Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

[djw43]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

Here you go! It's from a friend of mine , he has 2. Suffix sticker might be different.

https://www.tvonderdelen.nl/detail.p...3%20&language=

Thank you Moreno83!
But i am afraid there are to many physical differences for this card to be compatible

[Moreno83]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

Ok , so the board on the right from shop jimmy is the exact board you need?

[Moreno83]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

I can't find the ZT60 board , only the VT60.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TNPH1043-TXN...QAAOSw0fhXkoXC

The ZT60 might have some extra options but the VT60 board should work. There is no different audio system , just speakers connected to the board. Maybe the Vt60 board is bad?

[Moreno83]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

I would reset the VT60 board to its factory settings and see if you get audio back.

[djw43]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

I would reset the VT60 board to its factory settings and see if you get audio back.

I would reset the VT60 board to its factory settings and see if you get audio back.

Thanks Moreno83, I did update the software, but I can also try to reset to defaults.
i will also try to output via headphones, external speakers, and blutooth

[djw43]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

bluetooth sound does work.and there is a setting to choose bluetooth audio only or all, it was set on BT, but even when set to "All" no sound from internal speakers, not from DVD, HDMI, youtube.

It is as if it is hard coded to "bluetooth " audio only.
The VT card does have all 9 of the picture choices , 2 THX modes.

Has anyone heard of this type of issue?
thanks

[Moreno83]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

Did you reset the board to its factory defaults?

[djw43]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

Did you reset the board to its factory defaults?

Hi Moreno83, thanks again for all the attention.
I did not restore to factory defaults yet, I am worried that I will lose any calibration the OP had set.
I guess I could copy the settings down first, that's what I'll do, Thanks!

[Moreno83]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

Ok , im confused haha.

Do you have a zt60 or a vt60? Or do you have a zt60 with a vt mainboard?

Yes , write down the settings or simply take some pictures....we all got smartphones haha.

[djw43]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

Ok , im confused haha.

Do you have a zt60 or a vt60? Or do you have a zt60 with a vt mainboard?

Yes , write down the settings or simply take some pictures....we all got smartphones haha.

oh, sorry, yes it is a 65ZT60 but it has a 65VT60 card in it, the ZT card got zapped by lightning.

good idea can snap a pic of the settings

[Moreno83]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

Ok , so you got it calibrated with the VT60 card?

Are you sure the speaker cables are connected properly? If the factory reset does not work then you either have bad connection on the mainboard OR the mainboard is defective or the mainboard does not work with the ZT60 speakers.....

Last option is probably not the problem , they both have same wattage.

[djw43]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

Ok , so you got it calibrated with the VT60 card?

Are you sure the speaker cables are connected properly? If the factory reset does not work then you either have bad connection on the mainboard OR the mainboard is defective or the mainboard does not work with the ZT60 speakers.....

Last option is probably not the problem , they both have same wattage.

thanks,
yes the speakers are connected properly
And when they are disconnected, oddly, i do not get a 12 blink error code.
I will reset to factory tonight, and go from there.
And i had a speaker from a VT50, and that had no sound either,when i substitued it in, so it is probably the main board

[Moreno83]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

I also think it's the mainboard. In this case factory defaults dont matter because a new mainboard will come with same default settings...

Good luck!

[budwich]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

Some questions... does the set have "sub audio / amp" boards for driving the internal speakers? If so, do you know if they did / did not get "zap" along with the main? What signal source are you verifying the sound with? I haven't seen any "internal / external" choices in a quick scan of owners manual... but maybe it is there somewhere.

[djw43]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

Some questions... does the set have "sub audio / amp" boards for driving the internal speakers? If so, do you know if they did / did not get "zap" along with the main? What signal source are you verifying the sound with? I haven't seen any "internal / external" choices in a quick scan of owners manual... but maybe it is there somewhere.

Hi budwich
for internal sound source there is a flowery test page you access from self-test,
it notes you should see a picture and hear music. (no audio)
Also somewhat internal, NETFLIX and Youtube
for external input, I tried the RCA jacks for AV input from a DVD player. (no audio)
also each HDMI input from cable box output.

There isn't any hardware between the "A" board and the speakers.
And this is a replacement "A" board, it did not get zapped, in case there is some amping in line.
I am leaning more towards bad "A" board rather than compatibility issue.
I will have a 65ZT60 card to try within a week, and that should confirm that its the VT card, or I don't know what else.

But planning on reverting to factory defaults tonight.
thanks for the help!

[budwich]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

ok... thanks for the extra info. :-( have you tried any of the digital audio outs?

I guess one other question is what is your speaker control set to? :-)

[djw43]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

ok... thanks for the extra info. :-( have you tried any of the digital audio outs?

I guess one other question is what is your speaker control set to? :-)

No, I have not tried digital audio out, I will check the manual to do that, goid idea.
And yes , speaker level is adaquate
Thnx!

[budwich]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

ok... but I am not talking about "speaker level"... I am talking about "speaker control"... :-) I seem to recall lots of discussion about pany "screwing" this up.... maybe yours isn't set right. When you go into the sound "settings", what options are you seeing?

[djw43]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

Oh ok, I have the setting on auto detect to determine if ext speakers are connected. And in the bluetooth setting I have "All" selected for both bluetooth and normal simultaneously

[budwich]

Re: Help! My Panasonic TC-P65ZT60 wont turn on!

hmmm... not quite what I am thinking.... under what "tab" is the "auto detect" and what other options are there in that "sub tab"?