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My AppleTV and Plasma TV HDMI ports stopped working after lightning struck;resetting did not work.
Do I need to buy a board, or is there something I can do before doing that?
HDMI port not working, possibly damaged by lightning or overcharge.
Thanks, Johnny rebel. Please, how do I identify such board to place order correctly? Do I use product ID Panasonic Plasma TV Model TCP42C2X Made in 2010?Thanks, Johnny rebel. Please, how do I identify such board to place order correctly? Do I use product ID Panasonic Plasma TV Model TCP42C2X Made in 2010?
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Bypassing a board or a part on the board would be like removing the spark plugs from a car and expecting it to run. On a serious note, if the TV has lightning damage recycle it and buy a new TV, you may be able to turn in a claim to your insurance company, once a set has storm damage even replacing a board may not fix it long term, in our service center we usually won't repair a TV the customer advises of lightning damage,it's a good way to get call backs
Fault to its main board. Short circuited component/s at it. Contact any service technician; or the authorized service center. If you wish to get some details; check the site linked here. Surf the site with patience. Pull up older posts. http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/ . In most cases, the main board might have to be replaced. If so, a software [firmware] update too might be necessary.
Have you made sure you are plugging the HDMI into the right HDMI port? Many TVs have multiple ports and you can usually use the remote to switch to the proper one. Once you find the "input" menu on the TV you an run through all of then until you find a signal, or look at the HDMI port number on the back of the TV and then select that port. I do not think it is an issue of getting a better calbe.
Other possibility is that the Mac is not sending a signal - and for that you need a Mac person.
Sounds like you have a bad input board and it is only time before you lose three. If it is under warranty get it in otherwise start tracking down the part. Most of these are a plug and play device once the tv is apart.
I don't have a solution, unfortunately, but your problem is nearly identical to mine. It even seems to have happened on the same date (7/27/12)! Do you live near Dener by chance? Anyway, we have Direct Tv, and ended up with 2 fried HD DVR boxes and 2 TVs on which the HDMI connections don't work after lightning hit close to our house on 7/27. Those boxes were replaced, as was part of the Direct TV dish. The only difference is, whereas on one TV component connections (red/white/yellow cables) allowed the TV to work normally, on the other (my 50 inch Panasonic Plasma TCP50S30) even the red/white/yellow cables did not work. Now I'm scouting the net for tips on what else to try before I possibly have the Panasonic looked at, which I am hedging on doing since I got it for only $600 new in the first place. Have you found out anything else since you posted this? Good luck to you...
Great question - I would check that out with Vizio because I have read accounts of parts incompatibility in cases such as the one you cited. And you do not want to get a board that does not work because usually there is no return on electric parts.
The only solutions u can tries is to unplug tv,satellite receiver box and plug it back in like about an hour later for the tv to reset itself and the sattellite box receiver to reboot and upgrade it softwares.Than go into the tv Menu go into the video setting and reset the whole tv Tuner signal board.This solutions have great chance for all the HDMI inputs to work again.If not have the same problems,sorry than those HDMI ports on the tv Tuner signal board are shorted and dead.These HDMI ports are putting on by a wave soldering machine when they are put onto the board.These HDMI ports can't be replaced individually or buy parts for it,almost impossible to replaces parts by hand soldering equipments either.The only solution now only is to buy a whole refurbish tv Tuner for the replacement,if u have to have those HDMI inputs for your tv,can't used other inputs to handle ur tv need to functions the tv the way u wanted.U some mechanical skills,like can take thing aparts and putting it back together.Yes.Try website like Ebay.com to buy a whole refurbish tv Tuner signal board for the replacement.
Thanks, Johnny rebel. Please, how do I identify such board to place order correctly? Do I use product ID Panasonic Plasma TV Model TCP42C2X Made in 2010?
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