Hi. I have an ALBA LCD32880HDF television which I purchased in August 2009 so just outside warrenty. I have been on holiday for a week and had switched the television off at the wall and returned home yesturday. We watched the tele for a couple of hours before going out and left the tele on standby. Returned home an hou or so later but now when turning the tele on we have a picture for a few minutes before it goes black! We still have sound and if I use the remote to change channels or adjust volue it works, but screen stays black. Tried leaving the tele off overnight but still not working. Any advice greatly recieved. Kind regards Ian

Hi all the black screen solution for me was this (this is assuming you have alba brand tvs and have the black screen BUT can still hear the sound) i after much fekkin around with it eventually found the solution in it (its the bloody backlight brightness in the settings you need to turn it from high TO LOW) ....... now this can be a bit tricky because usually when you have the black screen problem if u unplug the tv for a few hours and plug it back in you only get or should get probably like 30-1min of picture time before the picture goes black so u have to be reallllly fast with the menu button to get into settings before the picture dies (i learned the sequence for my alba lcd32880hdf) it was the following (for this part use the remotes arrows the one with the ok button usually in the centre of them) turn the tv on then click menu then press the up key 2 times then press ok then use the right arrow/button twice (although u cant see what ur doing ur navigating the menu hehe) then press the down arrow/button seven times before finally pressing the left arrow/button (once) <-- (now this bit may need to be done twice if you can remember setting ur backlight to max use it twice it will put it on minimum if in doubt only press it the once remember to totally power the tv off before repeating the steps to reset menus default posistions) remember thats the solution i found for my tv stands to reason (since i did infact buy another tv same brand different model which got the same problem) that this could be a solution for all alba tv users try it worked for me 2 times if ur not sure of the menu look up you tv models menu navigation online to find out the buttons you press gl hopefully it works for you too

Bishop_die: This worked! Thanks you've just saved me several hundred quid. I didn't need the first 2 steps as my menu defualts to top bit where you right arrow to picture, then down 7 to backlight. It doesn't look bad with low backlight. ALBA really are shonky with this fault.

My alba TV is still not working. ive looked at some forums and most of them said that it was a power management unit so i shopped around to find one. I just got it today and im still having the same issue the stand by light is on and when i try to turn it on there's still nothing.
if any one can help i would very much appreciate it

Av got alba lcd3288oh the tv turns on split second then goes black with sound but no picture aaarrrggghhhh help please ?

The tv u turn on now,does it have a picture flashes few sec.than died,have sound left only?Yes,than your tv have a 1 or 2 long boards call the LCD inverter board are dead.These 1 or 2 long LCD inverter board help the LCD screen panel to have a backlight to produced a picture.Tries websites like Shopjimmy.com,Ebay.com to buy those refurbishes long 1 or 2 LCD inverter boards for the replacement.