20 Most Recent Akai LCT3201TD 32 in. LCD Television - Page 6 Questions & Answers

Look at the power supply first since it is easier to get to, look for burnt parts, bad capacitors, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
Please post back what you find

Bad power supply circuit... Bad resistors, rectifiers, capacitors, or mosfet devices. Your tv needs to be serviced, and for this problem it should be to expensive and should be sameday return.

You can use a antenna to bring in locals station if you are close enough.

Well, just to make you aware, these are well known for their failures in their power supplies. You may be able to find one on line. Not many Akai, service shops around.
Sorry!
A/V guy

Hi,
Please call the given number and get support of parts availability and cost.

888 808 6789 (1-714-727-2727 outside of the US), Mon - Fri: 6am - 6pm PST / PDT.

Thanks for using fixya.

I had the same problem witht he same tv that was given to me! I just took off the cover to the DVD player and unpluged all the connectors to it and then the TV worked. Now you will not be able to use the DVD player but you can hook one up externally

you have a power supply problem there are caps in the power supply that fail the will be bulged on the top these have to be replaced in most cases or a fast switching diode
or get a replacment power supply and exchange it

there are capacitors on the power supply that will be vented or the top bulged out
those will need to be repalced to correct the problem
1000mfd 16volt caps

Check www.partstore.com . They have several parts for your model.

I need to know following info to find out problem area in your TV.
1- Is it Akai LCT3201 or some other model TV?
2- What about TV screen, is it totally blank or bit gray when you turn On TV?
3- Is there any Menu display on screen?
Waiting your reply.
Thanks.

I think this might be bad/swollen capacitors, or something odd in the +5VDC circuits of the power supply, but I am posting all of the things I have found so far with these TVs.

Here are few possible solutions:

If you have no red light and you have a Megmeet MLT386 power supply, check these parts:

1) Swollen caps on the secondary circuit (may cause the red light blink problem).
2) Blown fuse F1 (5A/250V) this is caused by a shorted FET at QA1 (20N60), you may also find that SMT cap CX23 is burned up (.001uf) which is in parallel with diode DA2 which may be damaged/shorted, replace these components.

If the power LED goes from red to green when powered up but no picture, then it might be lost +24VDC from the power supply:

3)Check fuse F2 (3.15A/250V, I put a 5A in), if it is blown, replace FET at QA2A (9N50C), replace QA2 as well (9N50C). Check SMT resistors at R233,R234,R235,R236 (.47 ohm). If open, replace with .1 ohm 1W or 2W resistor (easier to source). Also replace SMT transistor QF1 (2X4 or 2N4401 NPN transistor). And replace diodes at DS2 and DS1 (HER207), DS2 was shorted, DS1 was ok but I replaced it anyway.

I dont know as much about the Megmeet MLT169A, but it has similar problems and similar components.

4) I had to replace all of the capacitors in the secondary circuit (there are six in a 3x3 row marked EC9 (1000uf35V),EC10(1000uf35V),EC14(470uf35V) and EC18,EC19,EC20 (all 1000uf35V).

If your using cable TV then you will have to connect an aerial/coax cable between your decoder and your TV. Usually the VCR channel on your TV is used to get the picture

Does the red light come on? does it go green but no picture? Here are few possible solutions:

If you have no red light and you have a Megmeet MLT386 power supply, check these parts:

1) Swollen caps on the secondary circuit.
2) Blown fuse F1 (5A/250V) this is caused by a shorted FET at QA1 (20N60), you may also find that SMT cap CX23 is burned up (.001uf) which is in parallel with diode DA2 which may be damaged/shorted, replace these components.

If the power LED goes from red to green when powered up but no picture, then it might be lost +24VDC from the power supply:

3)Check fuse F2 (3.15A/250V, I put a 5A in), if it is blown, replace FET at QA2A (9N50C), replace QA2 as well (9N50C). Check SMT resistors at R233,R234,R235,R236 (.47 ohm). If open, replace with .1 ohm 1W or 2W resistor (easier to source). Also replace SMT transistor QF1 (2X4 or 2N4401 NPN transistor). And replace diodes at DS2 and DS1 (HER207), DS2 was shorted, DS1 was ok but I replaced it anyway.

I dont know as much about the Megmeet MLT169A, but it has similar problems and similar components.

4) I had to replace all of the capacitors in the secondary circuit (there are six in a 3x3 row marked EC9 (1000uf35V),EC10(1000uf35V),EC14(470uf35V) and EC18,EC19,EC20 (all 1000uf35V).

no problem

most of europe is on 220 / 240v

(if you bought your tv in the usa you will need a transformer) but it will not work on the european tv system

Its possible that it is the power supply. If you wanted me to take a loot at it I could but you would need to remove the power supply from the TV and ship it to me. The power supply has been a common fail point of TV's, VCR's and other home electronics in the past several years. Let me know if this is something you would like to discuss further. I just need contact info.

Sounds like leaky capacitors in the power supply, whether it be internal or external to the tv. These can be refurbished fairly easily.

Sounds power supply board is bad in your TV and most probably replacement of all electrolytic capacitors in power supply board will solve the issue.
Take TV to local TV repair shop for repair.
Thanks.

Yes you need a male to male DB 15 or VGA cable, readily available online or at a Walmart, Target or Best Buy

go **** your self u ugly hoe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!