Hello, for about four years now my CRT TV takes it time to turn on, or may simply refuse to turn on at all if I do not leave it turned off and unplugged for a few days. If I leave it for a month or so, it turns on almost instantly, but if I wait only a day or three, it may decide to turn on, but it will often take its time to turn on (15-20 minutes or more) if I decide to only wait that long. What could be causing this, and would anybody know how to fix it?
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My TV used to do this. I can only assume it's a cold solder joint as hitting it on the side used to kick it back into life. Hit up a TV repair shop if you can really be bothered to repair it or get a replacement. -
It is 28" so I would rather not have to take it anywhere. And I am not really up to lugging a replacement for miles either, which leaves me to repair it myself. What should I look out for?Comment
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Bump. I would really like to get this fixed.Comment
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You'd have to just look out for cold solder joints I imagine and reflowing them. Probably not worth it though, working on CRT isn't that safe.Comment
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Is this a really good CRT you have? A lot of people tend to give them away these days so you could always scout around for something else if not.Comment
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Yes, it has very good image quality and has a pretty much perfect picture when used with an RGB SCART cable. It would just pain me to throw it away when I could potentially fix it, and if not, I could just wait a month before using it again, lol. I suppose that you could say that it has a lot of sentimental value to me, since my father purchased it for me and I have had many happy memories using it for PS1 and PS2 games over the years.
I opened it up and the soldering looks fine. Is there anything else that could cause this problem?Last edited by Breadboy; 01-03-2012, 22:13.Comment
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Bump for hope.Comment
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They're heeeere....
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I am sorry but that was useless. It did not help.Comment
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If it's a hardware issue with the TV ? which it sounds like ? then you have no real choice but to take it in for repair. CRTs are extremely dangerous to attempt a self-repair since they hold so much static electricity. Only a qualified repairman should attempt a fix.Originally posted by Breadboy View PostComment
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Well, it's under the anode where the static is stored and you wouldn't have to remove the tube from the chassis I imagine but generally I agree.Comment
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I have opened it before to make some adjustments to the picture, so that is no problem, I will be careful and it hasn't been used for some weeks now. Speedlolita, what sort of problem are you suggesting that it may be?Comment
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I suggested a dry joint which you dismissed already. But I don't know all that much.
Perhaps PM oldgamingfart, he's got some CRT knowledge.
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I wouldn't say "dismissed". That is not what happened. I said that I opened it up and it didn't appear to be the case; the soldering looked fine.
I was hoping that he would reply by now, but since he hasn't I will PM. Thank you for the suggestion.Comment
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