TV is on and just suddenly starts changing channels

When the above happens you cannot make it do anything with the remote or manually. We have unplugged it for a couple of hours and then it worked for awhile, but it starts right back doing the same old thing.

loriraquel Mar 05, 2008

the menu display keeps popping up on the screen,,, and it switches channels and it dont do anything ,,,,, it freezes on one channel

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The switches in the front of the tv are usually the cause of this kind of problem. the fix is to replace all of the switches, because if 1 is bad the others are not far behind. each switch from rca is $5 to $10 each. good luck.

Posted on Jan 24, 2007

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