We have a large home theater RCA projection TV model P61939 that we
have had for several years and never had a single issue with. We use
it for our TV and some video games. Last night we watched Monday
Night Football until late at night and powered it off as normal. This
evening we went to power it on with the remote and nothing came on, no
picture, no sound, nothing. Tried the switches on the front and still
nothing. We have it plugged into a good surge supressor power stip
and we powered this off, then back on. When we powered it back on, we
got a quick burp sound from the speakers of the TV, but still
nothing. Left it off for a while and then turned it back on, still
nothing.

Now this beast of a TV who has served us so well now sits idle in the
corner of the room. We were looking at buying a new TV down the road,
but in these times we were wanting to put that off as long as possible
and the picture on this was always excellent.

So we'd like to know if there's anything anyone might suggest that
might breath life back into our living room companion. Anything that
might be a way to figure out what's wrong without incurring some major
repair bill as a 61" TV isn't something you throw in the car and take
to the repair shop.

Thanks in advance for any and all help!

"infiniteMPG" wrote in message
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We have a large home theater RCA projection TV model P61939 that we
have had for several years and never had a single issue with. We use
it for our TV and some video games. Last night we watched Monday
Night Football until late at night and powered it off as normal. This
evening we went to power it on with the remote and nothing came on, no
picture, no sound, nothing. Tried the switches on the front and still
nothing. We have it plugged into a good surge supressor power stip
and we powered this off, then back on. When we powered it back on, we
got a quick burp sound from the speakers of the TV, but still
nothing. Left it off for a while and then turned it back on, still
nothing.

Now this beast of a TV who has served us so well now sits idle in the
corner of the room. We were looking at buying a new TV down the road,
but in these times we were wanting to put that off as long as possible
and the picture on this was always excellent.

So we'd like to know if there's anything anyone might suggest that
might breath life back into our living room companion. Anything that
might be a way to figure out what's wrong without incurring some major
repair bill as a 61" TV isn't something you throw in the car and take
to the repair shop.

Thanks in advance for any and all help!
If you are familiar with troubleshooting this type of TV, you need to start
with the power supply. Check voltages and post back here what you find.
Otherwise...
Chances are one or more components in the power supply have failed. Try to
find a competent local repair shop based on reccomendations. The TV should
not need to be removed from the home to repair it. A good technician should
be able to diagnose and replace the defective components. Often the entire
inner chassis will be removed and brought back to the repair shop and the
outer cabinet left in the home.
Diagnosis takes time and skill so expect to pay for a repair estimate. Most
shops will include this in the cost of the repair if you accept the
estimate. Depending on the parts and labor required to repair the TV expect
to pay at least several hundred dollars (if in the USA) for the repair.
Good luck.

Depending on the parts and labor required to repair the TV expect to pay at least several hundred dollars (if in the USA) for the repair. Good luck.

Thanks for the info. Actually bought the TV on Ebay about 5 years or
so ago for about $500 so doubt I'll put that much effort into it.
Have been looking at upgrading to LCD HD but just haven't gotten
around to it and didn't want to spend the $$$. But if it's a long
debug and hundred$ to fix, probably not worth the effort :O( sadly

On Sep 30, 11:07*am, infiniteMPG wrote:
Depending on the parts and labor required to repair the TV expect to pay at least several hundred dollars...

*But if it's a long
debug and hundred$ to fix, probably not worth the effort.

Don't start with 'long debug and hundred$', that's silly. It's a
POWER
problem, open the sucker and look for the fuse. If something is
burned in half, or if there's a big red RESET button, this can be a
ten minute diagnose/fix. Steer clear of the high voltage parts,
but reseating connectors in case they just got loose is also
worthwhile.

A repair shop will have to charge hundreds, but that's what you paid
for the TV in the first place, so it IS worth that much.

"whit3rd" wrote in message
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On Sep 30, 11:07 am, infiniteMPG wrote:
Depending on the parts and labor required to repair the TV expect to pay
at least several hundred dollars...

But if it's a long
debug and hundred$ to fix, probably not worth the effort.

Don't start with 'long debug and hundred$', that's silly. It's a
POWER
problem, open the sucker and look for the fuse. If something is
burned in half, or if there's a big red RESET button, this can be a
ten minute diagnose/fix. Steer clear of the high voltage parts,
but reseating connectors in case they just got loose is also
worthwhile.

A repair shop will have to charge hundreds, but that's what you paid
for the TV in the first place, so it IS worth that much.




I highly doubt that it is just a blown fuse as you suggest. Things rarely
blow
fuses for no reason, well, aside from LCD inverters. You can make things
much
worse if the fuse is blown and you just throw another one in there and power
it up. I guess it doesn't really matter if the OP plans to trash it, but I
wouldn't think
thats going to solve anything.

Okay, here's a bit more in this mystery.... I disconnected everything
on the RCA projection TV model P61939 and shoved it off in the corner,
thinking about selling for parts. Sat for a week or so and when I
went to check it out and maybe break it down, just for chuckles I
plugged it in, hit the power button and WOW... it turned on and worked
perfectly!!!! HUH????? So I hung on to it and in rearranging the
house, I decided it might of been some overload that needed to
discharge and maybe it was okay now.

So it got put in a new spot and plugged in, worked fine, and figured
I'd set it up for video games when the kids visited. So there it sat
for a week, plugged in but not being turned on. Today I went out and
was thinking about hooking up a video game and get it set up for a
weekend visit, but when I hit the power button... NOTHING!!! Huh????
So it worked for years, then it didn't work at all. Then it sat idle
for a week and when it got plugged in, it worked again. Now it's been
plugged in for a week, tried to power it up, and nothing (again).

I did notice when I unplugged it and then plugged it back in, there
was a pretty decent power arc on the plug going in to the wall like it
was drawing power right from the plug being plugged in.

So does this narrow down what it could be? I'm at the point right now
when I'd kind of prefer to fix 'er up and set it up as a dedicated
video game display.

All thanks for suggestions and fixes.