Intermitant TV problem

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I would appreciate some help on a problem that one of you experts in TV repair might be able to help me with.


I have a TOSHIBA CX27D60 color TV that i bought around 1995. It has never let me down until now. The other day I pushed "power" on the remote and nothing happened. I pushed the TV's power button and got the same. If I unplug it and plug it back in I can hear a click . If I push the TV's power button the red power indicator will light for a split second, but only if I unplug it and plug it back in several times.

Last night I took the back off to see inside. With a paint brush I carefully vacuumed all the accumulated dust. Plugged it in, pushed power, and it came on. I Noticed that the clicking noise comes from a little silver box the size of a pack of cigarettes located towards the back of the TV. Thinking the "dusting" fixed the problem I put it together put it back on the shelf and watched TV. I come home today and it is doing the same thing.

If I plug in and unplug and constantly hit the power switch theTV eventually comes on (and stays on) There is nothing else wrong with the set..the picture is beautiful. Once it is on all is okay once it is off...well you know the rest.

Any help here would be much appreciated as I hope it is something simple. I would hate to have to get a new set.