Top 20 Dell W1700 17 in. HD-Ready LCD Television Questions & Answers

Check your manual for resetting the TV to 'Factory Default'. I have heard of this happening before. It may need you to press a combination of buttons on your remote. Usually you have to be pressing the buttons in sequence with the TV in standby, then wait for a service menu to appear. Look through this menu for the words 'Factory Reset'. It may be in a sub menu. The TV may well switch itself back off and then on again. At which point your problem should have gone away.

First of all, try holding down the MENU button for about 15 seconds.

Just in case you don't have it already, here is the link to the ONLINE USER"S MANUAL for that model:

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/monitors/1700FP/En/index.htm


To view the Owner's Manual with Operating Instructions just use your mouse to click on the link, which is the underlined and highlighted text just above. This will open a new web browser page automatically for you and allow you to view the information at the website indicated and the contents of the Owner's Manual.

Please comment back here to this page if you have any questions, have difficulty accessing the link, or just require further general assistance and I will respond as soon as I see it.

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Thank you very much and good luck.

Joe.

Plug in the power cord in the Power Jack (DC in) located in the bottom of the LCD Television. This is where the Jack is located.

Hope this helped you.

Hi ti, My name is John. Welcome to FixYa. Usually when this happens, you have to go into the menu and do another channel search (auto search) or scan, but make sure you have all your cable, wires hooked up properly. While in the menu, make sure you have selected the country that you are in. Thanks for choosing FixYa......John

the issue here is with the back light on this LCD TV.

What you can do to check this in most cases is hold a flash light to the screen to check to see if there is a image, if so then your back light is the problem and another one would need to be ordered for your tv.

1. Check back light

worse case scenario is the inverter that controls the back light as well that might not be firing.


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Ebay will be the cheapest option.

It more likely to either be the 24vdc power supply is not wrking or failed backlight inverter board, need to find out if it has 24vdc feeding the inverter board first.
If you are going to DIY and have proper tools, electronics knowledge, and know safety precaution then please read on:

Please see my basic troubleshooting guide here:
http://www.fixya.com/support/r5093881-lcd_flat_panel_tv_troubleshooting_guide

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Hello,

the problem is from your LCD's picture board or inverter, that's why there is not display on your LCD. The Picture board is in charge of display, so if there is no display, the picture board has to be checked.

The picture board has to be replace or repaired depending on what happened to it, before there can be any display on the LCD.

The extent at the picture board is damaged, will determine whether it will be repaired or replaced.

Good luck.

Ur LCD inverter board have problems before,now the board it dead.U must replaced the LCD inverter board to repair this to get picture back.The board is long in shape.Tries Shopjimmy.com,Ebay.com to buy a refurbish LCD inverter board for the replacement.

Take the number (s) off the board and do a Google or Bing search. Thats' the only way with a Dell.

Hi there,

Well this is an uncommon problem with dell LCD TV, anyway this problem seems due to a shorting problem in the control unit. you can try a reset method...... turn off your TV for 10 hours and then check it again, it helps you to reset your TV.

Good Luck!!

Thanks

Hi,

To unlock the OSD menu lock, press the Menu button again and it will bring up the OSD Lock menu. Then press the '+' button to unlock the menu.

Hope this solves your problem. For more help and clarifications, please reply to this post. Thanks

try adjusting your contrast

video board is shot, providing u still have sound. must replace.

popping noise is an indicatior of a bd board. if the unit power light still lights amber, it probably the main board else the power board a circuit or two may have been fried. both boards need to be examined. questions, email me

replace the capacitors, the surface mount fuses and the

surface mount FET's ( SO-8 package.. there are 4 of them )

the original part is obsolete..
replace with Alpha & Omega Semiconductor part #: AO4622
which is digikey: 785-1046-1-ND

Moose

I have just did this here is the solution for you:

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Tools:
Philips screw driver
Small Flat screwdriver
that’s all!
Preparation:
Make sure your desk is clean and you also need a piece of soft clothes because you need
to place your LCD Monitor face down.
How to open the back cover:
First, remove all screws on the back cover, then, use a small flat head screw driver to
push down
the plastic Clip inside the LCD Monitor star at the bottom of monitor. Then you can easily
separate the front bezel and back cover like the photos shown below.
Backlight Inverter Installation Procedures for Dell W1700
Place the Monitor
Face Down
Push This Plastic Button
Down and Remove
Swivel Base as shown
on Next Photo
Remove these
screws
Star at the bottom of monitor as
shown on photo.
Use a small flat head screw drive
to push down the plastic clip.
Do it one side at the time as
shown on next 2 photos

When you have unlocked all 4 sides of plastic clips, Place the monitor face down again
as shown on photo
Slowly tilt
upward from
left side of
back cover
Disconnect this cable and
remove back cover
Remove two
screws and Pull
out this small
circuit board
Disconnect Speaker
cable and remove
the tapes
Disconnect
Backlight cables.
Remove these screws
on the both side of
Panel
Caution!!!
Slowly tilt upward the chassis and disconnect the flat cable
between Chassis and Panel As shown on next 2 photos.
Holding the chassis upward and
Use small flat head screw drive
to unlock this plastic clip
Slowly pull it out
Remove defective inverter board and replace with our New Substitute Board
(T501045.00MSS) and re-install all disassembly components back. Now your LCD
Monitor working again.
MoniServ Substitute Board is available at
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Backlight Inverter board.
Photo Shown with our Substitute Board
Remove 4
screws and
disconnect
this cable

Hi bsut96,
Check the cable between the monitor and the box for damage. Try a new cable. It may be a problem with the input board but it sounds like a cable problem. Let me know what you find and please rate this solution. Lone99star Btw, I’m available to help over the phone in case u need at https://www.6ya.com/expert/jason_77a19afa8d604dee

The W1700 is HDTV Ready but it does not have an internal digital tuner, it only receives NTSC coded signals, not ATSQ/QAM coded signals. In order to see tv in HD you will need an external tuner with component or DVI output that you can connect to the monitors inputs.
Jerry

I had the same problem and fixed it with a new backlight inverter board. It was a pretty easy install. The part is available on eBay. http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Inverter-for-Dell-W1700-17-inch-LCD-TV_W0QQitemZ400017456720QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116