The colour on my television goes green after it has been on a short while, it starts with a flickering and eventually the whole picture goes green, will i be able to fix it myslef or will i have to take it to be mended.

Janet, April 2004

hey how do you fix the color gun ? how much did it cost if you took it to a repair man?

ted, June 2004

hey i got the same exact problem exept the color goes red. and it takes 5 minutes to get to wear evry color is inverted could it be my vcr even though my old tv work just fine near it?

ted, June 2004

thanks for your replies it was the colour gun

janet, June 2004

Magnets/magnetic fields can cause staining of this type, but is usally - if not always - accompanied with a purple colour too. If the whole screen has gone a consistant green chances are it's not a magnetic problem...it could be that the scart is not correctly connected (can also cause yellow or red picture!) when using SKY, DVD etc. More likely though is that one of the colour 'guns' inside is shot. Get a quote, as fixing it yourself could be troublesome. (If it is magnetic staining you can get it degaussed by a repair man. Also have the auto degauss circuit checked on the TV).

Jules, June 2004

do you have speakers near your tv? if you do try moving them. could also be caused by vcr, sky box or dvd player being too close. the magnets in the other appliances cause the green colour. the colour should come back when you move the offending appliance, turn tv off and back on again.

Janice Watt, April 2004