I picked up this LG plasma 50PA6500 with a suspected power problem. The previous owner said it would run for a few minutes and then turn itself off. Pretty typical for anyone who does this sort of thing regularly.
In actuality, when I get it home, it's doing something a bit different.
When I plug the power cord in, the set clicks once, flashes a bright screen (not white but bright backlighting) and then stays at a dim black screen, as if the backlighting is on but there is no image. The weird part is that I can't turn it off. Either with the remote or the hard button. The tv does not respond to any input and will not turn off without unplugging the power cord. There is no sort of startup indication, i.e. a jingle tone , menu image, channel indicator, nothing. Plug in the power cord, single click, bright momentary flash, then dim backlight, that's all.
I haven't opened it up yet, but I'm wondering if anyone has had this issue, especially not being able to turn it off. I've repaired many different types of TV's but never one I couldn't turn off. Strange!
Any ideas?
In actuality, when I get it home, it's doing something a bit different.
When I plug the power cord in, the set clicks once, flashes a bright screen (not white but bright backlighting) and then stays at a dim black screen, as if the backlighting is on but there is no image. The weird part is that I can't turn it off. Either with the remote or the hard button. The tv does not respond to any input and will not turn off without unplugging the power cord. There is no sort of startup indication, i.e. a jingle tone , menu image, channel indicator, nothing. Plug in the power cord, single click, bright momentary flash, then dim backlight, that's all.
I haven't opened it up yet, but I'm wondering if anyone has had this issue, especially not being able to turn it off. I've repaired many different types of TV's but never one I couldn't turn off. Strange!
Any ideas?
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