I have a Westinghouse LCD television with built-in DVD player; model LTV-32w4-HDC that has sound but no picture. The backlight is dead and I have checked for any visible signs of bad or damaged capacitors, loose solder connections, and blown parts. The backlight inverter board is a CMO 1320B1-16A, so the pins I am making reference to are on the cable connector labeled "CN-1" that is on this board. I have measured the following voltages at connector CN-1 (on the inverter board) with the set turned on and a DVD playing: Pins 1 through 4 (VCC) all are at 25.00 volts Pin 11 (SEL) is 0 Volts Pin 12 (E-PWM) is 0 Volts Pin 13 (I-PWM) is 1.016 Volts Pin 14 (ON/OFF) is 3.33 Volts Now, if I disconnect the cable going to CN-1 and measure the voltages at the end of that cable, they are still the same (so I know that the inverter is not loading down any of the voltage sources). I am considering replacing the backlight inverter board; however, before I go out and replace the inverter, I want to know for sure if the measured voltages listed above are correct. I have noticed, however, that the electrolytic (TAICON) capacitors C2001, C2005, C2006, C2015, and C2031 are warm to the touch (these are located at the top of the main board) when the set is turned on and a DVD is playing. Can anyone verify if these voltages as measured are correct? Also, if the electrolytics are getting warm, is that normal, or is this a sign that they are bad? Thanks.

I am a TV repairman and I have repaired TV's almost everyday for the last 30 years. And I know from experience that if an electrolytic is warm on the top of them that they are starting to go bad. My suggestion is this: Take the one's that are warm out and if you have a capacitor checker, check them to see if they are weak in capacitance. If you don't have a checker the best way is to replace them. It will be worth the effort to find out. I very often, take capacitors out of a spare board (not the same) and use them. I am assuming you are referring to the power supply as the main board. The capacitors that are in line with the voltage to the inverter is 24 volts and they sustain the voltage and keep it up under a load to light up the backlight. You could look and see that some boards put the voltage by the pins on the connectors and this may help if it does in this case. However, the inverter has switching circuits to produce the high voltage to the transformers on the inverter to light up the backlight and if they don't turn on then no backlight. Inverters are highly intergrated so replacement is best. Also there are fuses on the inverter labeled F1, F2 etc. Check them for continunity. It the fuses are open then you for sure have a bad inverter board.

If the capacitors are running hotter than usual then its certain that they are damaged. It will actually more economical and time saving to spend 40$ to replace the board. I suggest that you go ahead and replace the board
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OK thanks for the all information and voltage checking you done.Because of that it makes easy for me to determine the exact problem.

If the inverter board has at least 24vdc or 25vdc and no output reading.The problem could be the inverter board.please replaced it.

The pins 1 through 4 (VCC) is normal because the inverter is not function if the inverter is good and function properly the VCC is down to 24vdc its normal.
The other pins is not normal because the inverter board have no output (defective).

The capacitors you mention is warm because of bad inverter again so if you replaced the bad inverter the capacitors are turns in normal.

I'm very sure that inverter board is defective (100% sure).


Thank you and good luck.I hope this information will be helpful.

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