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Expert: cleggsan
Date: 9/14/2008
Subject: Weird acting tv, video problems
Question
I have an RCA TV/DVD combo that has been experiencing some problems. Generally speaking, this TV is like a war beast, it's tough and just keeps going. Just for clarification the TV is 3-4 years old, and is a 20" flatscreen, but an actual tube TV, not LCD or anything compared to that.
To get to the problem, it just started a few days ago, when I turn it on the little power light comes on and after a few seconds I hear sound, but just a black screen. I have found out that if I leave it unplugged overnight it will remedy the problem, for 2-5 minutes, then it goes black again, almost as if I turned the TV off, but just the screen and not anything else (sound or power consumption). I'll probably end up throwing it out if it requires anything more than $30 of work or so, but I want to make sure.
Answer
This is an RCA. They are not good for reliability. Further combo units of any brand are not a good investment. Why? Because they are more expensive than separates and the are all poor reliability - all brands with RCA one of the worst. Sorry for the bad news.
I would discard the unit and buy a new one..... The problem is failure of the high voltage. It will require replacement of the flyback transformer and repair of the horizontal deflection amplifier. The cost will be in the neighborhood of $200 and probably won't last so long before another breakdown will occur. So, for these reasons I suggest you discard this one and buy a new one - which is not an RCA brand!
Hope this helps, but let me know if there are more questions from your side.
C
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