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Help I turned on my TV and there was an hour glass looking picture, is was also blurry. I turned the TV off unplugged it from the wall for about ten minutes. When I plugged it back in there was a pop, and now It won't even turn on. Any suggestions would be great.

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You had at first either a power supply or pincussion circuit problem.

Going to likely be a shop repair unless you can find a schematic and know what to look for.

A good idea would be with set unplugged take a look inside for anything popped or even burnt.

In the power area look for any bad caps.
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If in the power supply they will be larger but should look something like the above.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Feb 17, 2008

SOURCE: hourglass shape picture

This is no easy fix it yourself job you need to take it to a repair shop.Ill bet you have a bad cap 16v220uf .its located on deflection board.Also these sets have poor solder connections. ThankYou for using FixYa . Have a Nice Day.

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  • Posted on Mar 26, 2009

SOURCE: Picture is curved like an hour glass

that a pincushion problem likely caused by a failed capacitor

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  • Posted on Jul 17, 2009

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Okay there is something wroung with the frount panel there may be debris in where the button is depressed or seomthing is depressing the button or it may be just going out on you.

1. take off the frount cover and examine the channel up and down make sure its clean and there are no debris.
2. if that does not work replace the controller board aroun $65 bucks.

I do not know your zip code but you can give these folks a shot www.teexp.com you can call and ask how much it would cost to replace this controller even though they might not work in your area they still can give you a price.

Thanks



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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 30, 2009

SOURCE: the picture is really blurry it looks 3-d. what

This is a very common problem for this TV. You have a blown solder in fuse by the high-voltage transformer. It is caused by bad solder connections on the transformer itself. Solder the transformer and replace the fuse and you'll be as good as new! An honest professional should not charge more than $200 to do this.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Sep 19, 2009

SOURCE: my d52w14 wont turn on

you have shortcircutted a fuse either on the plug or internally

its a quick and cheap fix should be less than £50

unless you have damaged some other stuff in it but you shouldnt have unless it was faulty and the fuse wasnt working properly

it works like the circut breakers in your house but the fuse needs to be changed everytime it is activated

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