20 Most Recent Polaroid FLM-3701 Television Questions & Answers

In the Polaroid FLH-3701, the fuse is located on the power supply board, next to the AC power connector. It is a small black cylinder. It is labelled F1. Value is 5 amp, 250 volts. A fuse does not blow for no reason. Most commonly a fuse will fail because of a short someplace on the board. I have this same TV. The fuse blew. The reason was transistor Q6 had shorted. There are two identical paired transistors on the output side. Q6 and Q7. They are both Infineon 11N60C3 MOSFET transistors. Check those for a short. There may be a burnt smell. More commonly, this TV will fail because of bad capacitors on the power supply board.

There is a fuse on the power supply board. It is labelled F1. It is a small cylinder near the AC connector. The F1 fuse is 5A 250V. How ever, capacitors are more likely to fail on this television. The Polaroid FLM3701 has a problem with capacitors failing on the power supply board. If enough caps go bad, you will get no power. Not even a power light. Any capacitor that is swollen is bad.

No because it is a monitor only; meaning it does not have a TV tuner of its own.

you are trying to use a monitor as a tv, you will need a tuner to get a pic, use a cable box or digital to analog tuner to get something

There is a fuse on the power supply board. It is labelled F1. It is a small cylinder near the AC connector. The F1 fuse is 5A 250V. How ever, capacitors are more likely to fail on this television. The Polaroid FLM3701 has a problem with capacitors failing on the power supply board. If enough caps go bad, you will get no power. Not even a power light. Look for swelling in the tall capacitors E8 thru E17 on the left side of the board. Also E6, E7 and E22 can go bad, but they do not swell.

The Polaroid FLM3701 has a problem with capacitors failing on the power supply board. If enough caps go bad, you will get no power. Not even a power light. This P/S board is easy to access on this TV. There is a plastic cover on the back of the TV. It is attached with 8 screws. Remove the cover. This will expose 2 boards. The power supply board is on the right. To remove the P/S board, first unplug the cables. There is an AC power power cord on the right and 4 data cables on the left. The board is held in with 4 screws. Remove the screws and the board will lift out. Any capacitor that is swollen is bad. The top of the capacitor will be curved upward. On the left side of the P/S board, there are 9 big caps labelled E8 thur E17. I would suggest replacing all of them. 6 are 680uF 35V and 3 are 680uF 25V. In the upper central region there are 3 small caps. These go bad, but they do not swell. These are E6, E7 and E22. They are all 22uF 50V. Replace all three.

The power supply fuse should be next the the ac input plug on the power supply. It should be a long cylinder type fuse, probably a T6.3AH/250V. You will want to replace those caps ASAP

Unfortunately modern televisions and monitors are full of electronic semiconductors of which many are likely have got destroyed along with your original power supply during the storm. A nearby lightning strike will send high voltage spikes down aerial cables as well as through socket outlets.If you have contents insurance you should be able to claim for a new monitor.

Polaroid FLM 3701 User Manual Page 10 Here is the manual

Check and replace its main power regulator board as card basis. If you wish to get some details; check the site linked here. Viewing it in "Mosaic" will make surf easy. Surf the site with patience. http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/ Pull up older posts there.

Connect the TV to some other power outlet and see. If problem persists, please refer it to a qualified service technician, as either some fuse is blown or some components in the boards have failed.

usually its the power board that will end up needing replacement. You can get replacement Boards from www.tvcircuitboards.com if you dont see your model listed just send them a email by hitting the contact us button from their website and let them know your model nuber and symptoms. They respond very quickly to emails.

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You can't connect a coaxial cable to the FLM-3701 because it's an LCD monitor - it's not a TV. The difference between a monitor and a TV is a TV has a tuner. A monitor does not.

This means you can only use this monitor for watching TV if it's connected to an external tuner with AV cables, e.g. a composite cable with red white and yellow plugs. You cannot connect this monitor directly to an antenna or a cable line as it does not have the hardware for tuning/scanning the TV channels.

Cable boxes, satellite receivers and digital converters are all classed as external tuners. You will need to connect your coaxial cable to one of these boxes and then connect the box to the TV with a suitable type of AV cable, e.g. composite, component or DVI.

Hope this helps. If you need further assistance or explanation of anything I've written above, please reply to me by clicking on "Add a Comment" below your question.

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