nymphetamine:
......now some IMPORTANT QUESTIONS:
How does the television picture look when PLAYING A TAPE on your VCR through
the RF coax to the television on channel 3 or 4 ???
If it looks OK, the television tuner is probably OK and the fault could be
the Cable TV company.... if it looks bad then the Sony Tuner or IF Block is
bad... maybe cracked solder joints in those modules.
How does the picture look when using the VCR as a tuner and feeding the
television with the A/V inputs? If the cable television channels look good
(using the VCR tuner to select them) then it is just about certain that the
Sony television tuner and/or IF modules are bad.

You can either get them fixed or just CONTINUE using the VCR tuner to get
your cable TV channels and view them via the A/V inputs on the television...
thus not using the Sony tuner.
This is something that a service shop can fix for you..... not a fix for the
technically inexperienced.... expensive damage to those module can easily
occur if the job is botched by poor workmanship due to inexperience. I
have seen similar jobs come into my shop that should have been much less
than $100 that now became more than twice or 3 times that amount due to the
owner trying to save some money by performing an at home do-it-yourself
repair. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to do this work but you
need to know what your are doing with the proper equipment and tools. At
the very least, if the television needs repair you should TAKE the
television to a service shop to get a repair cost estimate so you can make
an intelligent repair decision with facts instead of Internet or telephone
wild guesses.

Best Regards,
Daniel Sofie
Electronics Supply & Repair

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ups.com...
This problem just started the other day, I am not sure what it is.

It only happens when the cable tv is used (not dvd etc).

Nothing has been changed on the system, any idea how to fix this?

Thanks