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Is my TV on the way out? Now Resolved (post 28)
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Problem is that I anticipate moving to Australia in the quite near future so reluctant to buy a TV now that might not work Down Under.
How much of a hassle is it to just carry on what you are doing ?
It's not as if it's the olden days where you had to get up and physically walk over to the TV to change channels !0 -
I had similar problems with my LG TV.
It will not turn on unless the temperature is 20 degrees or above.
It often turns on, but the tuner doesn't activate (resulting in a black screen). Leaving it on to "warm up" for 10 minutes, then turning it off and on again usually fixes this.
Once the tuner is working, the TV often turns on without any sound (or occasionally a high-pitched squealing).
It's never worked properly (even after engineer visits) -- I'll never buy an LG TV again.
But... I suspect the problem is due either to dry solder joints or leaking/faulty capacitors. I reckon someone who knows a bit about electronics could probably fix it... but the cost of a professional service probably makes it uneconomical to fix.
On the bright side... I just stopped watching TV when it failed... so now I'm saving £145 a year on the licence fee. :money:0 -
p00hsticks wrote: »How much of a hassle is it to just carry on what you are doing ?
It's not as if it's the olden days where you had to get up and physically walk over to the TV to change channels !
Well it's not really, just irritating. Except of course if I now can't rely on it to get sound when recording then that would be the pits. I might just see if I can pick up a secondhand one - there must be shops that sell used TVs?0 -
No - it's all part of The Big Plan to get us all to buy new TVs every few years.
There's no conspiracy, it's just the inevitable consequence of economic growth. One person's increase in wealth is another person's increase in labour costs, so products get cheaper and cheaper to buy, but more and more expensive to repair.0 -
There's no conspiracy, it's just the inevitable consequence of economic growth. One person's increase in wealth is another person's increase in labour costs, so products get cheaper and cheaper to buy, but more and more expensive to repair.
I do of course know that (my degree included an economics module) - perhaps I should have found a tongue in cheek smiley?0 -
Do you ever use BBC iPlayer ? or get_iplayer ? Then you are breaking the law unless you only watch S4C (as if:rotfl:)I had similar problems with my LG TV.
It will not turn on unless the temperature is 20 degrees or above.
It often turns on, but the tuner doesn't activate (resulting in a black screen). Leaving it on to "warm up" for 10 minutes, then turning it off and on again usually fixes this.
Once the tuner is working, the TV often turns on without any sound (or occasionally a high-pitched squealing).
It's never worked properly (even after engineer visits) -- I'll never buy an LG TV again.
But... I suspect the problem is due either to dry solder joints or leaking/faulty capacitors. I reckon someone who knows a bit about electronics could probably fix it... but the cost of a professional service probably makes it uneconomical to fix.
On the bright side... I just stopped watching TV when it failed... so now I'm saving £145 a year on the licence fee. :money:4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy0 -
Not sure if the factory reset includes a retune, If not try retuning.
Did it record without sound or just playback without it? If you've recorded something without sound the Humax might be the fault (No idea how!) Try connecting the aerial direct to the tv.I've now tried recording a channel with no sound, and I do get the sound when I play it back.
Edit - well it worked once, but tried again to make sure and it didn't the second time.0 -
Just a thought, based upon advice given in the pub, from a commercial TV/internet/CCTV company boss and mate, based in our village:
Is the TV mounted above a heater or fire, on the chimney breast? Reason I ask, is that a guy in the village had a similar problem (don't know if it was an LG TV) and mate diagnosed dry joints caused by heat. He stripped the TV, tested circuits and pronounced it dead, due to the fact that TVsets made in the last few years are not made to be economically repairable. He was not after selling him a set: does not sell TV's, but recommended a list of sets to buy and recommended mounting it somewhere away from the (wood burner) fire.I think this job really needs
a much bigger hammer.
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Just a thought, based upon advice given in the pub, from a commercial TV/internet/CCTV company boss and mate, based in our village:
Is the TV mounted above a heater or fire, on the chimney breast? Reason I ask, is that a guy in the village had a similar problem (don't know if it was an LG TV) and mate diagnosed dry joints caused by heat. He stripped the TV, tested circuits and pronounced it dead, due to the fact that TVsets made in the last few years are not made to be economically repairable. He was not after selling him a set: does not sell TV's, but recommended a list of sets to buy and recommended mounting it somewhere away from the (wood burner) fire.
No, no heat source anywhere close. I think I've just worn it out - I watch far too much telly!:)
However, that is a bit of useful information to tuck away for any future siting.0 -
This happens to me when my Tivo box has been on too long.
It is no great inconvenience to flick channels0
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