20 Most Recent RCA F36668 36" TV Questions & Answers

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If you feel comfortable taking the cover off the back, check the fuse that should be soldered into the board, near the power cable/etc.  If you do not feel comfortable doing that, then you should have a repair shop take a look at it.  It might be a cheaper fix than you think.

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If the picture is too wide, both in vertical and horizontal direction your TV needs power supply adjustments. It is now running at overvoltage, and this condition may poise to another problems soon. Get it repaired soon. Its internal regulated voltage needs to be adjusted. You cannot do it by yourself. Get it repaired by the help of a technician. Don't switch on the TV till its fault have got rectified.

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Could be a bad TV or it could be loose TV connections feeding to the back of the TV. Any poor or loose connections in the cable leads causes a loss of signal strength to the TV.
Old cables and connection supplying TV Cable to the house or apartment can cause this problem also.

Sounds like the power supply has a bad capacitor. This problem can inject excessive 60 hz from the AC line into the vertical stabilizing picture system. The hum also my come from the same reason, bad or leaking filter capacitors. Cheaper just to buy a new TV or borrow another TV and connected to your system to see if the problem still occurs.

the easy way is to buy a universal remote
the cost is around 8-10 dollars

Sound s like a powerpack issue poor smoothing or regulator trouble

Maybe the tv is to old I have a rc tv to but no cable you could get a new tv I guess not to sure maybe your anntane [an-tan-a] is broke if you have one
hope this helps

these tv's are bad for caps in power supply, fluctuations freaking your micro.

It could seem to be a power cord problem But when you move around the cord you are realisticly flexing the printed circuit board assy. If you know all the safety issues around the servicing a solid state tv, then Of course I will assit you, in any way I can, But you must be aware of the high voltage that these sets store , even if they Are unplugged. Its a total safety issue. If you have no experience using a multi- meter as well as the safety issue awarness, then PLEASE seek a pro to assist you with this reapir, as it will get worse in the long run and cost ya more to fix, as everytime you move around the cord and the set shuts off, then goes on , your surging the componets!. Good Luck

You could have dirty contact switches on Front panel board the one with power vol+ vol- ch + ch- remove the board clean with contact cleaner this shoud slove your problem if not replace front panel board.

Bought a new TV since it wasn't worth it to fix the old one.

Did they say for sure what parts are bad? My guess flyback transfomer/ shorted hori output transistor NTE2324.And to answer your other question about you trying to fix this keep in mind this set carrys up to 36,000 volts and if you really dont know what you are doing can get you killed.leave it to the PRO's to fix unless you have at lease 3yrs of Electronics.

resolder grounds around tuner.

Labor 125.00 parts FBT 89.00 hori 19.95

Make sure your remote is totally away from the set.
Make sure the buttons on the set are not sticky
If both of those are ok, it's your E-Prom in the set. RCA's are notorious for this, not a major repair, maybe $75-100. The 8 leg e-rom is only about $6.00