I own a Samsung 60 inch DLP rear projection TV--Model Number HLN617W. After my wife heard a very strange noise it "died." Knowing all about the lamp issues and having already purchased a spare bulb, I replaced the bulb. Did not work. I spoke with a local TV repair shop, and they determined I NEED A NEW COLOR WHEEL, and while I was at it they recommended I replace the fan for the color wheel. Their parts price seemed high to me---$96 for the color wheel and $63 for the fan----But I was blown away with the labor cost for a home visit to install these items---$250. I am a relatively handy "do-it-yourself" kind of guy. I took the big back panel off the TV. I can see that the color wheel is immediately in front of the lamp that I replaced. It seemed to me that it was at least possible that with a little instrucition, I could replace this myself. Is there a web site---or a "shop manual" or some other source that would help me do this? Do you have any suggestions on how I should go about this? Do you have any suggestions on where I might get the parts at a more reasonable price? Any other thoughts?
What's happening is power up chime, and faint volume. I can change channels. Meanwhile, no pic,...
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What's happening is power up chime, and faint volume. I can change channels. Meanwhile, no pic, and the lamp light flashes. After a minute or so this repeats, and then powers on and off, until ultimately all three lights end up flashing simultaneously, with no sound.
I have a Samsung HLN 617 W and I turned it on today and it worked fine then later this evening we...
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I have a Samsung HLN 617 W and I turned it on today and it worked fine then later this evening we turned it on with the controls on the side of it because the remote would not work and the channels were going up and down and all over the place. I tried to change the input but was unsuccessful. I held the volume button down on the side of the tv and change the input and got the menu up. It would not function properly only letting me go down the menu even when pressing up left or right. bulb is new,color wheel is new. It just keeps switching back from no signal to not available. The remote does not turn it on or allow me to use anything but the light blinks on the tv showing it is recieving a signal from the remote. It will show a picture when it is surfing the channels and there is sound. Light from the bulb can be seen when looking at the back. Color wheel can also be seen spinning the colors. Can someone please help me with this problem. This is a great tv. Thank you Jason