Will not come on

It sounds like you have failing capacitors in the power supply. It would be best to have a technician to look at it or locate a power supply for the TV and replace it.

I'm sorry but we don't repair tvs, we can recommend you to a repair facility or direct you to the part that you need and then let you know how to replace it. Please let me know if you want us to find a part number or a place and we will find it for you

Mine started doing the same thing to me randomly this afternoon. It worked fine this morning but now the backlight wont light up no matter what. I checked the settings and everything.... it's the same as yours... I can barely see the screen its like it is idle and hasn't been touched. I've turned if off and on numerous times and nothing helps

Bad Cable Box.

I had a similar problem when there was a power outage or the lights went briefly out. I unplugged the TV and left it for a few days/weeks and then plugged it in and the TV worked. I think newer TVs should be treated like a home computer and put them on surge protectors.

My 32" Akai did the same thing. It was working fine, I tried everything but nothing worked. Took it to a reapairman and it was the power supply. He said that they were very known to have this problem. I had the system attached to a UPS battery backup and it made not difference.

Dont know if this will help, try leaving it unplugged over night, thaught I saw that solution in a blog somewhere a while ago.

I just got done fixing an Akai LCT2660 that had four bad capacitors on the power board.Works perfect now.Hope this helps.Thank You very much!

Tyler

Hello drifter,The design of the tv enables the auto search to detect any input signal you have selected. It could be TV (off air, video signals etc) so just switch on whatever inputs to the akai plasma befote you switch the Akai plasma on and let it do the work for you. just relax and watch the tv. recap 1. switch on the input eg video deck, DVD, VCD, or satellite dish. 2. switch on your AKAI PLASMA and 3. wait for the akai to search for your input signals. TRy this simple procedure and if it doesnt work just post back the message. The DON

The problem is the electrolytic caps in the switch mode power supply. They are located on the output side of the supply board. You can tell which ones are bad by the "bulge" on the top of each cap. All need to be replaced..