Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions Man, I hope my picture tube didn't just go out???

In our upstairs living/family room we have a 32" Toshiba Cinema series flat screen HDready television. It was purchased about 4 years ago from American TV and Furniture here in Des Moines.

The TV has been great and provided a fabulous picture, especially when feeding it an HD signal with my seperate HD receiver.

Anyway, tonight when we turned it on to watch the news there was no picture, just sound. Also, the little red light next to the power button starts flashing versus being steady like it should.

Normally right after you turn the power button on, you can hear the picture tube firing up, not anymore. I need to find my Toshiba warranty info, but I'm worried it won't be covered anymore. It would be pretty sad if the darn picture tube would be out only after 3.5-4yrs...

Any thoughts? I suppose I will need to contact Toshiba.

Randy

Doesn't look good Randy, but as usual, unplug it for 15 minutes or so to see if something happens.

Thanks John,

I tried about 2-3 minutes and still the same. I'll give it over night to see what happens before heading off to church tomorrow. I'm just hoping the picture tube warranty, if that is what it is, will be about 5 years...

Yes, and if that doesn't work the next encouraging thought is that CRT tubes generally last over ten years, so maybe it's something less significant.

I agree, my dad still has 3 Sony Trinitron tvs from back in the early 90's that are still going strong.

If you can't hear it power up that would suggest no high voltage. I would suspect something in the HV circuit, or the flyback- same thing happened to my folks' set. It cost them like $125 or so. I would be surprised if it's the tube.(fingers crossed).

Randy,

Did you/do you smell burning? A flashing light would indicate an alarm probably as a result of a blown fuse (power watchdog circuit) due to something shorting.

nope, no burning or anything. I'm hoping the troublshooting guide in the manual will discuss the flashing light like my water heater manual did the other day.

That tv is so heavy, it took me and a buddy a lot of effort just to get it into the house. If it can be repaired I hope they can come to my place.

Randy, now you mean that your water heater went out too? As Tom mentioned a few days ago, this seems like an extraordinary series of occurrences and suggests the supernatural. Maybe a priest and an exorcism(do ministers do those too?)is more in order than a repairman.

funny stuff John and Tom

nah, one day we didn't have any warm water. A friend of mine showed me the last time this happened how to remove the igniter assembly from the bottom of the water heater for cleaning.

Over time, sediment particles fall on top of the burner plate and it gets dirty so it won't stay lit with the flame. You basically pull it out, give it a good cleaning, vacuum out the bottom area of the tank, put it back, and your in business again for another year or so..

Unless you allow evil into your life, all that super natural stuff is just a bunch of hokey pokey. Have faith, as I know you do Tom and John.