Sometimes no picture on RCA tv

Bad capacitors.

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that's the exact same problem i'm having, have you had any luck? if so please share, thanks!

It is a Text or Description box that operates like Closed Captions. Cycle through the options by pressing the Caption button on the remote or go to the Caption menu and turn it off.

This could be the result of a partly shorted vertical winding on the deflection yoak.Since the line is on an angle and not straight across.

Hello 4fiddy,

You have actually diagnosed your own problem, Let me explain; the line "I can slap the left side of the tv and picture will almost always come back on" This indicate some form of poor connection (cold solder joint). If you have a soldering iron, solder (circuit type not pipe type), and a multimeter. Use the soldering iron and solder to redo the cold solder joints , and then test it (the connection) with the multimeter.

I hope this helps

Thank you,

Shuttle83

This is a simple and common problem. The solder joints on the vertical output IC have cracked loose. I actually did a housecall on the exact same set with the exact same symptoms this morning! A good tech will resolder the pins of the vertical output IC and all other major solder joints on the main board and the set will play fine.

could be some bad solder connections on the crt socket or around the flyback area dealing with the brightness

Yes you sound like pincushin is failing on you. Soon it will knock out horiz. output caps and Diodes. Needs repair soon.

The set you have has a bad tuner assembly. At this point most likely you would be better off getting a new TV set. Good Luck