Panasonic Plasma 10 and 2 Blinks TEA1611 ETX2MM702 704 706 Power Supply TH 42 46 50 58 PZ 800 85 

we are a throw away world.norcal you saved my tv.and i thank you for that.i did this fix 2 years ago.and it's still going strong.please post more fellow

Thank you! Your repair diagnosis and fix for the 10 blinks on a Panasonic TH-46PZ80UA was very helpful. Great Job!

Just wanted to say thanks for the great video!! My TH-50PZ800U came down with the identical symptoms, and I was able to perform the repair here and fix it. For anyone else attempting, just wanted to HIGHLY recommend that you buy the capacitors norcal715 uses in the video, with the circular padded leads, as opposed to the wire axial leads. I used the latter and soldering them to the chips was the most difficult part of the process by far but thankfully i was able to get it to work.

My Panasonic TH-50PZ85U gave me the 10 blink code about a week ago. I followed your step by step instructions and everything went smoothly. My TV is back up and working again! . A few TV repair techs quoted me $250-$500. I ended up spending a total of $14. Thank you for creating this great video!

Wow! Thank God for you man! I did not test or remove any boards. I did as you said and put a resistor accross those 2 wires to be sure there was No High Voltage present. All I had to do was locate those 2 tiny capacitors and unsolder them and replaced them with 2 little 50V 1uF caps (Noteing that Neg leg was to the top.) and Bingo! The set works perfectly again! I can't thank you enough! You can stop in for a cold beer any time my friend! Thanks again! Jamey

I just finished this repair for a coworker's TV. It was a fun project. Thanks for the video! I ended up masking off the pins on the little boards with kapton tape and hitting them with the heat gun from my rework station to remove them. In fact, I did the same thing to remove the ICs as well.

If you would like to test your small hybrid board (on the bench, not in the main board) with the TEA1611 chip on it, First: **"If you do this, you do so at your own risk."** Remove the small vertical hybrid board from the main board. Locate pin 14 of the small hybrid board using the legend on the main board. Count back to pin 12, this is + or positive. Pin 9 is - or negative. The small hybrid board will need 12 Volts from a current limited supply for the test. Connect your oscilloscope common to the negative, and the probe tip to Pin 7, this pin (7) will have a 45kHz square wave on it. If this signal is present, your hybrid is working.

Another successful solder surgery! Thanks for sharing this detailed diagnosis and repair!

I changed the two capacitors only and my tv is repared! Thank you so much for virtually reparing my otherwise perfectly fine HD TV and saving me hundreds of dollars because I don't have to buy a new one.

Thank you again for making this video and putting in the needed parts. I just followed your instructions and it worked like a charm.

Thanks for posting this video, it has saved me from having to throw my Panasonic Plasma away! It started doing the 10 blinks after 3 clicks. I contacted Panasonic Australia and they told me that the 704 board is no longer produced. I tested the problem using the freeze spray and confirmed which IC was the problem. I ended up buying the IC from EBAY and the first one they sent me was faulty but the second one worked fine. A bit fiddly to take the 704 board off the TV and desolder/solder the IC but it's better than having to buy a new TV.

These IC's were incredibly difficult to un-solder without ripping off the contacts from the board... It all looked so easy on your 100x magnified video, but somehow I succeded! Thanks for saving my TV :)

Thanks for posting this - I also have a dead TH-PZ85U with the 2 blink code. I just ordered these parts and am crossing my fingers that this is the fix.

I have the 46pz80 since 2009 and i hope it never breaks lol. Thanks for the video!

I got both ic's for 16.00 for the pair. May as well change them. Thank you for all the detailed information in your video. It has been more helpful then the service manual I have.

I have worked on a LOT of electronic componets and devices but Never have I had such a challenging experience. I was able to succesfully repair my 50" Plazma with this videos help. Thank you sooo much. By the way, YOU ARE THE MAN! you make this look so easy and it is anything but. :-)

Thanks for the video! TV Repairman quoted me $500 to fix my TV, instead I bought a soldering Iron for 15 bucks, replaced the IC's and fixed it all for less than $50 bucks. And i learned a new skill, never solder'd before in my life

panasonic plasma TH42PZ80U. I replaced only the 2 capacitors with two 1uf/50 volts poly film caps (not the IC's as shown in the video). I had the 10 then 2 blink error codes. This worked perfectly. Thanks so much for this video on how to do it.

You are awesome. Thank you so much for this video. Just saved my TH50PZ85U because of you (and a buddy of mine who's really good at soldering.)

Masessum1, if I could send you a beer, I would. You saved me a lot of time with the tip on removing just the cap.. So far so good. THANKS Man!

could you share how exactly did you remove MC201 and MC201 circuits from main board? Your video is great but it skips this step.

Well after much research and watching/ reading what I could find about the dreaded 10 blinks. I ruled out other items. And after reading something in the comments here got me thinking. I decided to take the path of least resistance here I think. I did not try the freeze test although this was on my list to try if this didn't work. However what I did ultimately was to simply remove the extremely tiny caps next to the IC's. On both MC201 and MC301. PRESTO working TV. Just that simply. I have ordered replacement caps and will attempt to solder new ones in place. Thank you to each and everyone who made comments and contributed this this topic. The INTERNET is a wild and wonderful place if you know where to look. Keep up the great work.

Thanks for doing these vids btw. you are ridiculously good at it. extremely helpful

I have the same TV, and although it still works great, I'm wouldn't be surprised that it will quit soon because of the same problem. I have worked on TVs for over 30 years, but have always had trouble soldering very small surface mounts such as in the video, without damaging the ckt board. I'm in my 60s, and my eyesight just isn't good enough to do such small soldering. I must say the person in the video has a very steady hand and good soldering skills for surface mount components. Thanks

Fantastic video, thank you so much. Will be trying to fix my TV shorty. Just waiting to see if I can get away with just changing the caps rather than the ic's too based on Glynn's post below. Thanks again.

Thanks for posting! I was sweating I'd have to replace the whole power supply. I didn't even need to swap the IC (which would have been a pain to track down a seller for). I swapped out the tiny cap for a 1uF 50v electrolytic from Radio Shack for a whopping $1 and I'm back in business!

Hi norcal715. I am Miducuast. Since I don't have a workshop like you, I did follow your instructions and sucessfully repair or fixed my Panasonic TH-50PZ80U. I did your diagnostic and after that I replace the damaged parts like you do in the video and now it's perfectly working. Thanks a lot!!!! I was able to fix it in my own. Again without a workshop like your do. I hope you can read my message!!!

Best repair video's!! Thank You thank you!! Logical order with great detail & get to the point..

Another 50PZ800A saved from the bin ! Thanks a heap !!!

This man is great repair technician ,i see you have great experiance in repairing . thank you for sharing you knowledge, pls upload more videos we are following you, regards!

Thanks you very much. Carried out repairs and now have happy wife again and I got my man cave flat panel back :) Cheers

this was awesome. thanks so much for making this video. my tv is fixed!

My TH-C46fD18 had 10 blink code . I Did the cold test and it passed . I just replaced the small de -coupler Cap as mentioned in the comments below by Gary Spencser. I went to Fry's and bought the 1 uf 50v Non polarized Electrolytic Capacitors 79 cents each they are bigger and easier to hold and after 3 days so far so good. I left the IC board on the main board. I might add that you need a steady hand, good light, good magnifier glass and a pencil point soldiering iron. It is by far NOT as easy as Nocal715 makes it look he is a real pro. Thanks for the great video

Smashing repair! Great video as always from you. Your knowledge is rock. Regards,

I've fixed over 30 of these over the years. The IC's never fail. It's only the small caps. You have to remove the old ones, not just tack the new one over the old. The caps start to conduct, or leak, loading down the circuit. I've never had to replace the IC.

Do you know what to cool on the TH-50px80u to see if I can identify that failing part? My tv suts off almost immediately then starts blinking the 2 code (15V SOS). Thanks.

hiii norcal, by which the MC201 and MC301 breakdown by excessive heat? new welded components are best? thanks

I have a Panasonic TH-46PZ8OU that was powering up intermittenly. Eventually it went out and I would get the two blinks after i hit the power button with no screen. I changed out the TEA1611T and the capacitor on both the MC201/301 boards and it works like a champ! I ordered the parts off of ebay and it cost me $11.00. Thanks for the help.

Hello. Please make me understand how FAN6755U from a stby power suply Panasonic TX-P50X50E work.I PUT A NEW ONE BUT DON.T START .Thanck you

Hey Bafury sutto will ur kit work for a Panasonic High Definition Plasma TH-50PZ80U? And if it does how easy is it to install?

many thanks for the great video, i just removed the cap and TV started working, so just replaced it with a through hole 1uF 50v monolithic with some high temp Silicon to hold it in place. Seems to be good. thanks again

Do you see the green LED's on the SC and SS boards? They normally light dim. Do you have VSUS voltage? No blink codes at all?

This is a great video and it fixed our problem! Thank you. Thumbs up!

Thanks for your reply Garry. The model number is TH50PZ80BA. As stated in my post no amount of freeze spray will activate the psu it just continues with the 2 blink fault code. The 15v does appear for a fraction of a second on pin 1 of P7. I am wondering if in this case the D board is at fault ( giving wrong diagnostic). The training manual states that if 15v is not present on pin 1 of P7 the fault lies with the P board. If 15v is present on pin 1 of P7 the fault lies with the D board. In this case the 15v is present but switches off almost immediately.

Thank you, My tv is repaired because of you.

I had the same flashing red led, I use my "electric contact spray" on the circuit like you did and at the moment is working. I´ll wait untill it goes again then I will repear it. Thank you for the video, waas very helpfull.

I have this problem and first relaced the three capacitors on the Y-SUS (900uf 220v) as they were swollen. I then replaced the two TEA1611T chips and 1uf 50v capacitors as shown in your clip. Sadly there's no change which is typically my bad luck as this fault seems so common on this model. I have tripple checked my soldering and all looks fine, I did take antstatic precautions whild handling the chips. Any other ideas would be welcom. I have considered removing the Y-SUS connector to see if the voltage on the PSU comes up. Thanks, Dave.

Great video! Thanks for making it. I just saved few hundred dollars on a new TV

After disassembly and testing the boards using the Canned Air Cooling method shown, I'm still getting the 3 Clicks and a failed Standby Self Check which leads to the Power Light flashing 10 times. Anything else I can check or test before closing the back of it up again and tossing it in the trash?

Hi I have a TH50PZ850AZ with a 13 blink code, you hear 2 relay click the power light flash green then goes solid green then the TV turns off and blinks red 13 times till you press the power switch. This happen after the the power went off and the ups was under rated to run the system, the TVNZ was trying to start but couldn't, I unplug the TVNZ as quick as I could but not soon enough as it appears. I did find a post about unplugging A52 but can't find that plug, found A51 and A52 though.

HI thanks for the great demo. My TH-50PZ800U will not start when I click the power button either on TV or remote. There is no light no blink at all. This happened when I just replace my Verizon router and then noticed that the TV set top box power button blinking itself without me starting it. Disconnect the TV box and tried again using TV remote or power button on TV, There is not life sign at all. Can you think of a possible cause of this? Do I need a now power board? Thanks for advise. Barry

I have been getting Dry Joints on these small boards now. Soldering all the smd components is a pain but fixes it sometimes if the Ic & Capacitors don't fix it.

Have a 2010 Panasonic TC-50G15 model. My power board doesn't have the little chip boards to cool. I get the 2 blink code after power button push and hear 2 clicks pause then third click. Help please

Thanks for the wonderful video and explanation. here is my 2 cents and experience. I stay in an apartment and have no garage to repair the tv. If can do it so can any of you, this was my first soldering experience and i was very doubtful and fidgety, but the video was of great help and the tv is now working, i just replaced the caps. also since no garage i did with the whole tv set on my mattress and did not remove any boards from anywhere, in place. it was kind of hard definitely recommend a magnifying glass. replaced with a 1uf 50v from frys, and did not replace the ic. things in the video look bigger than they actually are in real life. i did not expect such a small cap, my repcaement cap was much bigger ;)... removing it was kinda hard but the putting in the new cap was even harder. but definitely it can be done.

I have this problem with my TV. I'm going to attempt the repair but was wondering about the 10W resistor load that is used to discharge the big capacitors. When do you discharge the capacitors? I'm confused because he does it at the end of the job. I would have thought you do it before you start working on it...

Thanks so much for this info could someone give me the part number on the capacitor that is replaced also. thanks

Is it necessary to change the chips too or can you just change the caps

I keep saying NORCAL715 You are the best! and I mean that literally. Great video as always...my man of business.

I have a TH-R42PY80 with this problem. Also it's HDMi dont work after using a failed cable box (all ports behave like there is no signal). Is there some protection on the HDMI ports or it's now wasted? Great video, thanks.

HI, I order the parts for my panasonic th-50pz80u I did everything in this video and i still have the same problem, could it be something else, i checked all the caps and they all look good, TIA

You are my hero! My only question is, what made you suspect the capacitor was faulty?

I will try and find the part numbers in the future. Thanks

Thank you for helping me save my Panasonic th-46pz80u!!

I was about to throw it out but I just found out what is wrong with my old 42PZ81 thanks to this video!!! Thank you!! Can't repair it myself but now I can find someone who'll do it for cheap :-D

Great tutorial, I am new to TV repair and my first is a 2004 Pioneer PDP-504CMX with a shutdown green light sequence of 8. When turning on with the back panel off, I can hear a quick double click, a red & green light on the digital video Assembly board, a hum, fans start and stop, and then another click (sounds like a relay), but then the Plasma goes into shutdown with the 8 green blinks. Can you help me locate the problem. I have the technical manuals and will receive an Ebay remote in the mail shortly, what I cannot find is an inexpensive ARP3242 manual (schematics). Thank you for all of you help. Jerry

So this is a guaranteed fix? I have seen other boards be pointed as the problem online and not the power supply. My TH-42PZ85U blinks 10 times and won't come on. At first i was able to unplug all video sources and power for a bit. Plug power back in and it would work again. about 10 times and now it won't at all. Just blinks.

Just try replacing the capacitors and the chip but i may have damage one of the board on the capacitor connect ... :( it still do the 3 click and the 10 blinking. I have a TH-46PZ80U 2008 power supply ETX2MM704MG. Can we order the MC201 and MC 301 anywhere or from Panasonic ?

One of the best repair videos ever. Great audio and video plus a step by step guide. Thank you

How thick is the black line.? Poss one of the lower drive boards but most likely a panel drive problem(complete plasma panel)

Awesome video!! I was going to throw out my set, now I will try to see if it is the IC chips. Where is the best place to buy the replacement parts?

Hi, I have the Panasonic TH-42PX6U and when plugged hear 3 clicks, the when I push button to turn on see the fans turn on and see menu on picture but like 5 second turn off all and see 11 blinks. Then push again button on/off but nothing. When unplugged and plugged, repeat over again

will this process work on any are of the board. cus this didnt diagnose it for me

Thanks Norcal! You are awesome for making this video... my question, I already ordered the IC chips.. are the capacitors....... I know nothing about electronics, does it matter which I order or is it required that I replace those?

Nice video ! Learned a lot !

I did try to freeze the TEA1611T on both chips, after pushing power button, I get one click sound , then 2 blinks starts. Your video is awesome by the way, seems to be helping tons of people to fix this problematic panasonic!

Hi if got a panasonic TX-55DX600B with continus blinking any idea?

I've got a TH-42PZ80U, tried to test the power supply using the compressed air and I do not get the proper clicks. TV continues to blink 10 times. Is it definitely the power supply that needs to be replaced or another part? Thank you.

is TH-42pv8h had this same problem?

Good video great editing. You have better eyes than I do.

Hi, Thank you for posting this video. I took my TH-C50FD18 to the shop today. It has the 10 blink code. They said $65 to examine it, and that would be applied to the repair cost. If they say $400 to fix it, I think that is too much considering the price and quality I can get with a new TV these days. Do you have advice for someone who does not have equipment to solider this small piece an fix it. Is it possible for a novice to simply replace the whole board, or is that too advanced? If so, what is the part number. Thanks. Van.

Great video. This guy makes it look easy, he should have been a surgeon. It wasn't easy but I diagnosed the problem and replaced the two chips and capacitors and my TV works. This is what makes the internet great.

I have a panasonic viera tc-p50s2. 4 years old. Turned. Now 10 blinks. Uplugged, changed power source, cleaned dust with no results. Can you assist. If need to replace an A board where c do.i get it

Hi, I'm hoping you can help. I was given a tv from a friend here in the UK. They must have watched your video and removed a capacitor from the MC301 driver board. However, this power supply is a ETX2MM681F / 681M The Thermal fuse under T201 had blown. I found a manual but it doesn't give the driver board circuit. I removed the same cap from the MC201 and it measures 220 nf. It connects to the TEA1610T pin 9 (signal ground) Is should the cap be 220nf? 50volt? Many thanks in advance john

What could be the touble if green lights blinks 3x,in panasonic viera lcd tv?

I have panasonic TH- 50PE8U, it blinking 13 times wat do you think is the problem. ?

Great video, where is a good place to get parts for these?

Hi Gary, its great that people like youself take time to pass on your knowledge, thanks. I have a Panasnonic TH-50PZ80B, when powered on from front button there are two clicks, the green light flashes the fans come on, the green leds on the boards come on and the front green light goes to solid ......but no picture or sound! (theres no sign of a red standby light no matter what i try. Can you give me any ideas?

Dude, you're stupid good at surface mount soldering. You make it look so easy AND you have a camera blocking most of what you are working on. Would you be able to post some soldering tutorials for us or maybe just some things we can practice to get better? Keep up the good work.

What wattage is your iron? Or, if you have an adjustable unit, what it is set at? I don't want to mess up the tiny board or any of the mini components on it. I am about to attempt this on a Vizio VP504. No blink code, just the VIZIO led lighting up to orange and staying that way. I have read that others have had success with this repair on this unit with these symptoms.

I had this issue a couple years ago, and I'd drilled down to the MC module (took me about a month off and on to troubleshoot it). I replaced the ceramic cap with an identical cap, and the TV's been running fine since then.

what solder wire your using?? lead free??? do all Lcd uses lead free solder like in the ps3??

Can you buy the mc301 board with the new chip on it already?

I have a TH46PZ85UA with the 704MGL power board, and having 10 blinks before the power button. I did the "chill" test on 301 and it started up. If that means the 15V was the problem, can I just fix the 301 board? or, do I still have to do both?

Hi norcal715!! What kind of soldering tool do you use in this video? Do you use the electrical one, the gas one or the rework one with hot air??? Thanks!!!

Great video but I need some advise. I have a Panasonic TH-42PZ85U and when I plug it in it passes the 15 volt test with 2 quick clicks followed by 1 click. When I then turn it on it comes on for about 5 - 10 secs and turns off as the power LED blinks 11 times. What could be the issue you think? Really appreciate any help, thanks!

Thanks for this tutorial, it helped me getting the tv going again (without the back cover). I've read somewhere else on the net that just removing the capacitors will fix the issue. Can you comment on how this might work? Or if it is unwise to do so?

i just replaced the IC on the one board with no improvement, however both original and new IC when chilled will allow the TV to power up. Those surface mount capacitor(s) should be replaced next?

So, I installed two new capacitors and the tv turned on with no problems at all. While basking in my glory it obviously had to make a clicking noise and turn itself off. I unplugged it and then plugged it back in and now gives me three clicks and then ten blinks again. I took a closer look at my newly installed caps and notice that the positive side on the mc201 came unsoldered. Did I just fry this whole tv or should I try again with new caps?

Norcal, I have the 2 blink red led on TH-50PF11UK....if I press and hold power for 10 seconds, TV will turn on and operate, until shut down and attempted to turn back on. Also, unplugged HDMI, power, and swapped cable box from input 2b to 2a, which allowed TV to operate as normal for one day, and now back to the 2 blink red LED....any thoughts as to board failure this issue this replicates? Thanks in advance!

Thank you for the great video.