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FOAK: Televisions.
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Our keeps turning itself off.
i.e. Turn it on, with the remote, sit down, then off it goes.
This happens two or three times when we get in at night, the
occasionally during the evening.
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Have you tried turning it off, then back on again.
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Simple fix, or a trip to the skip?
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A thermal trip maybe? Try taking the back off & hoovering all the dust
out. If that doesn't work, I've used Comet's repair service a few times
in the past, & it's been surprisingly cheap. That was a few years ago
though, so things may have changed.
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you forgot the disclaimer - warning - big ol' caps in the back that will
kill you if you're not careful, even with it unplugged.....
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Linda's patented "solution" of thumping it and swearing at it doesn't
seem to be working too well.
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Oh, I saw this on one of those programs about Americans - it's
obvious:
either yourself or Linda has got the spare remote wedged somewhere in
a fold of flesh.
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Why, you cheeky young whippersnapper ...
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You're sitting on the remote.
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Is it a Hitachi?
They all do that sir.
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It is.
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Ours does that. It gets worse. Get a man it to solder some things round
the back, like others have mentioned. It hasn't gone away but happens
less often.
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Mine did this a year or so ago, turned out to be a couple of dry solder
joints, the TV dude showed up, popped the back off, soldered them,
relieved me of £15, and it's been good since then.
I have a Hitatchi that used to do the same thing, it seems lots ot TV's use
the same chassis. It is a joint on one or all of the four large heatsinked
transistors that form a line in the centre of the chassis when you look at
it from the back. I soldered them up and it has been fine.
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It is also commonly dry solder joints on the coil. I had a television that
did exactly this and I have seen it with computer monitors. Trace the Ht
lead from the tube to board and solder all the large joints under the coil.
Be very careful with this area of the telly as it keeps a very high voltage
charge for months.
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Reemember to unplug it first 'though !
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Mine did this a year or so ago, turned out to be a couple of dry solder=20
joints, the TV dude showed up, popped the back off, soldered them,=20
relieved me of =A315, and it's been good since then.
Of course, having posted this my 7 year old TV is now bound to blow up.
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