The tv will not turn on, the red stanby light will turn green for a few seconds and turn back to red, the picture never turns on, what sould I do? Akai wants me to send it to Cali, Im in Va., no box for the tv. HELP!!!!!!!
I fixed my Akai LCT3201AD in about 30mins. using 3 small parts from
Radio Shack. Once I got the back off, I found the power supply board
(PSB), mine was part# MLT-169B rev1.2. I looked at the capacitors
(caps.) first, because they are usually easy to diagnose. I noticed the
caps. bubbled out on the top of the board (where all the cables connect
to it). There is 3 of them in a row, positioned between the two large
heatsinks. My guess is that the heatsinks are generating a LOT of heat
over time, because of bad ventilation, and causing the caps. to fail.
I went to Radio Shack and found 3 caps. (only had 3 in stock). The
original ones were 16V-1000uF, Radio Shack only carried 35V and 50V in
the 1000uF caps., so I bought the 35V ones and headed home, I removed
the old caps. from the board, and installed the new ones. The 35V caps,
are a little bigger, so its a tighter fit on the board, be careful. It
took longer to remove the back from the TV than it did to do the
soldering. YouTube.com has excellent videos on how to de-solder caps.
on PSB's.
Total money spent on repairs:
$1.59 ea for 3 Caps. (part# 272-1032) $4.77
$2.99 for new soldering iron tip + $2.99
$1.00 donation for St. Jude's + $1.00
Total including tax $9.30
So
for less than $10, I did a repair that my local TV repair shop wanted
$575 for. Online stores want anywhere from $100-$275 for a PSB. If I
get another 2 yrs out of it that's well worth $10.
I know the service tech who fixed my tv power supply. his email is [email protected]
If they're repairing it under warranty have them send you a box..
There is NO substitute for their repair policy - ie: you can't just take it into a local shop and have them do it, the shop will never get paid and most know that...
Bill
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