full of dust or in a cabinet. Its worth repairing. I would contact a local tv repairman. this is not a job a consumer could do,

if it was working ok before then ring up and complain and get him back as he did not do the installation properly.

Sounds like your light engine might have broken. Its around a $400 fix and I noticed Tri-State is having a sell on there about 341 its easy to replace it here is the link http://www.tristatemodule.com/casearch.aspx?SearchTerm=kds-r60xbr1&asug=&view=grid&lang=en

That model should blink a series of blinks for an error code. Let me know how many blinks and I will assist with the issue.

When was the lamp this model uses for brightness last replaced? These as a rule have a 2,000 hour or 2 year average lifespan and many just before they fail will go darker, picture will come up slower and be a bit dim.

The info does not tell what is wrong---set has more than one fuse and if dead the set may still have lights on the front that light or blink (red one) in a specific sequence--5 blinks, pause and 5 blink etc.A bit more info is needed to assist you.

If it has a lamp that has not been replaced in a long time it may be that---if it turns on slow and is somewhat dim that points to a lamp that is about to fail---set detects if lamp not full up or bright enough etc.

you have a power supply problem. The red lights indicates a power source failure. Probably a chip failure that is drawing too much power... needs a good tech guy to isolate the problem...

AKB is auto kine bias---means a problem related to one of the three picture tubes or the boards connected to each---if it showed in error buffer with a number to the right that is the number of times the error has been detected.

Try putting in a DVD or VCR tape..if they don't make any sound either...than you have probably blown an audio board fuse... But I bet that they will have sound which in that case the problem is more than likely the cable ITSELF not the box... the cable that carries the signal your tv has video on one wire and audio on another.. then sheilding etc.. it's probably got a short in audio ( I have seen brand new cables to do this so even if it looks ok try different one.) if that don't work... hook a different tv up at that location and see what happens... and then it's to call cable company to come fix the box which probably blew up scrambler... which would show that the output is working fine but unfortunately your tv is not able to dis cipher the audio because it's a tv not a cable decoding device...I hope that helps you.

A 4 blink error means that you have a fan issue. Make sure fans are not clogged with dust or debree. If fans are free of debree replace the fan that is not spinning. There are 4 fans. 1 on the right. 1 on the left. 1 on the top and 1 on the back behind a metal shield.

This could be a issue in the set or from a box if one is used for signal--try unplugging set, a box if used and a receiver if used for a while---plug back and see if a reboot of the units solves this or not.If the box is used try if it has them the audio/video outs from the box to the rear audio/video inputs on set to see if same issue.

Question is not understood---what exactly are you trying to do?