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kenjaman73
02-27-08, 04:10 PM
:)
I just found this web-site today and registered, I wish I had known about it 10 years ago.
So here's the scoop.....
This 42" big screen tv was given to me by a neighbor and told that it worked ok, but it took 10 -15 minutes to warm up. When I received it, all I can get is the internal click when I try to power it on and off. I have left it in both conditions for 20-30 minutes with no audio or video results. I do not see an illuminated light showing "power on" anywhere in either condition. I have scanned 22 pages of the Entertainment: TV, Stereo, VCR and DVD archives with nothing solid to go on, excepting that these big screen tv's have an average life of 9 - 11 years. So this tv should have died about 7 years ago anyway.
Unless there are any real simple responses as to "what I should check" (i only have an old vtvm to work with), are there any sub-assemblies that are worth cannibalizing from it for future hobbying? That is if I can get whatever's worth keeping out from under my wife's nose and stash it somewhere. :mask:
thanx, kenjaman73 (commited dumpster diver)
I just found this web-site today and registered, I wish I had known about it 10 years ago.
So here's the scoop.....
This 42" big screen tv was given to me by a neighbor and told that it worked ok, but it took 10 -15 minutes to warm up. When I received it, all I can get is the internal click when I try to power it on and off. I have left it in both conditions for 20-30 minutes with no audio or video results. I do not see an illuminated light showing "power on" anywhere in either condition. I have scanned 22 pages of the Entertainment: TV, Stereo, VCR and DVD archives with nothing solid to go on, excepting that these big screen tv's have an average life of 9 - 11 years. So this tv should have died about 7 years ago anyway.
Unless there are any real simple responses as to "what I should check" (i only have an old vtvm to work with), are there any sub-assemblies that are worth cannibalizing from it for future hobbying? That is if I can get whatever's worth keeping out from under my wife's nose and stash it somewhere. :mask:
thanx, kenjaman73 (commited dumpster diver)
Rick Johnston
02-28-08, 04:16 AM
The keywords from your post are: "these big screen tv's have an average life of 9 - 11 years. So this tv should have died about 7 years ago anyway."
I wouldn't throw any money at it.
As for parts. If the power supply is bad (a common failure) it's not going to be any good to you. The audio section, including the speakers, could be used for something, but to the best of my aging memory it's integrated onto the main board.
Can you turn the cabinet into an aquarium? :)
"Honey, look! It's the 24-hour fish channel!"
I wouldn't throw any money at it.
As for parts. If the power supply is bad (a common failure) it's not going to be any good to you. The audio section, including the speakers, could be used for something, but to the best of my aging memory it's integrated onto the main board.
Can you turn the cabinet into an aquarium? :)
"Honey, look! It's the 24-hour fish channel!"
classicsat
02-29-08, 04:57 PM
You can make its A/V selector circuitry into a standalone A/V selector. I did that with same from a Panasonic set, fortunately it was rather modular, and datasheets for the components were rather available, Mitsubishi may be different. I made my own logic board.
I used to make console TVs into desks.
I used to make console TVs into desks.