TV help

Bubbles · **Joined:** 28 Jul 2005 **Posts:** 21507

Okay, so I was just sitting there playing games on my TV and it just turns off and won't come back on, I know nothing about TVs or what this could possibly mean, any one have any ideas?

Bubbles · **Joined:** 28 Jul 2005 **Posts:** 21507

Let me clarify, it makes some noise when I press the button like it's trying to come on, just like some weird sounds that the TV always made when coming on (a high pitch buzzing), but the on light and the picture don't come on.

That meddlin kid · 26 Mar 2007

Bubbles wrote:

Okay, so I was just sitting there playing games on my TV and it just turns off and won't come back on, I know nothing about TVs or what this could possibly mean, any one have any ideas?

Well, don't overlook the obvious. Check to see whether it's plugged in. Try the switch. If you're using a remote, make sure it's working and is set to the right device. I've mystified myself before by trying to turn on a TV set before I remembered that the remote was set for the cable box, not the TV. :oops:

That meddlin kid · 26 Mar 2007

Bubbles wrote:

Let me clarify, it makes some noise when I press the button like it's trying to come on, just like some weird sounds that the TV always made when coming on (a high pitch buzzing), but the on light and the picture don't come on.

Okay, so it does have power. Maybe it's the game box, then. The set is on, but the feed for the image isn't working. Have you checked to make sure everything is connected? You know how sometimes things look plugged in but aren't really in all the way.

Prowl · **Joined:** 08 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 18746

What sort of TV?

LCD?

Feel the back of it. Is it very hot?

James C. Taylor · 16 Aug 2004

An internal fuse could have gone or it may just be dead. One thing to try, which sometimes, but not often, works: unplug the television from the outlet entirely, let it sit for a bout a half an hour, plug it back in (ideally into an entirely different outlet), see if it powers back up.

Chris · **Joined:** 11 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 21258

If it's a tube T.V., the tube may have given up the ghost.

Fraxon! · **Joined:** 22 Aug 2004 **Posts:** 40603

Check your power source. It may be fried.

Bubbles · **Joined:** 28 Jul 2005 **Posts:** 21507

It's a CRT, brand is LXI, not sure about model number.

The screen is definitely not working, but it is powering on, I doubt it's the power supply, but who knows?

It's unplugged right now, I'll get back to you.

Li'l Jay · 28 May 2006

You should have gotten a surge protector.

Chris · **Joined:** 11 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 21258

It's the tube. It's fried.

Frank L. Sisko · 25 Dec 2006

If a girl with freakishly long black hair crawls through the screen at you, leave the room. She's up to no good.

Bubbles · **Joined:** 28 Jul 2005 **Posts:** 21507

Li'l Jay wrote:

You should have gotten a surge protector.

What makes you think I don't have one?

Because I do.

Bubbles · **Joined:** 28 Jul 2005 **Posts:** 21507

Chris wrote:

It's the tube. It's fried.

Likely, but why would the power light not come on?

Li'l Jay · 28 May 2006

Bubbles wrote:

Li'l Jay wrote:

You should have gotten a surge protector.

What makes you think I don't have one?

Because I do.

Because Gerry didn't have one, and look what happened.

Bubbles · **Joined:** 28 Jul 2005 **Posts:** 21507

Frank L. Sisko wrote:

If a girl with freakishly long black hair crawls through the screen at you, leave the room. She's up to no good.

Noted.

Dr. Brian Fever · 10 Aug 2004

NO TV????? It's the apocalypse!!!

Bubbles · **Joined:** 28 Jul 2005 **Posts:** 21507

I don't really watch TV, but not being able to play Prince of Persia sucks.

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:28 pm

That meddlin kid · 26 Mar 2007

Linda wrote:

I remember our family having a set that was about that vintage. It was in better shape than that one....

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