Water damage This is not the exact model of my TV; I think mine is a bit older. No difference for the problem, I'm sure. In the process of remodeling our house, the TV was being stored in the kitchen for a few days. Short story: In unhooking our dishwasher, water sprayed throughout the kitchen, and some must have gotten into the TV (which I didn't realize until today -- two days later -- when I hooked it back up). Now, there is a triangular-shaped, approximately 3-inch-by-3-inch black translucent mark in the bottom right corner of my set. I am 99 percent sure it is water. The questions: Is it fixable? Can it be done by myself? If so, how? And approximately how much does it cost to either do myself or have someone else do it? Thanks so much in advance, Jim Derry New Orleans

What is the brand name to your TV? Have you checked whether there is proper voltage comes to back-light inverter boards, from main power supply board? If not check it. It sounds that there is some voltage loss, and the inverter board get voltage from the main board. http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/ Check this link. There are voltage charts to some models of television. Pull up older posts there. You haven't provided the brand name to your TV here. In most cases, your TV brand also have been covered. Check the site with patience. If you need any more assistance, be free to do it by comments here by Fixya.

If the set is for sure a projection TV set and not a direct view LCD TV set, you may have dirt, dust or a water mark on the lens or mirrors on the ind=side of the TV set. I really do not see how water could have gotten inside the TV set though on the lens assembly. This set is pretty tight when it comes to ex poser. Except for the back of the TV set. If water would have gotten on any of the printed circuit boards and you did not plug the set in for a while, and I hope you did not, Then the problem may be unrelated and could be a light engine problem. The only thing you can do is to open the TV set and check out the optics on the set. Send me the exact model number and maybe I will have the service manual, or close to it, so you can disassemble the TV set correctly. That will start off right away of saving you 30 bucks! Good Luck

If you wish to know how to enter and exit Panasonic TVs, check this link. Pull up older posts there. Different models have different ways to enter and to exit service mode, To get into service mode and to exit to different models of Panasonic TVs are given in detail in that site. If your TV is not listed, inform me with its exact model number.

Visit this site for more details. Type in the site name "Electro-help" either Google or Yahoo search box [not in the address bar of your browser], and click search. It is an electronic equipments service help site. All details you want are there. Note the position of hyphen in between words in site name, when you type it in. The site will appear as it is in web; subtitled as service help to electronic home entertainement equipments.

Pull up older posts. You can gather all details. Sometimes, click open the adverts' by the side and bottom of each post might give you more details.

It depends on the TV (make/model). Do you have an Input or Source button on the TV? Then you can use that button to change your input. A few models will offer an alternative option to change the source from the menu and have a Menu button on the TV. (Some TVs only let you change the source from the remote.)

Some remotes are available from the manufacturer's parts store (Sony, for example). remotes.com has the exact original or a replacement remote for many brands. For other TVs, a universal remote may work. Look for a higher end universal remote with a Source or Input button. Then test all of the codes for your TV brand. (Some codes may only enable parts of the remote functions; make sure you find a code that lets this button work.) The remotes that can be programmed with a USB connection to a computer are the easiest to set up for this situation.

Please add a comment with the specific make and model of your TV; I'll try to find a source for an exact replacement remote.

Cindy Wells
(some really old TVs let you swap from AV1 to AV2 to channels by going up or down through all channels to reach a point where you could swap the inputs.)

Hey there. I am not sure if I can totally help you solve your problem. But I have pretty much the same exact problem with my Explorer, the only difference is that mine doesn't have to cool down. If I shut it off and then start it right away again it will be off, for a little while anyways. Anyways, I was actually doing research on this problem tonight and have come across a couple of things. I personally haven't gotten a chance to try it yet since mine is in the process of getting work done for a different problem. I have looked in a few different places and found that you really don't get the same answer from anyone. But what I have found is that the O/D light flashing is basically the check engine light for your transmission. I am unsure if your Check Engine Light is on at all. But if you are able to, hook a diagnostic up to your truck while the O/D light is flashing to see if you can pull a code from it. If you don't, then that would be a good thing. :) And if you do pull a code, then there could be something up with your tranny. A couple of other things that I have seen is changing the transmission filter and fluid and in a little bit worse case scenario, some people solved their O/D problem by replacing the auto trans solenoid pack. Whatever you choose to do, the sooner you get it checked out, the better. Mine has been doing this for 2 years now and I didn't really think too much of it. But I have found that in some cases when a tranny malfunction has been there for even just a week or more it can overwork and damage the Emissions control system. Well, I hope that this might help you out even a little bit. Good Luck!

@xronis69:
Probably the problem is to solve as easy as mine.

Did you ever consider that the error may be in front of the dishwasher? I didn't until I disassambled the washer and checked how it works. (As you also eventually tried to check the internet for a usermanual - you won't find maybe also none.)

This Lady's are build that easy, as every man would whish that all ladys work. ;)

You 've the round knob at the front of the dishwasher, this is some kind of "switching-clock".
This dishwasher (I don't know if model 45 is exactly the same, but it looks quite similar to mine) has no different washing programs, just ONE.

I always tried to "use" program "3", like the symbols suggested to me, that this would be for what I want to wash.
If you do so, the dishwasher starts in the middle of the washing-cycle and doesn't fill itself with water. It just wants to wash without water, as the water filling process starts in with the first step you can turn it to.

And what is also a bit "strange" for normal people, but maybe not for the real technical people. The "time-switching-device" rotates counter-clockwise. I thought it would do it clockwise, but never took the time to watch what it's doing. Mathematicaly speaking the clockwise direction is in technicians eyes the "wrong" direction, as it is mostly defined as the negative direction.

So, maybe you're the same "blind" than me. Maybe I'm just a bit stupid. ;)


Just ONE program, and counter-clockwise rotation of the "time-switching-device". Starting with the "1 program" fills the dishwasher with water, 2,3, and the following stuff don't do so (except the flushing symbol, but it doesn't wash, it just flushes the dishes.)

Long story short - mine works now like expected - without anything beeing broken.

Regards,
Harald

sounds like motor is burning out

Hi,
While on ebay and looking up my set i seen a pcb for a Toshiba 32" but can't remember the exact set number, i think it had HF in it, but not sure...it was from a dealer cleaning out old stock, he said $165 retail and was selling it for $105. Maybe just keep checking there, he may repost the sale again.

We hooked it up with another DVD player, no difference, We used another TV, worked good. We changed all the cable cords, and made no difference. It comes right down to that TV. yes from aboe it is 100% sure that trouble is in tv. every channel is blury and has a trail. it is due to focus of your tv is not ok 1 adjust focus control 2 focur wire going to crt base might be loose due to some foreign material deposited on crt base. 3 defective crt base. 4 if tv is old there might be possibility of crt getting weak. hope this will help.