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TV turns on and off when you walk in front of it

My 6-year old Sony WEGA, 27" tube TV, model KV-27FS13 just started turning on and off when you walk in front of it at 0-1 ft. It's repeatable -- walk past once it turns on, walk past again it turns off. (It happens with anybody, not just me.)

I called Sony, and other than brightening their day with an oddball problem, had no luck. They did have me remove the batteries from the remote to rule it out as a problem (no effect).

Any suggestions as to what's going on, why it suddenly developed, and what, if anything, I should do about it (other than not walking in front of it UNLESS I want it to turn on or off ;)

Reply to
rufovillosum
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dry joint in the power supply probably. open it up and inspect the pcb or if you dont feel comfortable with that , take t to a shop, just don't nurse it along as it is probably stressing expensive parts. get it looked at pronto.

-B

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b

Well your choices are A.Don't walk in front of it. B. If you don't have any experience working on a tv, take it to be serviced. I think it has a loose connection inside that you vibrate when you walk past.

Reply to
Meat Plow

I have one that sometimes you need to bang on it to make it work. I never tried jumping up and down.

greg

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G

First thing to try is put a piece of tape over the IR sensor on the TV then walk in front of it. If it still power cycles, then the problem is mechanical, dry joint or an issue with the power button.

Reply to
James Sweet

Quit banging on it and have the dry joint(s) resoldered before it becomes a much larger problem. It's a simple fix right now.

Reply to
James Sweet

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Adrian C
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Adrian C

Problem goes away when sensor is covered securely. Jumping or banging on TV has no effect.

Reply to
breadrunner

Do you have compact or otherwise electronically ballasted fluorescent lamps in the room? Does the problem occur with them turned off?

Reply to
James Sweet

Assuming this isn't a troll...

My Sony 8mm VCR was sometimes affected by a fluorescent lamp in the same room. It's remotely (ar, ar) possible that when anyone walks near the set, their clothing reflects light from a fluorescent lamp into the sensor. (Most objects reflect IR fairly well.)

It's highly unlikely body heat is doing it!

Turn off all the lights in the room.

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William Sommerwerck

To clarify, most likely what's happening is that you're shifting it physically and that's breaking a connection, it's not your aura. :)

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Sam Goldwasser

Wow. All these replies, but I think I've got the right one. I have seen numerous examples of flaky front-panel tact-switches in these. Often the volume or channel will change by itself but the power is just as likely.

Mark Z.

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Mark D. Zacharias

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