Official Panasonic 2011 TC-PxxST30 Thread [No Price Talk] - Page 278

Ethernet failure?

Yesterday I had no network connection. I am wired into a switch which then runs to a Linksys router which then runs to a Verizon router, all cat5. TV is DHCP.

I rebooted the local switch, nothing. I connected from the TV to the Verizon router directly, no IP received. I manually set the IP, no internet connection was able to be made. Link lights on all router ports as appropriate.

Pulled the plug on the tv, waited a minuted and powered up. All ok, DHCP.

Today it did it again. This time nothing worked, at first. I did all of the above with no luck. I then again rebooted the local switch and it started working.

Of course warranty expired a week ago and the credit card that I thought had an extra year warranty program turns out to not have it.

I haven't tried the wireless dongle.

Has anyone had or heard of similar problems? I can't imagine that something as basic and mature as a network interface card would fail.

Thanks.

You would want to upgrade to an ST50 (which is superior to the ST30). The ST60 is around the corner, but at this time it doesn't appear to be substantially different than the ST50 and will be priced higher initially. Of course, we'll have to wait and see what the reviews and calibrators say about it.

To anyone with the green tinge/blob issue:

I bought a 65ST30 in Jan of 2011. I immediately noticed the green tinge issue. I called Panasonic and got the run around for hours on the phone. It was so bad, I had to hang up. In March/April of 2012 I moved and put the TV in it's permanent mounting spot. During that time, I found that I could eliminate most of the green/pinkish artifacts through my own 'calibration'. The setting that seemed to help me the most was somewhere under HDMI, where the type was set to GRAPHICS. I could tell this made a positive difference in the XMB menu of my PS3. There's one yellowish background color that brings this defect out so it's easy to see. Changing that HDMI setting mitigates it. I still see, on some material, skin tones that look sickly and clay like. Not on all material and not as bad as it was before my tweaking, but I can see it every once in a while. Up until now I've just been living with it

Fast forward to a few weeks ago and I had to call Panasonic about a buzzing noise that was getting obnoxious. They replaced one of the power boards, but that didn't fix the issue. Come to find out the motherboard screws needed to be tightened (which I read online but I didn't want to mention to the tech right away). I mentioned the issue with the green tinge, because my warranty was up in less than a week. Of course, Panasonic never heard of this issue (yeah..). They are offering to 'maybe' replace the panel. They will come and take my TV back to the shop with them (which is scary enough by itself because the tech almost scratched the TV against my brick fireplace mantle) and most likely keep it for a week.

So, here's my dilemma....suck it up and live with it, or play the Panasonic shuffle and hope that the new panel resolves the issue. From what I've read over the years, that's probably a losing bet. What I envision is a new panel comes in, they bring it back to my house, I noticed it hasn't been fixed and we have to do this whole new dance all over again. And then to add insult to injury, I may have a panel with worse issues than I already have.

Is there anyone out there that has had this issue fixed recently by replacing the panel? If not, I think I my best bet is just to close the case and live with it. If there enough people out there that have had success, it *may* be worth a shot.

Thoughts?

right,Originally I was debating between the ST or the GT but since they don't have the ISF mode, i'm more leaning towards the VT mode.

I had my panel replaced (I got red flash of death, they didn't replace it for the tinge), and the new one had the exact same issue as before; greenish tint over most of the middle, and pink on the sides. The pattern was different too, so I know it was the panel. I wouldn't risk it, from what I've read over the last couple of years, I'm pretty sure that most all 2011 panny's had the problem. Most people probably just never noticed. If I weren't regularly putting white screens up on it with my HTPC, I probably would have never noticed either. I will say though, that calibrating the display helps quite a bit. I have an i1D3, and after figuring out how to use it, I can say that any problems I have with the picture (other than on a solid white screen) aren't related to the green/pink tinge issue.

Also, there's a somewhat different issue with my set, that involves green luminence being too high with Warm 2 and red luminance being too low. I found this to be what was actually responsible for peoples skin tones having an occasional greenish tone. Don't ask me why, but when I calibrated Normal instead of Warm 2, the luminance of all 3 colors was fine. I ended up with an under-saturated blue instead, but I find any problems this produces to be much easier to deal with than random things being tinted green.

D-Nice's settings will be worthless with the Normal preset, you'll need a meter to get good settings. I'd post mine, but I calibrated my SM so that Cinema would be accurate too, so my custom pro settings wont do anyone any good.
Edited by ttnuagmada - 2/17/13 at 3:21am

Thats interesting about the normal temp cal i have great skin tones most of the time but do get an ocassional green tint seems program specific. may have to try that approach but pretty sure i am upgrading to a new set in a few weeks :-)

I'll try the Normal setting next time I'm bored. Thanks for that tip.

I think I'm just going to have Panasonic close the service call and not take the chance with getting a panel that's worse, or having them keep my TV for an extended period while they keep swapping panels ...until they come to the conclusion that they all do it.

I was hoping to get an upgrade out of it...and was hoping that the cost of replacing the panel wouldn't be worth it to Panasonic.

Hmmm decisions decisions.

can anyone help me out here... i use my ST30 with a HTPC .... how do I get the display set for 24p playback? it is grayed out in the menu settings,,, it is more of a function of setting the nvidia setting in the HTPC to 24p first? When I set the nvidia settings to 24p the picture is lousy. Lots of motion blur and judder.

I am using MadVR, Reclock and MPC-HC

I am using a Nvidia GT640 video card.

Youd have to set your GPU to output 1080p24.

If you got the newest version of MadVR, it finally has motion smoothing that makes 24fps content look as good at 60hz as it would at 24hz. The 48hz mode on the ST30 is useless for anything other than 3D blu-rays. way too much flicker.

so after i set up the nvidia to 24p I change the settings in the TV menu? I will go do that and see if the selecting is still grayed out.

Yes I love MadVR so far.

The only way that you're going to get real 24hz playback on the ST30 is with 48hz mode, and you won't like it, the flicker is very noticeable. Outputting 24hz and letting the TV do 3:2 pulldown works fine, or outputting 60hz and letting MadVR do frame smoothing works fine as well. MadVR without frame smoothing with 60hz has some judder problems though, which I imagine is what has you trying to figure this out.

I've played with this quite a bit, and my recommendation is to get the latest MadVR and enable frame smoothing with 60hz output.

The selection you're talking about will only give you the option of 60hz and 48hz mode.

How come blu rays on my ps3 flicker at 24hz.???? I thought 24 was the native, way to much flicker.

This has nothing to do with the PS3 this is related to the Panny TV which flickers at 24, a known problem in this Panny model.

So best to have it at 60hz then?

If the flickering bothers you yes it is better to set it to 60hz

60hz looks great on my 65ST30. There has been some debate about whether to set your Blu-ray player to 24 or 60hz as either the player or tv will have to do the 3:2 pull down. I figure let my Oppo 103 do it so I send 60hz to the set.

I tried to fix the buzzing on my ST30 by replacing the SS board, and I did, but a new problem cropped up. When I put in the new SS board, I started to get red snow/static. At other times the snow is blue. And at still other times the snow is green.

This only happens are the far right and far left side of the screen. And it doesn't always happen.

I replaced the original SS board that caused the buzzing, but the snow/static effect is still present. The question is, did I do something wrong that screwed things up? If so (or not), what is the likely cause of the problem. And how can I fix it?

Thanks in advance!

I ran into an issue with viera-link last night and was hoping someone has figured this out already.
I have a 65st30 linked to my pioneer 1121 , I also have the panasonic bdt220 hooked up

When I turned the receiver to take input from the bluray everything showed up great on the tv and a little MSG came up that said vieralink active(or something similar). Great I thought and I started to control the bluray menu system with the tv remote. All worked well. Then I played the Blu-ray Disc and on the bottom right a little help icon with the different functions of the control pad was displayed. For example the ok button on the pad played while the up paused and down stopped the disc. It all worked fine. So far so good. To close the little help icon I had to press return on the tv remote. I did this and a message comes up saying press option to get back to controlling the bluray and have the little help icon come up.

Problem was I don't see an option button on my tv remote. Everything else is there but no option! I tried pressing almost all the buttons but could not get back the icon. Without the icon on the screen the d-pad no longer controlled the Blu-ray.

Anyone run into this and know what I'm supposed to do?

I had no issue with my 60" ST30 buzzing till tonight. For some reals tonight it got louder. Now when watching TV with the volume (on the tv) at 35 I could still heard the buzzing!!! I am sitting 7 feet away amd the buzzing is driving me nuts!!! I know all plasma buzz, but I never had an issue with it for the past 2 yrs. Had anyone with this panel had this issue, meaning it was fine for the first yr or two, and then all of a sudden buzzing started? I had square trade (warranty) just wondering will they come out for this issue? Thank

Dazz, there has been a lot of info about buzzing plasmas on AVS. Do a search for info. I have had a 65V10 for 3 years with no hint of buzzing. I also have a 55ST30 at my mountain cabin which is at 7000+ ft, which supposedly would add to the buzzing potential due to altitude, no buzzing. If you had no issues for until it has been used for quite some timeit could be that some of the internal circuits boards screws have loosened allowing the buzz. Have it checked it should be covered. A buzz is not normal or acceptable. If I had one it would drive me crazy also!

30 mins after posting the issue, the buzzing completely stop..... It eventually came back and it lasted about 5 minutes. An hour later it came back again. No buzzing all day today. Will call squaretrade.

I have this same problem. I've heard from a couple online sources that it is the main power input transistor for the TV. Supposedly there was a manufacturing defect that was pretty prevalent in the transistors used for these models. The transistor actually cracks after a certain length of time and the buzzing is caused by the frequency response of the cracked casing rubbing against itself. It is linked to the white content of the screent, but I have not found a very satisfactory explanation for why this is yet. I imagine it has something to do with the frequency and/or power requirements required by white color on the screen, but I'm not 100% sure.

Did you eventually get this repaired? What was it in your TV?

I am trying to track down the part number for a replacement transistor but I haven't found it yet. Does anyone have any more information about this?

I think I just got bit by a similar issue - buzzing when I first turn the TV on, pitch/volume based on content (lots of white = high pitch / volume, all black = silence), goes away once TV has been on for a short while. Started 1 week ago. TV has been perfect since I bought it otherwise (January 2012 purchase). Getting ready to call Panasonic to see what they say I think. This doesn't sound like the "loose motherboard screw" buzz that others have easily fixed, although I may have to give that a try.

This is exactly what my ST30 did. I purchased mine in Feb of 2012. There was a little buzzing back then but it progressively got worse. I would sit over ten feet away and the buzzing would be so loud I couldn't hear the TV. Some times it would go away. A tech came out and replaced one of the boards and that didn't work. While he had the back panel off, I was able to find the source. It was a loose screw in the upper left part of the TV as you face it from the back. I had him tighten all the screws and I've been good to go ever since.
Edited by uh2 - 4/15/13 at 9:01am

Does anyone have any tips for opening the back of an ST30 to check the screws? Is it safe to just lay it face down on an appropriate surface, remove the screws, and lift it, or are there any gotchas to watch out for?

When the technician came, I took the TV off the wall and placed it on the stand that came with it. He took the back off while the TV was upright. No need to lay it down. I watched him do it, and it was a simple process.

Thanks, that sounds fairly straightforward, and I even still have the original stand handy for just such an emergency.

The one thing I envy about the ST30 is supposedly it has very low input lag that's better than the ST50's and way better than the ST60's.

On game mode it is awesome.

If your ST30 is making a buzzing sound, then the most likely cause is the screws on the scan boards (usually upper left from the front of the TV) have become loose over time. The manufacturer should have used lock washers on the scan boards to prevent this from happening. Lock washers are Panasonic Part # XYN3+F6FJ-18PK ($.69)
I completed this fix yesterday and now I am unable to hear any buzz from 6 inches away while the TV is muted.

I referred to the following clip regarding the buzzing fix:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/hq2SZI04Byg?

Good Luck!
Edited by PatsST30 - 4/26/13 at 6:50pm