tv screen blurred including menus

kwikbreaks

If you'd suggested Freecycle because it's repairable I'd have agreed. Posting links to parts is irresponsible as the insides of a TV set is no place for an amateur even when it's no longer connected to the mains.

espresso

kwikbreaks wrote: »

If you'd suggested Freecycle because it's repairable I'd have agreed. Posting links to parts is irresponsible as the insides of a TV set is no place for an amateur even when it's no longer connected to the mains.

Calm down dear!

It is not irresponsible to post links to component suppliers illustrating that the parts are easily obtainable and that they are not expensive!

I did not for one minute expect BOBS "Full-time Mum of 3 .... part-time Mum to 4 more" to fix it herself.

You obviously belong to the if it don't work, throw it away brigade!

kwikbreaks

You obviously like to give the impression that you know more than you probably do.

adouglasmhor

espresso wrote: »

It is not irresponsible to post links to component suppliers illustrating that the parts are easily obtainable and that they are not expensive!

I think it is. It is also irelevant as no one mentioned anyone being an electrical engineer.

espresso

adouglasmhor wrote: »

I think it is. It is also irelevant as no one mentioned anyone being an electrical engineer.

I will ignore the old dears comment.

Yes I mentioned an electronic engineer, as one is needed to effect a repair.

Anyone venturing into a TV set without the required knowledge is very silly and I certainly never suggested that the OP tried to repair it herself, just that it could very likely easily be repaired for little cost.

BOBS

espresso wrote: »

Except the focus control. If that doesn't work, parts are still readily available e.g. a new line output transformer here Any real electronics engineer could easily fix this and keep it in service for many more years.

Focus control ?? - where might I find that ??

.... by the way good reading above ..... :rotfl:

espresso

BOBS wrote: »

Focus control ?? - where might I find that ??

.... by the way good reading above ..... :rotfl:

To reach the focus control, the back would need to be removed.

BOBS wrote: »

Have a Philips tv - older style (not plasma etc).
Today the screen is blurred, even the menus. Thought it was a tuning problem.. Have checked all the connections and turned it off and on. Am at a loss as to what is wrong.
Any suggestions very welcome.
Thanks

As you posted the above comment, it would be best left to someone who knows what they are doing. If you can find someone qualified to look at it for you, it would very likely be an easy fix.

BOBS

espresso wrote: »

To reach the focus control, the back would need to be removed.




As you posted the above comment, it would be best left to someone who knows what they are doing. If you can find someone qualified to look at it for you, it would very likely be an easy fix.

My dear husband has just come home and turned on the tv and it is now working perfectly!!! Aaaarrrggghhhh..........................

fwor

Was it left on standby since you tried it earlier?

My trusty old Sony Trinitron would be fine if left on standby, but after being switched off at the mains for a while would look awful, and took hours to return to normal.

I won't bore you with an attempt to explain why, other than to say that electrolytic capacitors lose their capacitance as they get old, but can self-heal (partially) if left with a voltage across them for a while. That's my theory - but it's probably wrong...

penrhyn

When you said blurry, were their blotches of colour on the screen.
This would suggest magnetic fields.
Normally these are corrected by the degaussing circuit that operates when the set is switched on.

Anyhoo pleased that all is now well............................for now:D