On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:18:31 -0700, Smitty Two
wrote:

So the g.f. says her bedroom TV won't turn on. If she hits the momentary
on/off button on either the TV or the remote, the green power indicator
lights briefly but goes out again immediately. It's a 1991 Panasonic 19"
CRT, model # CTN1956R.

She's coming down (300 miles) this weekend and will bring the thing with
her if there's a reasonable chance that I can fix it fairly readily and
for little if any money, with some help from the group of course. At the
moment I'm not gainfully employed so my time is free anyway.

I can solder and use basic test equipment and sort out ohm's law and
stay away from charged capacitors, but my AS degree in electronics
technology is rusty.

Obviously a 19" CRT is virtually worthless, and if this isn't a fairly
obvious fault we'll pick up another one free or cheap, or upgrade to an
LCD. So feedback of any appropriate nature is welcome.

I had a Panasonic that did this after a static discharge upon
manually turning off. It fixed itself only after I left it unplugged
for a short while.