Just thought I'd run through a couple of issues I'm experiencing with this set.
The first issue is with a whining, high pitched noise the TV makes a short time after startup. After a couple of minutes, it begins to make a high pitched squeal, then gets a little higher in pitch, and then suddenly the squeal just dissolves away (I liken it to the way a headache disappears 10-20 minutes after taking a couple of Neurofen).
Now, I had the back cover off earlier, and it seemed that the noise is there a few seconds after switching on, I just didn't hear it before, the cover must shield some of the earlier pitch noise. Anyway, I had a screwdriver, and flexed the board in the area in the photographs attached, and the noise would come and go. Interestingly, as I moved the screwdriver towards the component marked "termal 70u" the pitch got higher, even though I didn't touch it. And as soon as the screwdriver touched the component, the squealing stopped; lift the screwdriver and the squeal would return. Touching a few other small components around there seemed to muffle the squeal as well. Top of that component is magnetic too; anyone know what it is? It has a coil around it.
So, anything I can do to stop the squeal? Do I need to resolder the other side, it's legs look like they could do with a bit more? Does this component get hot? Needs to be replaced?
The other issue is with some of the TV adjustments, namely colour and sharpness. When I try to adjust them, the adjustment doesn't do anything to the picture, the scale moves all the way from 0-100, but no difference to picture. The range of the brightness and contrast seems like they could be better too, but there is a noticeable change when they are adjusted. Volume adjustment seems to be ok. Anyone know what's likely to be at fault? I've attached a photo of the AV area, but there doesn't seem to be much to it, a number of caps and a few chips mainly. I can make a better photo if anyone thinks it would help. The picture on the set is pretty good, for a TV of this age, but a little bit of colour would improve it quite a bit. Would old caps affect issues such as this?
The first issue is with a whining, high pitched noise the TV makes a short time after startup. After a couple of minutes, it begins to make a high pitched squeal, then gets a little higher in pitch, and then suddenly the squeal just dissolves away (I liken it to the way a headache disappears 10-20 minutes after taking a couple of Neurofen).
Now, I had the back cover off earlier, and it seemed that the noise is there a few seconds after switching on, I just didn't hear it before, the cover must shield some of the earlier pitch noise. Anyway, I had a screwdriver, and flexed the board in the area in the photographs attached, and the noise would come and go. Interestingly, as I moved the screwdriver towards the component marked "termal 70u" the pitch got higher, even though I didn't touch it. And as soon as the screwdriver touched the component, the squealing stopped; lift the screwdriver and the squeal would return. Touching a few other small components around there seemed to muffle the squeal as well. Top of that component is magnetic too; anyone know what it is? It has a coil around it.
So, anything I can do to stop the squeal? Do I need to resolder the other side, it's legs look like they could do with a bit more? Does this component get hot? Needs to be replaced?
The other issue is with some of the TV adjustments, namely colour and sharpness. When I try to adjust them, the adjustment doesn't do anything to the picture, the scale moves all the way from 0-100, but no difference to picture. The range of the brightness and contrast seems like they could be better too, but there is a noticeable change when they are adjusted. Volume adjustment seems to be ok. Anyone know what's likely to be at fault? I've attached a photo of the AV area, but there doesn't seem to be much to it, a number of caps and a few chips mainly. I can make a better photo if anyone thinks it would help. The picture on the set is pretty good, for a TV of this age, but a little bit of colour would improve it quite a bit. Would old caps affect issues such as this?
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