Advice on (hopefully) simple repair to RCA HDTV

[YamahaFreak]

I checked inside again, and it seems I left a cable disconnected. I reconnected it, replaced the back panel, and...


It works!!! Pic:



I want to thank everyone who posted in this thread for helping me bring this set back to life. It took all this to finally bring an HDTV (or big-screen of any kind, for that matter) into our house, and I couldn't be happier.

[sampson159]

i would love to see that set,but it comes up forbidden. why ya shutting me out?
as always,i m outside looking in.

[radiotvnut]

I'm glad you were able to get it going. It's always nice to be able to make something good out of someone else's trash. It amazes me how much good stuff people throw away that can easily be made to work. They'd rather spend big $$ on something new than bother with trying to fix it. Every TV I've ever owned was either a trash find, a donation from the TV shop, or a donation from an individual. Of course, I'm real happy that people would rather replace than repair because it keeps us supplied with plenty of good stuff.

[radiotvnut]

I just got the same forbidden message.

[YamahaFreak]

Photo link fixed.

[freakaftr8]

Awsome! Glad to see it working! Congrats to a tv fix well done...

[sampson159]

LOOKS BEAUTIFUL! i am happy with your success. these techs in this forum are the nicest,friendliest, folks you will ever have the pleasure to know. they have helped me and i am forever indebted. well done!

[jaspars7]

I've got the same problem on my RCA Scenium. It just went out and when I push the power button, I hear the fan kick on, power button lights up and then it shuts off. I turn on power again and it does the same thing. I took the back of the TV off and found the exact same restrictor burnt to a crisp. Assuming that I have the same problem, I followed the advice given and replaced the HV Splitter which was smooth sailing and then I replaced the restrictor by connecting it to the two on the right side of the board as instructed. After installing the new parts, I crossed my fingers and hit the power button and, no luck. Still doing the same thing it was at the start. I'm gonna take a few pics and post them up so you guys can see what I've done. In the meantime, any ideas? In the back of the TV, on the right, at the bottom, inside the bottom box, I can see a red light that comes inside when I plug it in and the fan starts up, but after a few seconds, it shuts off and then tries to start back up about 3 times before it just shuts off.

[YamahaFreak]

Originally Posted by jaspars7

I've got the same problem on my RCA Scenium. It just went out and when I push the power button, I hear the fan kick on, power button lights up and then it shuts off. I turn on power again and it does the same thing. I took the back of the TV off and found the exact same restrictor burnt to a crisp. Assuming that I have the same problem, I followed the advice given and replaced the HV Splitter which was smooth sailing and then I replaced the restrictor by connecting it to the two on the right side of the board as instructed. After installing the new parts, I crossed my fingers and hit the power button and, no luck. Still doing the same thing it was at the start. I'm gonna take a few pics and post them up so you guys can see what I've done. In the meantime, any ideas? In the back of the TV, on the right, at the bottom, inside the bottom box, I can see a red light that comes inside when I plug it in and the fan starts up, but after a few seconds, it shuts off and then tries to start back up about 3 times before it just shuts off.

How many resistors did you replace? IIRC, I replaced a total of three in mine, one fat carbon-core one and two smaller striped ones. Make sure that all the connections on the HV splitter are secure-I had to push them in pretty hard. FWIW, my set is still going strong...