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Posted on May 31, 2008

Help rca 46inch

Rca 42 in lcd hd Menu works but no picture, no sound.DVD doesn't work either.The screen is black with unusable signal circulating all around.Changed cable to an older tv and it is working fine.Has to be TV.

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  • yomero261 Jul 25, 2008

    have same problem in this tv set

  • Anonymous Nov 07, 2008

    I have the same problem using HDMI cable. I tried 3 cables still same thing
    unusable signal. I'm using the composite and Screen looks really good.
    Not sure I can tell the difference between them and when the HDMI cables were working


  • Anonymous Mar 09, 2009

    Exact same problem. I have been trying to figure something out with the RCA company, but no one speaks English.

  • revlorri May 11, 2010

    I have this same problem...any solutions?

  • Anonymous Mar 23, 2014

    Viewing tv programs off of normal satellite feed ( not HD) picture is blurry. Fuzzy outlines around people and object.

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I have the same problem using HDMI cable, I was able to get it working using composite or RCA
cables. I still cant get it working on none of the 3 hdmi inputs

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