My Samsung LED TV is acting up now.

 

It started yesterday afternoon.

 

It now keeps turning itself off then back on again in a continuos cycle.  I've tried leaving it unplugged overnight in a hope that it will 'reset' itself but no luck there.

 

Does anyone know what might be the cause??    Anyone else experienced this??  Is it worth getting it looked at as I can pick up a new 32inch TV for £150??

 

Answers on the back of a £50 note please to my address.  (giggle)

 

On the plus side, my iPhone 7 Plus arrived yesterday too.   :sun:

On the plus side, my iPhone 7 Plus arrived yesterday too.   :sun:

I'm not too sure that a 5.5" screen will be as good a replacement for watching tv as the 32" one though! ;-)

You're so right John999boy, but at least I'm not tethered to the office.  

Edited 1 October, 20169 yr by Macdemon

This might sound stupid, but check that none of the buttons on the remote is stuck down.

MIL had a new TV in June and after about 6 weeks it started this. As it was new we took it (and her) into Curry's all geared up for an argument. The guy behind the counter had a look and showed us the stuck button.

Red faces all round, all of my geek cred has disappeared.

My Samsung LED TV is acting up now.

 

It started yesterday afternoon.

 

It now keeps turning itself off then back on again in a continuos cycle.  I've tried leaving it unplugged overnight in a hope that it will 'reset' itself but no luck there.

 

Does anyone know what might be the cause??    Anyone else experienced this??  Is it worth getting it looked at as I can pick up a new 32inch TV for £150??

 

Answers on the back of a £50 note please to my address.  (giggle)

 

On the plus side, my iPhone 7 Plus arrived yesterday too.   :sun:

 

Will you be trying the 3.5mm headphone hack??

 

I have "Liked" the stuck button suggestion, as I have had it happen; but I also seem to remember Samsung had some psu issues with their TVs a while back (3-5 years??).

 

Be wary of a £150 TV, the screens look fine in isolation, but put them next to a better screen and they often look awful, especially when showing a film with lots of dark colours.

 

Also, a lot of these cheap TVs, even the established brand ones, are made in Turkey from poor quality components, so reliability is very poor.

 

Even some well known and loved, previously high quality brands are now owned by cheapskates churning out crud and relying on the brand name to sell it

It has been a well known issue in the past with Samsung TV's and its to do with the power supply.

 

There are some capacitors you need to change if you are handy with a soldering Iron. I bought some (chose higher voltage values for some of them) and repaired one recently.

Don't think I've EVER used a soldering iron.

 

Not good tinkering with electrics also, I'll just invest in a new TV. 

Don't think I've EVER used a soldering iron.

 

Not good tinkering with electrics also, I'll just invest in a new TV. 

 

So you WONT be trying the headphone hack on the new phone then??

Don't need to, I have a 3.5mm jack to lighting adaptor.  

Yup sounds like the psu. Common fault with Samsung.

Depending on the TV model it's either a separate board, or on some of the newer bigger stuff it's all part of the main board. £150+ for replacement parts unless you have someone who's competent at fixing Samsung stuff who can replace the affected bits.

When my Brother in law looked at fixing his 40" TV it was going to cost him £250 so he just went for another TV.

One of my daughters Samsung did the same and the local TV repair company charged them £70 to fix it.

It might be worth checking with Samsung as some TV's on a list of known problems and could be repaired FOC.

My LG has started playing up when you turn it on from cold. It'll freeze or flicker the screen and either restart, stay with a frozen picture or recover. Turn it off and on again and it's fine. Half of me wants it to die so I can justify buying a new one.

My PC monitor started doing this years ago. Actually, it's the one I'm using as I type...

The electrolytic capacitors in the power supply board were failing. eventually, it wouldn't come on at all. So I found part numbers having dismantled it and got a new replacement off eBay.

 

My monitor is a Viewsonic. The replacement is an ACER part. Exactly the same board.

 

It's likely that any TV repair place could fix your TV for the usual £60 or so.

One of my daughters Samsung did the same and the local TV repair company charged them £70 to fix it.

It might be worth checking with Samsung as some TV's on a list of known problems and could be repaired FOC.

 

For £50 he can send it to me to fix   already got the parts waiting.

For £50 he can send it to me to fix   already got the parts waiting.

 

I'm tempted to do that, but the only thing that puts me off is that I will need to ship the TV to you and that poses an increase in the risk of damage.

 

No disrespect, but I would prefer a local repair.  :yes:

I'm tempted to do that, but the only thing that puts me off is that I will need to ship the TV to you and that poses an increase in the risk of damage.

 

No disrespect, but I would prefer a local repair.   :yes:

 

Totally understand, it is a right faff posting a TV.

 

if you went back in time 20 years there would be lots of people about but gone are the days of TV repair men.

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/398697-25-year-old-samsung-tv/#entry4612121

 

Had exactly the same problem, Samsung weren't interested. How old is your TV?

I've misplaced the receipt, but i'd say 3/4 years old.

Ah. Without a receipt your kinda screwed. To replace the PSU on my TV I was looking at £200. If its that old, probably best looking for a new TV.

I've taken it to a local repair agent who charges a nominal fee of £20 to diagnose the issue, if I go ahead with the repair, the £20 is deducted off the quote for repair, but If I decide not to continue due to the cost being prohibitive then all I have lost of the diagnostic fee of £20.

 

Bargain :p

Edited 3 October, 20169 yr by Macdemon

I agree, it is a bargain; the minimum fee at places I have visited in the past was always £50, and we ARE talking more than 10 years ago.

 

Maybe all the Polish tv repair men have pushed the prices down!!!