Just trashpicked a Sony KV-32S26, BPC or not?

[vinyldavid]

Originally Posted by zenith2134

Hey David, interesting to see the actual photograph and then the raster of the set in operation.

I definitely agree that you should at least reflow the solder around the HOT and flyback area. I don't know why the greyscale would be off, unless it is due to a software issue(service menu or customer 'temp' control) though since these Trinnys have AKB (auto kinescope balance) which blanks the video out when a drive difference is detected at startup or as the crt ages...blink, blink blink goes the standby LED...

Those are heavy SOBs....we have a kv-35S40 from 1999 still going strong, though I refocused it last year since it sees a ton of use. Haven't reflowed anything since it hasn't moved an inch since taken out of the box.

the first couple times I turned this on when I got it upstairs, the standby led was blinkin....

I will have a remote hopefully by this weekend, so I will go into the menus and see what I can adjust. I'll reflow the connections when I give my back a couple days rest from movin it.

And it's not terribly blue, it's just a TINY bit off from the white balance of my iMac's display I was comparing it to. I prolly would not have noticed it had it not been driven by the iMac.

[zenith2134]

By the way, any Sony TV remote will control any Sony TV. This was always a trademark of theirs. Even some VCR remotes work the sets; albeit with limited functions. Good luck.

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by vinyldavid

And it's not terribly blue, it's just a TINY bit off from the white balance of my iMac's display I was comparing it to. I prolly would not have noticed it had it not been driven by the iMac.

This difference may just be between the Mac's likely more-correct white balance/color temperature (6500 degrees K) and the Sony's default "TV white" (9300 degrees K). The Sony can probably be improved via adjustments as above.