I just bought a 42" hd plasma tv samsung, for £30, the tv powers up but funny pattens on screen, see pic Any ideas any one on what could be wrong, someone told me could be the buffers, £30 on ebay. But if any one knows better please feel free to give your opinions, or advise tv repairs that do free estimates.
I bought a faulty TV (off here) a few weeks back, took it to the TV shop at the top of Victoria Park.
The fault was it wouldn't come out of standby. At first he thought it was the PSU, but a bench test on that showed it to be okay, so he told me it must be the controller card, but he couldn't get one at a reasonable price, and had just missed one on eBay.
I managed to find a card for the same model and he configured it, charged me £48 for the whole job (I'd bought the part) which I thought was good value.
I bought a faulty TV (off here) a few weeks back, took it to the TV shop at the top of Victoria Park.
The fault was it wouldn't come out of standby. At first he thought it was the PSU, but a bench test on that showed it to be okay, so he told me it must be the controller card, but he couldn't get one at a reasonable price, and had just missed one on eBay.
I managed to find a card for the same model and he configured it, charged me £48 for the whole job (I'd bought the part) which I thought was good value.
I've been in that shop a few times, lads seem genuine.
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I bought a faulty TV (off here) a few weeks back, took it to the TV shop at the top of Victoria Park.
The fault was it wouldn't come out of standby. At first he thought it was the PSU, but a bench test on that showed it to be okay, so he told me it must be the controller card, but he couldn't get one at a reasonable price, and had just missed one on eBay.
I managed to find a card for the same model and he configured it, charged me £48 for the whole job (I'd bought the part) which I thought was good value.
thanks any way, i take it without knowing which part on circuit board has gone, there is no way to find the part that has gone, if you know what i mean
Erm don't you have to make sure the board is PAL format? Ie you don't want a SECAM or NTSC board, I know they all support each other now but best to have your native board.
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thanks doc, i have just had a closer look at the board and compered it with mine, and thats no use to me, I think i may have to cut my loses, it was only £30 i lost, so a trip to tip i think, shame as tv works i have my laptop on it now
on all, all tho i have not tried the scart yet. I have been told if i get the part out of a 50inch one, it will do put i will need to alter the picture size
Jumping on the bandwagon here but I have a Samsung SP50L7HX which I was given as not working, it has had a new bulb and ballast fitted and has the most amazing picture for about half an hour then all I have is sound and a black screen...I've reset the bulb hours on the service screen but that hasnt made a difference! Anybody on here have any idea what it might be? I tried putting an auxillary fan on it to see if it was an overheating problem but seems not... I knew the bulb needed replacing and they advise the ballast at the same time which I've done - shame as it's a fab dlptv and is MASSIVE! If anybody can fix it I'll pay them!
Query about tv, come on you tech's. I think i found problem on my tv, in the pic i have marked the capicotors in yellow, when tv is plugged in, if i touch top of capicitor and touch metal frame on tv also marked in yellow, i get a very unplesent shock, how ever if i do the same on right side of the tv it does not happen, now am no expert but i should not get a shock should i, if not then the fault has got to be an earth short, am i right?
DON'T DO IT as far as I know you can get a lethal shock from a TV even when it is not plugged in. It holds a lethal charge and a repair man would run it to ground before he touched it.(degause)
Last edited by paranoidballoon; 29th Jul 20112:10pm.
DON'T DO IT as far as I know you can get a lethal shock from a TV even when it is not plugged in. It holds a lethal charge and a repair man would run it to ground before he touched it.(degause)
Degaussing is removing a magnetic field (applies to crt not plasma/lcd) - I think you meant discharge.
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