RCA TV Sound Issue

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areymore: Suggest you hook up your TCE Chipper Checker to the EEPROM and reinitialize the codes.... then with your ESR meter check for high ESR electrolytics near and around the IF and demodulation circuitry. Of course you should check for any leaky or otherwise faulty semiconductors and look for dry, cracked or faulty solder connections.

On the other hand, maybe you should TAKE your television to a service shop for at the very least, a repair cost estimate, so you can make an intelligent repair decision with facts instead of internet wild guesses. A qualified and knowledgeable tech will actually have to open'er up and perform actual troubleshooting and testing with the proper test equipment. This will be better for your television and SAFER for you and your husband. The insides of a modern color television are a dangerous place for "not the most technically inclined"...... You can go to the website for this newsgroup at

If this set has the tv guide function on it there were problems with corrupt data being sent on the guide signal. Cure was to unplug the set and sound would return or have the set modified to kill the guide signal (and CC) or hope that your broadcaster will clean up your signal and the problem will go away