Picture brightness is about 1/2 as it used to be what is the cause?

There are several brightness adjustments on this TV. Download the manual from the following link. Set the size to a readable %. Then click "Edit", then "Find", and type "bright", then click "Next" repeatedly to review all your brightness options. http://www.manualslib.com/manual/82813/Jvc-Lt-32e488.html#product-LT-37E488

This may help you...you can also get an owners manual free on line.


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Using Automatic Picture Settings
Your TV has Three automatic picture settings ("Dynamic", "Standard", "Movie") that are preset at the factory.
You can activate either Dynamic, Standard, Movie by making a selection from the menu.
1. Press the MENU button to display the menu.
Press the ENTER button, to select "Picture".
2. Press the ENTER button to select "Mode".
Press the ??² or ??¼ buttons to select the "Dynamic", "Standard", "Movie" picture
setting. Press the ENTER button.
?³ Choose Dynamic to increase the clarity and sharpness of the picture.
?³ Choose Standard for the standard factory settings.
?³ Choose Movie for a natural Image without picture enhancements.
3. Press the ??² or ??¼ buttons to select "Contrast", "Brightness", "Sharpness",
"Color", or "Tint(G/R)", then press the ENTER button.
4. Press the ??? or ??? buttons to decrease or increase the value of a particular item.
For example, if you select "Contrast", pressing the ??? button increases it.
Press the ENTER button.
Press the EXIT button to exit.
• When you make changes to Contrast, Brightness, Sharpness, Color, Tint(G/R)
the OSD will be adjusted accordingly.
• When in PC mode, Tint, Sharpness, and Color are not available.
Press the P.MODE button on the remote control repeatedly to select the desired
picture mode.
Picture Control
Move Enter Return
Mode : Dynamic ???
Contrast 1 00
Brightness 50
Sharpness 85
Color 55
Tint G 50 R 50
Balck light 1 00
??¼More
TV Picture
Move Enter Return
Mode : Dynamic
Contrast 1 00
Brightness 50
Sharpness 85
Color 55
Tint G 50 R 50
Balck light 1 0
??¼More
TV Picture
Dynamic
Standard
Movie
Move Enter Return
Mode : Dynamic ???
Contrast 1 00
Brightness 50
Sharpness 85
Color 55
Tint G 50 R 50
Balck light 1 0
??¼More
TV Picture
50
??² Con trast ??¼
Move Adjust Return
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Adjusting the Color Tone
You can change the color of the entire screen according to your preference.
1. Press the MENU button to display the menu.
Press the ENTER button to select "Picture".
2. Press the ??² or ??¼ button to select "Color Tone", then press the ENT ER button.
3. Press the ??² or ??¼ button to select "Cool2", "Cool1", "Normal", "Warm1",
or "Warm2".
Press the ENTER button.
When the picture mode is set to Dynamic or Standard, Warm1 and Warm2
cannot be selected. Movie mode is only available.
Move Enter Return
??²More
Color Tone : Cool2 ???
Detailed settings ???
Size : 16 : 9 ???
Digital NR : Low ???
Active Color : On ???
DNle : On ???
Reset : OK ???
TV Picture
Move Enter Return
??²More
Color Tone : Cool2
Detailed settings
Size : 16 : 9
Digital NR : Low
Active Color : On
DNle : On
Reset : OK
TV Picture
Cool2
Cool1
Normal
Warm1
Warm2
Activating Backlight
You can adjust the screen brightness by adjusting the LCD backlight brightness. (0~10)
1. Press the MENU button to display the menu.
Press the ENTER button to select "Picture".
2. Press the ??² or ??¼ button to select "Backlight", then press the ENTER button.
3. Press the ??? or ??? button to decrease or increase the valueof the backlight
brightness.
Press the ENTER button.
Press the EXIT button to exit.
Move Enter Return
Mode : Dynamic ???
Contrast 1 00
Brightness 50
Sharpness 85
Color 55
Tint G 50 R 50
Balcklight 1 0
??¼More
TV Picture
5
??² Balcklight
??¼
Move Adjust Return
Move Enter Return
??²More
Color Tone : Cool2
Detailed settings
Size : 16 : 9
Digital NR : Low
Active Color : On
DNle : Off
Reset : OK
TV Picture
OK
Cancel
Resetting the Picture Settings to the Factory Defaults
1. Press the ??² or ??¼ button to select "Reset", then press the ENTER button.
Press the ??² or ??¼ button to select "Cancel" or "OK" then press the ENTER button.
Press the EXIT button to exit.
Each mode can be reset.

Are you using the red-eye setting? An initial flash causes the pupils of your subjects to contract, followed by a second full flash 1 second later.

The trouble is that the first flash is bright, and subjects think its all over so they blink, rub their eyes, look away, and even the photographer may be pointing the camera elesewhere by then.

It is better not to use that setting, and fix the red eye afterwards.
With the flash open, hit the right button until the eye icon goes away.

Try demagitizing the moniter. In the monitor's menu it will have a picture of a magnic , select it. Sometimes it is listed as degrous. After selecting this, your screen will seem to spin then settle. If your still have problems, a magnic may have come close to the moniter while it was being stored, and that will ruin the picture.

check the high voltage with the screen control turned up high where there is no raster. suspect problem within the video circuit where there is no high voltage or defective picture tube.some time when the screen is black and the screen control advanced,you can see if the tv has video or vertical or horizontal problems on the screen.service the high voltage circuit if there is no raster or high voltage is seen.no raster can be caused by the no heater or filament in the CRT.---- a defective picture tube can cause many problems, such as, poor brightness ,missing colors,intermittent picture,poor focus,a single-colored raster,arching in the gun assembly,retrace lines in the picture,negative picture,chassis shutdown,noheater or filament lit and no raster to name a few.an open filament or heater can cause no picture or no raster symptom.a defective CRT can have an extremely bright screen.loose particles of the cathode element can lodge between the grids and cause an intermittent black and white picture. simply tap the ends of the CRT gun assembly and notice if the picture begins to flash off and on.---- with a leaky picture tube after turn on the raster dims and get extremely bright.a dim picture with no green in the raster can result from a bad green assembly. a heater-to-cathode short can cause a raster to change colour or a result in no raster at all.replace the picture tube if there is severe arching in the neck of CRT. excessive brightness with retrace lines and a vertical collapse to a thin line can be caused by a bad coil on the neck board of the picture tube.rejuvenate the picture tube when there is very bright green screen. check for the resistance change on the resistors of the CRT neck board for an excessively bright picture with retrace lines.excessive dust inside the CRT spark gaps within the picture tube socket can cause the very bright raster and the chassis shutdown.a defective video amp,luminance buffer,or reference transistor can cause a bright picture with retrace lines. -------- for getting any required parts to replace you can get it from www.radioshack.com or from www.partstore.com or from www.shopjimmy.com --------- thanks.please do rate the solution.thank you for using fixya.keep updated.

This issue is caused by either a defective CCD or main-board one or the other needs to be replaced. You can go to www.digitalcamrepair.com if you need further assistance.

LCD TV TroubleshootingThe defective LCD TV may have the following common symptoms:

Symptom: No picture on screen but LCD TV still has sound.
Solutions: The problem is cause by defective inverter. Replacing ivnerter will solve hte problem. Symptom: Screen flash on and off between 1/2 to a few seconds, but power indicate light stays on and TV still has sound.
Solutions: The problem is cause by defective inverter. Symptom: Blue Screen but no picture
Solutions: The problem is cause by defective Main Board(AD Board). In some cases, this problem may cause by the defective Screen Controller board. Thsi board is mounting on teh back of LCD TV Scree. Symptom: Power light stays on but no display and sound
Solutions: The problem is cause by defective Main Board(AD Board) or Power supply board. Symptom: No Power or Power indicate light does not lits
Solutions: The problem could cause either by defective Power supply board or defective Main Board(AD Board). Symptom: Screen is half dim and half bright
Solutions: The problem is cause by defective LCD Panel.It needs to be replace.

The Problem Philips 27TS54 c101 27B800-7562 White horizontal line in the center of the screen. Color is present in the first half inch of the leftist corner of the horizontal line.
Audio is present and controllable. The green power led from a cold non plugged in state remains solid until CRT goes to ignite. A click is heard then the green power LED blinks.
I found service manual diagram of repair part or parts and install instructions
HTTP://WWW.servicemanuals.net/results.aspx?type=SM&brand=100&model=27ts54
I request any info or tips you might have pertaining to this problem
Thank-you
Sincerely
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2/20/2008
P.S. 25”-27” CRT board APT187

Possible Answer Posted by PEE_WEE 4/28/2005
On the CRT circuit board(picture tube), you will find R3340, which is a 10 ohm 1/3w resistor. The location of the resistor is printed on the bottom of the ckt board. It is burned open, replace with a 10 ohm 1/2w resistor. This will solve your problem. The original resistor was sized too small, should have been a 1/2 watt. This resistor is mounted standing up on ends. Mount the replacement resistor the same way. Be careful and don't get the circuit trace too hot and damage the circuit trace. (it's very small) The resistor is located on the crt(cathode ray tube), pcb(printed circuit board) socket. The resistor supplies apx +200v to the collectors of the r, g, b, video driver transistors. If this voltage is low, it causes excess brightness(excess beam current), causing the set to "shut-down". If the shut-down is too quick, you will NOT see the excess brightness, because the picture tube has not warmed-up enough to display anything on the picture tube. To see if the set displays "excess brightness", you will need to turn the set "on" about 5 to 10 times. This will heat the picture tube enough to display "excess brightness", IF that is the PROBLEM. Of course, there are OTHER defects that will cause a tv to shut down. There are built in safety circuits, that will "activate" if excess voltage/current or heat is detected anywhere in the set.

NOTE
My resistors are not numbered the same on my crt board APT187. GSM 02/20/2008

learning to use light metering correctly can have its challenge.
the manual will guide you on how to set up to read light from the subject. spot metering a dark area will cause general overexposure, or a washed out look. spot metering a bright area will cause a dark image. if you are on spot meter and shoot two people standing together against a bright lit background, your meter will see between them if they are centered, and read all that bright background, setting the camera to a less sensitive combination of aperture / shutter speed, resulting in a dark image. use field averaging meter setting and be sure you are metering the subject and not the background. try shooting a wall that is fairly clear of other colors and uniform it light hitting it, you should have a correctly exposed image. since it works in other modes (at least 1, anyway) then it is unlikely you have an exposure compensation issue. that is the only other non defect issue that would cause your problem.
once you confirm that you have these settings correct and still get a dark image, its time to have it serviced.
good luck
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