TV's packed up, does anyone repair crt tv's anymore?
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Anyone know of a good TV repairman, N-NW London area.
My lovely 2003 100hrz 32" philips pw9617 seems to have given up the ghost!
Switched tv off by power switch last night as normal,this morning I noticed that the power led was flashing instead of solid.
Tried switching on, could hear relays trying to energise power to system, tv powered back off to flashing red led.
I left tv plugged out for couple of hours at mains, replugged in led went to normal solid then powered up to picture which worked fine but now no sound at all.
Tried various resets but no sound from any source, eventually after approx 5mins tv powered itself off and went back to red flashing LED.
Obviously something wrong, searched Internet for a good few hours looking for service manuals but the only one I can find is corrupt.
Rang Philps but they reckon beyond economical repair, this looks like the case as there seems to be no TV repairers around anymore.
Are we really that much of a throwaway society.
Should I just bite the bullet & get a flat screen, to be honest the picture on my crt tv is far superior to the majority of flat panels I've seen in standard definition tv.
It just seems such a waste to bin it.
My lovely 2003 100hrz 32" philips pw9617 seems to have given up the ghost!
Switched tv off by power switch last night as normal,this morning I noticed that the power led was flashing instead of solid.
Tried switching on, could hear relays trying to energise power to system, tv powered back off to flashing red led.
I left tv plugged out for couple of hours at mains, replugged in led went to normal solid then powered up to picture which worked fine but now no sound at all.
Tried various resets but no sound from any source, eventually after approx 5mins tv powered itself off and went back to red flashing LED.
Obviously something wrong, searched Internet for a good few hours looking for service manuals but the only one I can find is corrupt.
Rang Philps but they reckon beyond economical repair, this looks like the case as there seems to be no TV repairers around anymore.
Are we really that much of a throwaway society.
Should I just bite the bullet & get a flat screen, to be honest the picture on my crt tv is far superior to the majority of flat panels I've seen in standard definition tv.
It just seems such a waste to bin it.
Edited by 69 coupe on Monday 15th December 15:18
http://www.yell.com/ucs/UcsSearchAction.do?ssm=0&a...
I'd go for the ones without websites and operating out of small secondary shops if I were you.
Best service, cheapest too.
I'd go for the ones without websites and operating out of small secondary shops if I were you.
Best service, cheapest too.
My Panansonic has, apparently, got a dry joint in the power circuit which causes noises through one of the speakers sometimes.
Thought about getting it fixed but will probably just replace the whole thing when it gives up eventually for a new flat screen for not a lot more money than fixing it.
Thought about getting it fixed but will probably just replace the whole thing when it gives up eventually for a new flat screen for not a lot more money than fixing it.
Rang a few TV repairers, most didn't pick up the phone, I spoke to one knowledgeable guy who thought it was not worth the effort.
May try a few more but looks like a flat screen is on the cards, trouble is 'money's too tight to mention'
Cheapish sub £400 37" LCD recommendations welcome.
May try a few more but looks like a flat screen is on the cards, trouble is 'money's too tight to mention'
Cheapish sub £400 37" LCD recommendations welcome.
69 coupe said:
Rang a few TV repairers, most didn't pick up the phone, I spoke to one knowledgeable guy who thought it was not worth the effort.
May try a few more but looks like a flat screen is on the cards, trouble is 'money's too tight to mention'
Cheapish sub £400 37" LCD recommendations welcome.
You won't be happy though, cheap LCDs will be May try a few more but looks like a flat screen is on the cards, trouble is 'money's too tight to mention'
Cheapish sub £400 37" LCD recommendations welcome.
Sounds like a strange request, but power the telly on, and give it a few bangs/rock it and bump it on its stand, and see whether it runs okay between bangs (I dont mean massive bashes here, just a good bump)
It is often a dry joint on the circuit board if the problem is intermittent, the above test will indicate that and you can then look at getting someone to remove the circuit board and resolder it (or you could always do it with a £10 soldering iron and a good eye)
It is often a dry joint on the circuit board if the problem is intermittent, the above test will indicate that and you can then look at getting someone to remove the circuit board and resolder it (or you could always do it with a £10 soldering iron and a good eye)
69 coupe said:
Anyone know of a good TV repairman, N-NW London area.
My lovely 2003 100hrz 32" philips pw9617 seems to have given up the ghost!
Switched tv off by power switch last night as normal,this morning I noticed that the power led was flashing instead of solid.
Tried switching on, could hear relays trying to energise power to system, tv powered back off to flashing red led.
I left tv plugged out for couple of hours at mains, replugged in led went to normal solid then powered up to picture which worked fine but now no sound at all.
Tried various resets but no sound from any source, eventually after approx 5mins tv powered itself off and went back to red flashing LED.
Obviously something wrong, searched Internet for a good few hours looking for service manuals but the only one I can find is corrupt.
Rang Philps but they reckon beyond economical repair, this looks like the case as there seems to be no TV repairers around anymore.
Are we really that much of a throwaway society.
Should I just bite the bullet & get a flat screen, to be honest the picture on my crt tv is far superior to the majority of flat panels I've seen in standard definition tv.
It just seems such a waste to bin it.
Try these peopleMy lovely 2003 100hrz 32" philips pw9617 seems to have given up the ghost!
Switched tv off by power switch last night as normal,this morning I noticed that the power led was flashing instead of solid.
Tried switching on, could hear relays trying to energise power to system, tv powered back off to flashing red led.
I left tv plugged out for couple of hours at mains, replugged in led went to normal solid then powered up to picture which worked fine but now no sound at all.
Tried various resets but no sound from any source, eventually after approx 5mins tv powered itself off and went back to red flashing LED.
Obviously something wrong, searched Internet for a good few hours looking for service manuals but the only one I can find is corrupt.
Rang Philps but they reckon beyond economical repair, this looks like the case as there seems to be no TV repairers around anymore.
Are we really that much of a throwaway society.
Should I just bite the bullet & get a flat screen, to be honest the picture on my crt tv is far superior to the majority of flat panels I've seen in standard definition tv.
It just seems such a waste to bin it.
Edited by 69 coupe on Monday 15th December 15:18
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Took the back off the TV, discharged the tube
Removed one of the power supply circuit boards can't find any dry joints, have found a cluster of resistors that have made the circuit board look more burnt.
Going to get a multimeter tomorrow and check some resistance values, don't know enough about testing circuits though
will stick to a 14" portable until the New Year.
I would like a top of the range LCD but my costly top of the range Philips packed up and is now worth Muwahhhh
I'll try for a sub £400 in 2009
Removed one of the power supply circuit boards can't find any dry joints, have found a cluster of resistors that have made the circuit board look more burnt.
Going to get a multimeter tomorrow and check some resistance values, don't know enough about testing circuits though
will stick to a 14" portable until the New Year.
I would like a top of the range LCD but my costly top of the range Philips packed up and is now worth Muwahhhh
I'll try for a sub £400 in 2009
tonyvid said:
Fettlers 1 Philips 0
TheEnd said:
69 coupe said:
I'll leave the cover off for a day or two, just in case.
just remember CRT's run on crazy voltages, so make sure nothing will get near it
I've had years of fettler training, used to take the back of lots of TV's in the 70's my dad bought home from god knows where!We used to sit the tv on the dinner table and swap loads of valves out without any clue to what we were doing, the replacement valves all collected from previous secondhand TV's that we failed to repair.
We got plenty of jolts from volts though
Happy days.
Philips TV is still work fine today, one saved from the skip my dad will be proud
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