broken telly

arlybarly

Hi all

Wonder if anyone can help me please. My lcd tv hd telly wont turn on although green power light comes on and the screen is black although a small amount of light comes through. The telly is about 3 yearzs old and a Viewsonic make, does anyone know how to fix this or is it due for the tip, thanks a lot.

bonzer

Is the screen totally blank? No electronic display e.g. channel number or menus? Any sound?

arlybarly

bonzer wrote: »

Is the screen totally blank? No electronic display e.g. channel number or menus? Any sound?

Hello, thanks for helping,

The TV comes on, the power light comes on, from red to green, and the screen lights up very slightly - then thats it. No menues come up from the remote control, or the buttons on the side of the television. Also the Sky usually comes on the telly straight away, but not now.

Many thanks, Arlette

MrsE_2

arlybarly wrote: »

Hello, thanks for helping,

The TV comes on, the power light comes on, from red to green, and the screen lights up very slightly - then thats it. No menues come up from the remote control, or the buttons on the side of the television. Also the Sky usually comes on the telly straight away, but not now.

Many thanks, Arlette

In case its not repairable I read on another thread someone bought a 32 LCD from Tesco (Toshiba I think) for £349.00

arlybarly

Thanks MrsE for that, didnt think it could be fixed, we have had our use out of it anyway, looks like im off to Tesco lol xx

bonzer

So no sound either? Mmm..sounds to me like the display back light is working (hence the slight amount of light coming through), the display LCD panel is possibly working but the controlling electronics has gone wrong.

Bit desperate, but try disconnecting all cables from the TV (except the power) and see if it does anything different when you switch it on. You can occasionally get problems with the attached devices giving the TV electronics trouble (particularly through scart cables).

MrsE_2

arlybarly wrote: »

Thanks MrsE for that, didnt think it could be fixed, we have had our use out of it anyway, looks like im off to Tesco lol xx

Look in Argos as well, we got DD a lovely LG one for £299.00, I will see if they still have it

ETA

They got this

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5294529/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CHome+entertainment+and+sat+nav%7C14419512/c_2/2%7Ccat_14419512%7CTelevisions%7C14419667/c_3/3%7Ccat_14419667%7C32+inch+LCD+TVs%7C14419678.htm

One good thing, they have come down so much & still are;)

arlybarly

bonzer wrote: »

So no sound either? Mmm..sounds to me like the display back light is working (hence the slight amount of light coming through), the display LCD panel is possibly working but the controlling electronics has gone wrong.

Bit desperate, but try disconnecting all cables from the TV (except the power) and see if it does anything different when you switch it on. You can occasionally get problems with the attached devices giving the TV electronics trouble (particularly through scart cables).

Hi an thanks Bonzer, have done all that, piddled about with it and nothing seems to work, seems like we def got to buy another one, i am annoyed about it though as we have had it about three years and paid 900 pounds for it so expected it to last a bit longer. Oh reckons its not worth even taking to a shop as somthing else is bound to go wrong with it. But thankyou for the advice and taking the time to post.

arlybarly

MrsE wrote: »

Look in Argos as well, we got DD a lovely LG one for £299.00, I will see if they still have it

ETA

They got this

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5294529/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CHome+entertainment+and+sat+nav%7C14419512/c_2/2%7Ccat_14419512%7CTelevisions%7C14419667/c_3/3%7Ccat_14419667%7C32+inch+LCD+TVs%7C14419678.htm

One good thing, they have come down so much & still are;)

Thanks Mrs E for that as well, just had a peek and its gone down another 30 pounds since u posted lol. Got to get another telly soon as we are usin my dd 26 inch and its really titchy im my big living room. x