My 4 year old Panasonic PT-51HX41E TV worked perfectly until this
morning. Turned the power on, picture came on after 3-4 seconds
(normal), heard one second of audio - click, powered off. Pushed the
power button, nothing. Tried using the front panel power button instead
of the remote (gasp!), nothing. Checked the UPS, seemed fine, cable
converter and DVD player power up normally. Unplugged the TV, hit the
power button....worked for 5 seconds, then off again. Hit the power
button...nothing. Moved the plug from the UPS to the power strip, hit
the power button....worked for 5 seconds, then off again. Hit the power
button...nothing. Same results plugging into a receptacle on a
different circuit. Removed all devices from the circuit except for the
TV, same results. The trend - whenever I physically unplug the set, it
will power up for 5 seconds, then nothing. I live in Florida, so have
always used a UPS with power conditioning for my electronics.

It's Christmas Eve, it's Saturday, the NFL has moved up the schedule so
most of the games are today, the nearest service center is 60 miles
away, TV won't fit in my car, no way I'll get a service guy out here
today, probably not until Tuesday at best, my wife is glaring at me.

HELP! Any thoughts, suggestions, offers to come over and fix it would
be appreciated.

thanks,

Steve

I guess its a good time then to spend with the family.
Its only an appliance..!!!!

Enjoy your weekend without the Box.


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My 4 year old Panasonic PT-51HX41E TV worked perfectly until this
morning. Turned the power on, picture came on after 3-4 seconds
(normal), heard one second of audio - click, powered off. Pushed the
power button, nothing. Tried using the front panel power button instead
of the remote (gasp!), nothing. Checked the UPS, seemed fine, cable
converter and DVD player power up normally. Unplugged the TV, hit the
power button....worked for 5 seconds, then off again. Hit the power
button...nothing. Moved the plug from the UPS to the power strip, hit
the power button....worked for 5 seconds, then off again. Hit the power
button...nothing. Same results plugging into a receptacle on a
different circuit. Removed all devices from the circuit except for the
TV, same results. The trend - whenever I physically unplug the set, it
will power up for 5 seconds, then nothing. I live in Florida, so have
always used a UPS with power conditioning for my electronics.

It's Christmas Eve, it's Saturday, the NFL has moved up the schedule so
most of the games are today, the nearest service center is 60 miles
away, TV won't fit in my car, no way I'll get a service guy out here
today, probably not until Tuesday at best, my wife is glaring at me.

HELP! Any thoughts, suggestions, offers to come over and fix it would
be appreciated.

thanks,

Steve

You may have a safety circuit shutting down the set. The only way to
get it to reset is to unplug, then plug back in. The set will need
repair. Take Kip's advice, or settle watching a different set until a
you have it repaired by a qualified tech. Good luck.

It's Christmas Eve, it's Saturday, the NFL has moved up the schedule so
most of the games are today, the nearest service center is 60 miles
away, TV won't fit in my car, no way I'll get a service guy out here
today, probably not until Tuesday at best, my wife is glaring at me.

She's not glaring at you because of the TV, it's because your whining
that you can't watch 10 hours of NFL on Christmas Eve in all it's big
screen glory. (Either that or it's that stupid Santa hat and elf
slippers you're wearing).

But it actually wouldn't matter what day this happened, there are too
many things that will cause late model Panasonics to shut down in
protect mode, and none of them are easy fixes. I've seen bad
deflection yokes, flyback transformers, shorted and open coupling caps
in the yoke circuit, loss of vertical deflection, etc. Even shorted
CRT drive ICs will cause this. You need someone who knows how to
methodically troubleshoot this TV properly. The good news is that the
inside of this model slides out of the cabinet for easier transport to
the repair facility (likely). Good luck and Merry Christmas.

John

BTW, you can watch 24 hours of A Christmas Story on TBS starting at
8pm......

NFL. what a crock of ****.
Sports suck.

next time don't buy jap soldered **** get a good, hand wired television
like a Zenith or an RCA.

Yeah... "Zenith is better, because it's handcrafted."

The quality goes in before the name goes on.



Erich J. Schultheis, The Man with the 15 inch Cock. wrote:
next time don't buy jap soldered **** get a good, hand wired television
like a Zenith or an RCA.