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Philips 42PF9630A 42 in. Plasma Television - Page 9 Questions & Answers
I have Philips 42PF9630A that the screen goes to
hi..
I had same problem....Its fixed now working great....had 2 blown
capacitors.Cost me two bucks and about an hour to fix.Look at the
capacitors on the main power supply they should be flat..
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7/21/2009 2:59:35 AM •
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on Jul 21, 2009
Menu Screen Keeps Coming up on the screen
The most commom causes are One. There ia a stuck button on the tv itself. The Menu button. The membrane switch or the TACT switch is bad and needs to be replaced. The Main bd can also be bad.
7/17/2009 3:51:45 PM •
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on Jul 17, 2009
I have a Philips 42
There is a problem with the power supply. I'm not at work so I don't have the schematic's at hand to guide you.
But I do have an interesting solution: If you look at the power supply unit, you'll find that some of the capacitors are from "Rubicon" . That's the brand of the capacitors.
IMHO: just replace all "rubicon" capacitors and I believe you problem is solved...
Interesting he...?!
It might seem to be "al long shot" but it actually isn't !!
The little power suplly that causes this problem has this "rubicon elco's" as rectifier capacitance. that's what is causing the problem. The few capacitors of the same brand that are not actualy causing the problem ( about 6 pieces) should be replaced anyway in order to avoid problems in the near future. So just replace all "rubicon" elco's on the power supply is repairing the problem and resolve problems for the future to....
7/16/2009 11:52:36 PM •
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on Jul 16, 2009
7 red blinks
Is the light blinking 7 times on front of TV ? If u take the back cover of the TV off you should see two leds on the bottom right of power supply turn on when u push the power button. When the TV go into error protection on the upper left of power supply you should see. A blinking green light. Please inform me of the error it flashes and ill will be able to help further. ( Serveral possiblilties it could be from audio, bad power,and faulty Y-main.)
4/7/2009 3:24:24 PM •
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on Apr 07, 2009
I have a Phillips 42
I wanted to share my solution to this problem. Not only is it an easy fix (aside from taking the tv apart) but it also explains some of the strange methods I've read that have worked, such as taking out padding from behind the boards or putting a magazine under one side and even tapping on the tv for a temporary fix.
Granted its only been a few days of it working but I tell you this....It's not done the half black screen once! And trust me when I say it was doing it constantly.
Ok so first off the problem definitely lies in the upper/lower buffer boards. On the model mentioned by the OP (same model I have) it's located on the same side as the power button (right side when you are looking at the tv).
Ok so you've got the tv openned face down on a non static surface. Btw I was shocked at how many youtube videos I found of ppl working on their tvs while its laid flat on their sofas!
When you are looking into it you will see on one side there are two vertical boards hooked up to another board more towards the center. These two boards are your upper and lower boards that provide the upper and lower picture. The problem I was having was in the lower section of the tv going black so obviously that corresponded to the lower board. (They are labelled upper and lower if you look closely)
So here is what I did:
I noticed the lower board was not sitting flush so I unscrewed the one screw on the bottom and noticed how much of a gap was in the screw hole. The problem was it was screwed down in such a way that one of the connections going to the main board was not making it's proper connection. So I just gave it a little push towards the center, held it, and screwed it back down.
That's it! It's fixed now. No need for replacing anything. Just poorly drilled holes and a few things not lining up correctly!
So hopefully anyone else that's having this same problem might have some luck in using this fix. Good Luck!
4/2/2009 5:18:30 PM •
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on Apr 02, 2009
Red flashing light, tv wont turn on
Yep, its a gonner. If you want to fix it yourself you can save several hundred bucks, but it will still cost you about $400 to do yourself, depending on the problem of course. This set and its samsung counterpart are horribly plagued by faulty ysus buffers. If you wan't to try and fix it, comment again and I'll walk you through the diagnosis process. Its a bit lengthy, I'll prewarn you.
4/1/2009 10:40:06 PM •
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on Apr 01, 2009
I tried to turn on my tv this morning and it
All of these problems are related except the channel changing one. That a weird one. the rest sound like your y-buffers are on the way out. This set is plagued with a bad buffer design. Looking at the tv with the back off, the boards on the far left, the two long skinny ones, and the larger one they are attatched to are what needs to be replaced. The cheapest place to get these replaced/fixed is on ebay. There is a seller named superdog** something or another. He's done two sets of these boards for me and does a fine job with really quick turnaround times. Tell him captain_axle sent you. Good luck
3/23/2009 8:59:28 AM •
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on Mar 23, 2009
37' philps flat tv
4 blink error for that model is i2c communication failure specific to ssb (small signal board) if intermittent should upgrade firmware to newest firmware and if constant would need to replace small signal board
3/12/2009 5:30:38 PM •
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on Mar 12, 2009
Phillips plasma tv blinks a red light
Hi kellar6263,
Try unplugging the TV from the wall for about 15 seconds. Then plug it and see if it works. There are more troubleshooting tips that are beyond the scope of what I can write out on FixYa (like upgrading the firmware on your TV using the USB port) but you can check out the
Support Page for your Television.
Best of Luck
Jordan
3/12/2009 4:36:54 PM •
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on Mar 12, 2009
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