Weird TV Power Issues

Sep 16, 2015 3 Replies

Sort of a long story, but here goes: We have had 3 LCD TV's with the same i ssue. It is intermittent, but every day, typically multiple times a day the TV will completely power off. Each of the TV's have been hooked to the sam e power outlet in the same room. We have had both Charter and ATT as TV pro viders during the 4 years this has been happening. We have used other power outlets (via extension cords) and even had an electrician check the power on the circuit to make sure it isn't a power issue. Currently the charter T V which is on the same outlet will stay powered and only the TV shuts off. Again this has happened to 3 different TV's so we just can't figure out wha t it going on. Any ideas would be amazing! Thanks everyone


+++++++++++++++

Is it all happening in the same room? Try turning off any CCFL or LED lamps as they are known to interfere with the IR remote control systems.

I agree with Tom. CFCL's are good possibilities. There are ways to dix the problem. Basically a better repeater.

See if you can correlate to times the lights are on or even the AC blower. Look at alternate sources of light.

You might want to try a cardboard tube over the sensor. You'll have to have better aim, =, but it will cut off the majority of ambient light.

For now, make sure the remote isn't causing it too. Put it in a shoebox when your not using it.

Ceiling fans are another possibility.

I had an issue with an X-10 system not working when the AC blower was running on a carrier 58mVB furnace, A $70 filter installed at the furnace worked wonders. There is no RFI filter which is stupid.

To further help other issues, a bidirectional transorb was placed across R and C.

On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 8:43:51 AM UTC-5, snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com wr ote:

issue. It is intermittent, but every day, typically multiple times a day t he TV will completely power off.

Probably irrelevant, but some electronics have built in timers to turn them selves off after a preset amount of time if there is no interaction from th e user. These can often be set to 2 hours, 4 hours, or never, etc. Check th e setup options. It might just be "normal" operation.

Join the Discussion

Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.

Didn't find your answer?

Ask the community — no account required