20 Most Recent Sharp LC-42D64U 42 in. LCD HDTV Questions & Answers

They are all wrong. I have this TV. What you think is an optical output actually isn't. The only audio output is coaxial and unfortunately it doesn't work with the HDMI inputs. This TV is a headache if your blue ray player only had HDMI.

It sounds that the panel is faulty. Anyway, make it confirm. Contact any service technician.

It sounds that the T'Con board [Timing Control Board] to your TV is faulty. Contact any experienced service technician.

you need to check first the power supply board this needs to open the back cover of the TV.The power supply board is where the power cord is connected.there are 3 voltages present on it in order to operate the television.first is 5 v for main cpu,12v for sound and 24 volts for backlight.if one of this voltages is missing TV will not operate normal might as well dead set. use a multimeter to measure the voltages.and post back for your finding and will proceed to further trouble shooting..thank you

The tv power supply board it is dead.That the board,where the power a/c cord plug into it.U have all the tools and understanding basic electronic also can do basic soldering work?Yes,take ur tv aparts.Check the whole power supply board carefully,by replacing all those blown capacitors that are busted open and all those capacitors are dying going to dead like bulging up or puffing up on to it tops.Replacing all those dead capacitors to a those new capcitors,do some modification of the capacitors parts like by replacing it in the same Micro fered,but the voltages should be 5 or 10 higher than those old busted or dying bulging up tops capacitors.By replacing all these dead capacitors and dying capacitors with a higher voltages capacitors.These capacitor to have a better chances to take more heat resistance,while tv be watching for hours of using.The tv should have power and work again.Or tries websites like Shopjimmy.com,Ebay.com to buy a whole refurbish power supply board for the replacement.

On the Vaio:
right click volume on system tray and select playback devices
select hdmi/ sdip as default and then in the properties deselect dolby

If you don't have those options you may need new drivers installed on your Vaio. Do you have windows xp? The driver can be found here: support.vaio.sony.co.uk/downloads/info/info.asp?site=voe_en_GB_cons&url=Vaio/Original/AR2_Drivers.zip&ip=RAID_AR21.htm

If you have vista the driver can be found here:
support.vaio.sony.ie/downloads/updates/updates.asp?site=voe_en_IE_cons&c=0&s=VGN-AR&m=2418&os=7&osl=1

On the television make sure you are on the right input. Press menu--setup--hdmi setup--audio select--digital

Hope this helps

I would contact someone local who deals home theater They would know

I recomend that before doing anything else, unplug your TV (from power) for at least 5 minutes and then plug it back in. See if this solves the problem.

From the menu select Option, then select Input Select, then select the signal type you want to use on startup, set to Auto, then press menu to exit. let me know if this helps and please rate this solution. lone99star Btw, I’m available to help over the phone in case u need at https://www.6ya.com/expert/jason_77a19afa8d604dee

try go to menu programmed by using a remote control ,and find the picture setting ,like a ntsc.pal,secam,nicam, try choose them it will fit the color.

I had the same problem.

All I did was unplug the standard cable wire from my tv and used RCA cables to connect my TV to my digital cable box the the Input 1 jack in the back. It also increased the video quality.

these sets are notorious for bad inverter boards and bad video processor boards.Sharp is well aware of the problem,and will fix the units if you push the issue.

More than likly you have to plug in your hd-tv cables because i had the same problem.

Menu on remote and make sure you have it on wide screen or 16 to 9