20 Most Recent Polaroid FLM-3232 Television - Page 6 Questions & Answers

I may be able to help with your Universal remote and your Polaroid LCD HDTV.

You can find some Polaroid HDTV Remote Codes here.

I hope that helps.
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Turn it off/on a few times within a few mins each times.U get a flashes of picture about 10 to 20 sec?Than ur LCD inverter board is dead.Tries Websites Shopjimmy.com,Ebay.com to buy a refurbish LCD inverter board for the replacement.It usally a long PC board in shape.

DOES YOUR "POWER LIGHT" TURNS BLUE? IF NOT, IF STILL RED, YOU DONE! SYSTEM MODULE IS GONE!
OK: RELAX AND START WITH POWER SUPPLY MODULE. TAKE 3 MACHINE SCREWS(BLACK) OUT, RIGHT ABOVE YOUR IN/OUT CONNECTORS. YOU NEED TO RELEASE PLASTIC COVER, WHICH HAS A BIGGER SCREW IN A MIDDLE. TAKE ALL THOSE SCREWS OUT AND SLIDE PLASTIC GRILL DOWN, TILL YOU BE ABLE TO PRY IT OUT. THEN: SEE THE METAL SHIELD? ANOTHER 3 WHITE SCREWS AT THE VERY BOTTOM TO REMOVE.NOW, PULL IT OUT TOWARDS YOURSELF.NOTE: IT GOES INTO SLOTS AT THE UPPER SIDE. TAKE IT AWAY AND THROW IT OUT! DON'T USE IT ANYMORE! IT LACKS VENTILATION, THAT'S WHY YOUR SET QUIT!. LOCATE POWER SUPPLY BOARD(UPPER ONE), WHERE POWER CORD CONNECT TO. IT HAS 3-5 PLUGS. ONE TO THE RIGHT(2WIRES) THE REST AT THE LEFT SIDE. LOOK FOR BLOATED CAPACITORS, FIRST. FOUND NOTHING? SOME HAVE BALLAST BUILT INTO. HAS 2 18 PIN IC CHIPS ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THICK HV VIRES GOING TO THE PLUG. IN THIS CASE, YOU MUST REPLACE THIS BOARD.
IF NOT, MOST LIKELY CAPACITORS ARE THE PROBLEM.
GOOD LUCK,
ALEX'S TV.

Well there are two options here and unfortunately there's no easy way to tell which is which without opening the TV.

First and actually more common option is failed power supply. It fails in a way that allows it to power the basic TV functionality (main board works, you can power on and off), but it fails to provide power to the backlight so that you can see the display.

If you like digging you can open the back cover and use a voltmeter to figure if both power cables going out of the power board provide 24V . One of the goes to the main board and the power is there in your case (since you can turn on/off and can hear sound), the othe goes through a connector to the LCD's backlight. That's the one you suspect has failed and that's the one you should measure.

if you can see 24V there then it is NOT the power board.

If you do not have 24V there then IT IS the power board. You can have yours serviced or buy a replacement.

See http://blog.coppelltvrepair.com/2010/04/polaroid-flm-3232-power-board-r0804.html or seek around to just buy a replacement.

Now, if it isn't the power board, it might be the inverter that takes that power. Inverter is a bit harder to troubleshoot on this TV model and I will not coever it here.

Finally, there is a minimal risk that this might be due to overheated and malfunctioning main board. Replacement is the only viable alternative here.

Hope this helps!

Bobby
www.coppelltvrepair.com

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You simply need a "Better" antenna system.

Ur main Tuner signal board is dead.Replaced that board will fix this problems.Tries Shopjimmy.com,Ebay.com to buy a refurbish Tuner signal board.

try reset config. to defaults.
on setup, defaults

first make sure you are not on mute
open it up and try to look for disconnected wires,
other than that it could be burned circuit

replace the eprom chip

no signal from my pc

There is no such thing as a 'digital antenna;' any antenna with sufficient gain and bandwidth will receive whatever signals there are available.
You may have to change the input source via your set's menu so it is looking at the antenna input; it may be set to cable currently.

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Thanks for using FixYa. From what you have described it seems that you might have a backlight issue with this TV set. It could also be due to the inverter circuits for the backlights. The inverter is the power supply source for the backlights. There could also be a screen driver problem; if it is then you have to change the entire board. All this is only recommended if you have some kind of expertise for checking the internal circuitry of the TV as these units have high voltages running even when the set is switched off.


Please do accept the solution if the issue is resolved or else revert for further assistance.


Thanks
Rylee

Ur LCD inverter board it dead.Must replaced this board to get picture back.The board part is usally a long board part.

I also had this problem with the sound suddenly going out. After spending hours determining that it was not caused by my cable box, and unlocking volume codes and such, I took someone else's advice and hooked up a cheap surround sound speaker system through the audio ports on the back. Now I have sound for my tv, and it even sounds better than when the tv sound was working.

On some of these tv sets they use a circuit that iluminates the lcd screen from the back(back light inverter)that sometimes fails. turn on your tv and select the menu with your rmote, if you have a hand held battery lamp point it at the dark screen and look for a dim menu if you do this will be the circuit you need repairs on. Some of those circuits are replaceable and available from some web electronic stores.Thanks!

basically the voltages are alway there and they are printed next to the connectors do you have an led on in the front? if not you will find a diode mounted on a hink sink that will be shorted if the light is on then you have a bad capacitor the can shaped device will be domed or puffed up on top the value is printed on the side as far as the diode it is a gernal perpose 5Amp diode nte 576