We have a dell flat screen TV and since day one of purchase the speakers on the TV didn't work, external speakers work fine but nothing from the TV itself...help!

Check the speaker/s first. If found OK; check and replace the damaged component/s at its audio output section circuit board. If needy, replace this board as card basis. If you wish to get some details; check the site linked here. Surf the site with patience. Pull up older posts. Surf the site with patience.
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You may need to go into the sound properties and then to deviceto change the settings to enable the speakers and change it from headphones to speakers.

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THANK YOU EVERYONE!! THE SPEAKERS ARE ****! they fell from just a tiny height aswell#!!! ive just added on external speakers to it using a aux cable sound quality is much better too!!!

If there is a buzzing sound coming from the speakers, when you listen closely the speakers probably went out, you should try connecting external speakers to the tv, if they work you know its the speakers if not, then it may be the TV screen itself, hope this helps.

If your computer still works with its internal hard drive, I would say the issue is with the external drive. Try to backup data, then run check disk on it with the option to repair/fix errors it finds. If no luck, try to completely reformat it. If the external drive was purchased as new August of this year, it should have its own warranty of at least a year. This means, if it is faulty, you can get a warranty replacement for it. Just provide the order number or sales invoice number for the drive as a proof of your purchase in the event that you need to get a replacement for it.

Bring up the TV menu on screen by pushing the menu button on the remote that came with the TV, access the audio menu or you may have to select the set up menu(different TVs have different menu systems) but what you want to look for is make sure the TV speakers are turned "ON" TVs of today give you the option to have the TV speakers "ON" or "OFF". If all is well there, in order to connect external speakers to your TV you would have to send the audio signal out of the TV to an audio receiver/amp by way of RCA style patch cords. TVs these days do not have an internal amp that is capable of powering external speakers, that is why you do not see speaker wire terminals on the back of your TV. Good luck !

thats the screen problem u should change the screen than it gonna be alright,

some flat screen tvfs in the menu have a selection to turn on or off the tv speakers, my Sony has it in the sound menu it say speaker selection, and the options are TV or Outside Speakers, check for this if they have been fine right along

check the menu on the tv to see if the speakers are set to off
I think if you connect it to external amp the tv's speakers must be shut off beofre it will activate the line out audio

We also have a 32" LCD Dell flat screen tv #W3201C that has no sound. It's about 2/12 yrs old. One speaker started having a problem and we disconnected it. That was a couple weeks ago, now there is no sound at all. Dell should not be let off the hook so easily. Obviously there is a problem with the tv and it should be Dell's responsibility to make it right. Does anyone know if a class action suit has been initiated?