Faded Picture Hi, We have a five year old JVC Model AV-27230. For the last several months when we first turn on the TV the picture is really faded almost to the point of being a gray screen and it has vertical bars running up and down especially on the right side of the screen. As it warms up the bars go away and the picture gets a little better but it still faded. I messed with the color, tint, etc. and improved it some by moving the bars all the way to the left but that no longer helps and the pictures is just really faded all of the time. Does this mean that the picture tube is going out? Thanks for your help. Linda J Schrader lschra@iowatelecom.net

Model number if not the one listed here will be on label on rear of set along with month and year the set was made--


How skilled are you with working on (I presume it is a older direct view with a picture tube) sets?

A lot of the older JVC sets had a common issue---there is a single filter cap (it will look ok) that fails----Tell me model and If you are able I will try to direct you to it.

sounds like your color wheel is fading.

did the input line still work, for the cable input do an auto search channel to reset your tuner, if it didn't work stop right there your tuner is mabye out

A bright Horizontal Line indicates failure of teh Vertical deflection Circuits.
Get a competent Technician to have a look.

if the signal on your antenna (cable) is ok(make sure of it),the tv set has a syncronisation problem.please contact the nearest tv repair shop.

hats the shelf life on that tv

Unfortunately this model has a bad CRT. If is 3-4 years old and the greenish picture is in all inputs, for sure the picture tube is gone. If the picture is green only in component input check the connections for the blue and red cables.

Hello, please check the 10uf/200V capacitor around flyback transformer. Best regards, Arpi

sound like you have 1 or a couple of leaky/bad capacitors in the tv's vertical circuit, typically, there sould be 5 to 10 caps. in all, but you just need 1 bad one to cause your problem. good luck.

One thing you should not do with electronic devices which have a start up proceedure is to turn the power off, and then on again without a wait of about five minutes. Some equipment manuals warn you about this, and specify a longer period. The start-up has to have time to reset. It will be more likely to reset if you do not leave it on standby, and even unplug it. In your TVs case you need to describe the distorted picture as it may give a clue to a fault, or incorrect start-up. The horizontal line indicates the frame timebase had stopped working. No picture could be a fuse blown inside the set, or a timed cutout which may reset after a time. Try after several hours to see if it comes on. If it is just the frame timebase (vertical) it is worth repairing.