Re: Capacitor ID for Panasonic Plasma TC-P50VT25
I think he's afraid what I might say to the guy, but that would be because he's heard me excoriate someone else who got in my way of a repair. I guess when you've worked on as many different things as I have (hi-speed assembly to CNC machines to fully air powered pneumatic analog & binary logic pneumatic controls) the guy at the hardware resisting replacement of failed part putting you through the paces while arguing the highly unlikely, is kinda asking for it.
But the elderly gentleman didn't see it that way and...
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Re: Capacitor ID for Panasonic Plasma TC-P50VT25
I've seen some other choices the guy has made in getting help (note the ungrounded circuit debacles). Nothing surprises me. He's had awful roofers and craftsmen in here too.
But, as I have since come to his rescues with several other repairs, including his boiler (failed control) in sub-zero weather, multiplying the speed of his otherwise un-upgradeable computer (SSD), and have shown him some tricks for imaging onto glass (he's a master at stained glass, really - he is) I think he realizes he should have listened to the...Leave a comment:
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Re: Capacitor ID for Panasonic Plasma TC-P50VT25
And while I appreciate the concerns Alistair, I am merely asking - does anyone have the values of the cap.s at hand, everything is really, irrelevant.Leave a comment:
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Re: Capacitor ID for Panasonic Plasma TC-P50VT25
The guy is too trusting of others opinions who have opinions that are not qualified. A long time colleague of his (they taught music together at a local college) had given him the name of the shop. The guy is his best friend, he drops everything to go and do stuff with the guy on a moment's notice. They're both in their 70's - you probably get the picture.Leave a comment:
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Re: Capacitor ID for Panasonic Plasma TC-P50VT25
according to a friend who was with them when they dropped it off, they several times indicated they really don't do TV repairs. I doubt that it has been savaged as much as ignored.Leave a comment:
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Re: Capacitor ID for Panasonic Plasma TC-P50VT25
The guy has helped a dozen or so people around town here over the years.
I am trying to help him in return.
I'd just about kill the guy that took it up to that shop, but what's done is done. I do not think they are incompetent as much as NOT SUITED to regularly working on large objects, they did a fine job on one of his amplifiers.Leave a comment:
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Re: Capacitor ID for Panasonic Plasma TC-P50VT25
Thanks for the replies thus far.
The gentleman who owns the set is 78 years old.
When I had last looked at the set, I had the essential Panasonic Service Manual in hand and the troubleshooting tree indicated power board failure.
The TV had been subjected to irregular power for sometime (about 3 years), I discovered that it had not been grounded at all, though the receptacle appeared to be 3 prong, there was no ground connected within it. The whole house had also recently suffered an open-neutral...Leave a comment:
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Capacitor ID for Panasonic Plasma TC-P50VT25
I had begun to help a friends resolve an issue with a Panasonic Plasma TC-P50VT25 several months ago. Between visits however, someone convinced him to take it to a shop about 70 miles from here. Where it has sat since September.
I knew before it was taken that the boards for the TV were about impossible to get anymore but was confident that they problem lie in the power caps. Which according to the shop - that is the problem. They claimed however, that they could not get the parts. That would be true, is they are speaking of the entire board. But as you can see in the pic. there's... -
Re: Panasonic Plasma TC-P50VT25 missing colors
tw2005 - thanks also for the manual... it may well be helpful down the road.Leave a comment:
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Re: Panasonic Plasma TC-P50VT25 missing colors - Solved?
Yes, really, really bad luck - but I suspected as you did - corrupted data on an EEPROM. I tried to find a complete firmware re-write, but only found some that did specific things - like adjust colors for a particular movie (AVATAR) whic would also change color settings for all modes, undesirable.
Also, since resetting factory defaults did not fix the solution, I didn't want to try the AVATAR settings, given the warning about being stuck with them.
It didn't really make sense that a polarity change...Leave a comment:
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Panasonic Plasma TC-P50VT25 missing colors
Viewing example picture attached, is there anyone who can suggest where to begin to look?
My experience with Plasma TVs has largely been limited to identifying power issues causing error conditions on several sets in area.
Resetting to factory defaults did nothing to help (dang!) and condition shows when source is DVD or Cable alike.
Oddly, the on-screen menu devices supplied by TV firmware exhibit full color gradations and perfect clarity
Problem occurred when installing a APC voltage regulator, basically, just unplugging set... -
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Been involved in tech since first experimenting as a teen in the early 70's.
Primarily involved with programming and marketing now, though a fair amount of PC & Network repair for my clients, and as is the case in the moment - some consumer electronics repair.Leave a comment:
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