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After an hour or so we hear a clicking noise and the picture goes dim. Then after about 10 minutes the screen goes black then the picture comes back on. This is repeated for awhile maybe 10-15 minutes

RCA 42" TV we bought 10 years ago. The screen is surrounded by a nice cherry wood frame with a cabinet on the bottom for the receiver, dvd player, etc. The cherry wood frame stand about 5 feet tall and is 2 feet deep and almost 4 feet wide. Thanks for any suggestions you might have. Les

lm1972wvu Jul 16, 2008

After the TV has been on for about an hour there is a clicking noise and the picture goes fuzzy on each clicking noise, this lasts for a few minutes, then the screen goes black for about 5 seconds and the picture comes back, this process is repeated about 5 or 6 times and sometimes the problem goes away or the clicking continues but last nite for the 1st time, the picture went black and never came back. This morning I turned the TV on and everything was fine until about an hour later and the same thing started all over again. Is the tube going bad or what? Thank you in advance for your response. Les

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I WATCH THE TV, AND AFTER A LITTLE WHILE THE TV BLACKAS OUT. tHE VOLUME REMAINS ON. i TURN THE TRV OFF AND WAIT FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS AND TURN THE TV BACK ON. SOMETIMES AFTER 1 MINUTE THE TV BLACKS OUT AGAIN. THIS WILL HAPPEN ALL NIGHT.

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