Hi - we have a Panasonic TV (approx. 10 years old) which we watch via
a Sky satellite dish. Tonight while watching TV the picture suddenly
went - black background with white 'patch'. The problem didn't seem to
originate from the sat dish but the TV itself. The TV stanby light
still comes on, but the TV itself won't actually work - all we can
hear is a 'pulsing' noise which makes me think the problem could be
power-based - perhaps a surge? (although nothing else was effected).
Does anyone have any advice on what could have caused it and how we
might fix the problem?

Thanks

On May 18, 7:38 pm, ginger72 wrote:
Hi - we have a Panasonic TV (approx. 10 years old) which we watch via
a Sky satellite dish. Tonight while watching TV the picture suddenly
went - black background with white 'patch'. The problem didn't seem to
originate from the sat dish but the TV itself. The TV stanby light
still comes on, but the TV itself won't actually work - all we can
hear is a 'pulsing' noise which makes me think the problem could be
power-based - perhaps a surge? (although nothing else was effected).
Does anyone have any advice on what could have caused it and how we
might fix the problem?

Thanks

If you have standby the power supply is probably OK, i'd say as a
guess a dry joint has finally gone, or some problem in the horizontal
output has arisen. unless you generally know what you are doing with
electronics your chances of fixing this are slim to none.

I feared that it may be a fatal problem but hoped it might be
something simple!
Thanks for your advice, guess I'll have to look to buy a new one....

On 19 May, 08:52, ginger72 wrote:

I feared that it may be a fatal problem but hoped it might be
something simple!

Sounds like a good summary, there just isnt enough info to know what
it is.


NT

On 18 May, 18:38, ginger72 wrote:
Hi - we have a Panasonic TV (approx. 10 years old) which we watch via
a Sky satellite dish. Tonight while watching TV the picture suddenly
went - black background with white 'patch'. The problem didn't seem to
originate from the sat dish but the TV itself. The TV stanby light
still comes on, but the TV itself won't actually work - all we can
hear is a 'pulsing' noise which makes me think the problem could be
power-based - perhaps a surge? (although nothing else was effected).
Does anyone have any advice on what could have caused it and how we
might fix the problem?

Thanks

Depends what you mean by a "white patch" sounds like it could be a
frame fault, with DC on it, so its off the screen. Panasnic are in my
view, one of the best TV's on the market. I have one (been in the
trade 30 years!) but maybe it's time for a new one! and you would get
a 12 monthys warranty! As to whether its worth repairing would dend to
the state of the tube, but it's done well!

If you want any further advice, contact me!

Rod

On May 19, 12:52 am, ginger72 wrote:
I feared that it may be a fatal problem but hoped it might be
something simple!
Thanks for your advice, guess I'll have to look to buy a new one....

Who said it was a "fatal problem"..... it might make economical sense
to have it repaired. At the very least take it to a repair shop for a
repair cost estimate. A real live tech with real test equipment will
have to open er up and do some real troubleshooting in order to
determine what it will take to fix er up.... this can not be done on
the phone or over the internet. You could be throwing away a
perfectly good television, get an estimate before you toss it.
electricitym

ginger72 ha escrito:
I feared that it may be a fatal problem but hoped it might be
something simple!
Thanks for your advice, guess I'll have to look to buy a new one....

Remember that there are some amazing bargains to be had (local small
ads, freecycle etc) with CRT sets as people 'upgrade' (sic) to plasma
or lcd. I know someone who got a 4 year old 32" panasonic for about
60 pounds! It's a great time to buy, as people are sucked in by the
need to have the latest piece of tat irrespective of the fact that
most of the time what they're replacing outperforms it by a long
way.

On a related note, I would not invest in HD ready sets yet as by the
time the transmissions start in earnest, most will probably under
perform. A large quantity of supposed 'hd ready' sets can't actually
produce the correct resolution or have to upscale with appalling
impact on the image.

"ginger72" wrote in message
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I feared that it may be a fatal problem but hoped it might be
something simple!
Thanks for your advice, guess I'll have to look to buy a new one....



Why don't you have a service tech work on it? If the picture was ok before
it failed then it should be economical to repair. Just because you can't fix
something yourself doesn't mean you should dump it in a landfill and buy a
new one.