I saw a post earlier about this problem. Our repair shop in eastern Canada, also has had a dozen calls on this very same problem, with the "unplug, wait an hour or so, or overnight, & plug back in trick"! PBS channel 2, on our local cable, carries the info for Gemstar, & it gets corrupt sometimes. Is there actually a fix for this, as in change the EEPROM, & or micro, or " tweak" the EEPROM? Sometimes, you have to do the unplug trick three times. Thanks.
RCA 32, & 36" T.V.'s with no sound.
Jan 05, 2006
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Yes unplug, wait then plug is only solution for this GEMSTAR lockups. The Gemstar is part of one CPU module that thomson unwisely used instead of using seperate ICs, one for TV microcontroller, gemstar get their own. JVC, and others are using seperate modules and not always present so this is less common than Thomson (RCA & GE TVs) units. Recent basic thomson units don't have Gemstar for last couple years.
There is no fix for this. The fault lies with the broadcaster who maintains the equipments that send outs data on line 21 be careful and up to date.
We had one happen recently, had to haul the Thomson TV back to customer's. Jack waited not long enough for the micro to "lose power & forget".
Cheers, Wizard
Not true! There is a fix! But this fix will disable CC functions. Read on!
RCA CTC197 & CTC195 & CTC203
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