Hey guys. Bought a 58" Samsung UN58J5190AFXZA that didn't work (real cheap). It was unclear exactly what didn't work, only that it "suddenly" stopped working. I also confirmed that the screen was not damaged, so thought it was worth a look. Upon plugging it in to see what it would do, it came on and was on the tv input, only I had to use the joystick on back to turn it on, it would not respond to the remote (remote works fine on my other Samsung tv). I plugged in some rabbit ears and let it program the tuner and that worked. Then I changed to the HDMI input and that's what didn't work. It would not receive from either of the two HDMI ports. I then tested the Screen mirroring with my samsung phone, and that worked. Used the joystick again to change back to the HDMI input and tried again, nothing. Turned off unit and came back later. This time I was going to do a firmware update but discovered it was stuck in HDMI mode and would no longer respond to the joystick (could no longer get into menu, change inputs ect). Could not even turn it off with joystick.
Appears to be a main board issue with the rom or something, just wondering if any of ya'll have seen this condition? Thanks TB
Appears to be a main board issue with the rom or something, just wondering if any of ya'll have seen this condition? Thanks TB
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