2000 RCA Entertainment Series 27" console model G27647 problem

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by pac.attack76

This set has been on the front porch of a house after owner passed for some time. Cosmetically has held up pretty well with the exception of the power cord being chewed in half. I cleaned it up and plugged it in today only to find a line running across the screen with only the bottom half displaying anything. I've been having problems with my camera this past week so the pics are terrible. Any idea what's causing only half the screen to show?

If only the white line was showing, I would say the vertical oscillator or output tube is defective, or the vertical output transformer was open. If only half of the picture shows on the screen, however, I don't know and would not know where to guess the trouble might be (I've been away from electronics for over 20 years, having had to give up my workshop in my former home in 1999 when I moved to an apartment late that year--long story and OT).

Your camera seems to be working if it is producing the images you are showing in your post, so I wouldn't be too concerned about it. The first thing I would do, however, would be to charge the battery(ies), if your camera uses one or more such cells.

BTW, I am amazed the TV is working at all after sitting on a front porch in goodness knows what kind of weather (!) for years, the only damage being a chewed-up power cord. Most electronic devices, let alone very old televisions, will not take that for any length of time, and would probably go up in smoke if plugged in and turned on without being dried out first (if the set has been exposed to water for any length of time, as this one seems to have been). Replacing the damaged power cord is a good first step, but there is almost certainly other damage under the chassis which must be corrected before the set can be considered repaired for good. This TV is not all that old, however, having been made in the year 2000, so whatever is or may be wrong with it may not be as bad as you may think.