Re: RCA 42PA30RQ No picture or Sound

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Re: RCA 42PA30RQ No picture or Sound

I had difficulty Posting pictures so I will add them two at a time. I hope that is OK.

Dave M...

Hi all,
I have an RCA 42PA30RQ No picture or Sound. I am quite the novice so I hope I get my terminology correct. I have been reading the threads for this model and have taken several voltage measurements, but I'm not sure where to go from here. It has a Samsung "PDP" model S42AX-YB09. It is my mother in laws TV so I don't know exactly how it failed. (she occasionally gets confused with the remotes and gets it on the wrong input etc.,)

With the TV plugged in but turned off there is a red LED on the front. When I turn it on, either with the remote or the button...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Just a quick introduction: I'm Dave and I took my first computer class back in 1983. I wish I had paid more attention and pursued an electronics education back then. The computers the school had were IBM's, I think (again I wish I had paid more attention) they had 64K of RAM, a 5 1/4" floppy drive and no hard drive. I have worked in Industrial & Manufacturing maintenance for the last 27 years. The last 17 years or so as an Electrician. The previous place that I worked (22 years) we had a lot of older electronics and...