RCA tv- anyone have an answer?

[Marlene Blanshay]

We have an RCA color 25", bought about 1996- model F35652BL. It's never
given us any real trouble, but suddenly this afternoon it just DIED! My
boyfriend was watching, and it just turned off, no power, and we couldn't
turn it on again.

Tech support suggested unplugging and then plugging in again after an hour
or so, which we did, and NOTHING.IT's mystifying, since it gave no
indication of any problems. The people at RCA said it could have been a
power surge or interruption, but we didn't notice anything just before.

Has anyone ever had this happen, with this model or one like it? Seven
years is not a very long life for a tv. Was anyone able to get it
restarted without repair? I fear repair will cost a fortune, because we
get home service (it's rather heavy to shlep around).

Anyone who has any advice, whatever, post here or even email me!

 

[David]

Without even minimal troubleshooting information, the only thing I can tell
you is the tv needs troubleshot and repaired.

Also here we go again. If you really got 7 years out of your tv set before
it needed its first repair, consider yourself lucky.

You are probably looking at a $50 or so trip charge to the door, and an
average repair of between $150 and $250 to fix the tv set. Average repair
if you can take the tv in for repair is between $125 and $175 for that type
of failure on that size of tv set, a considerable savings if there is any
way to take the tv in ( at least three people to move it).

If you chose simply to replace the set without even getting an estimate so
you can make an intelligent decision as to whether it is worth the repair
cost. Feel free to post your location for pickup so someone here might be
willing to keep the tv out of the landfill a few more years. Or call around
and see if some shop will pick it up for free.

David

 

[Sofie]

Marlene Blanshay:
No way to know if it will be a simple or difficult repair.... could go
either way. You need to take it to service shop for at the very least a
repair cost estimate so you can make an intelligent repair decision with
facts instead of guesses. A phone call won't do it.... you need to take
it to a shop so a real tech can actually see it and make some preliminary
tests. If you just toss it thinking it will be a high repair bill you
could be wasting your money..... get the facts, get and estimate, make an
intelligent decision.
A 25" television is definitely a "carry in" to a shop...... to have someone
come to your home will easily add $45 to $65 or more to the bill.

 

[Curmudgeon]

It could be a 10 cent fuse (and it kinda sounds like that type of
failure)...but the only way to know for sure is to take it in.

 

[Marlene Blanshay]

Marlene Blanshay:
No way to know if it will be a simple or difficult repair.... could go
either way. You need to take it to service shop for at the very least a
repair cost estimate so you can make an intelligent repair decision with
facts instead of guesses. A phone call won't do it.... you need to take
it to a shop so a real tech can actually see it and make some preliminary
tests. If you just toss it thinking it will be a high repair bill you
could be wasting your money..... get the facts, get and estimate, make an
intelligent decision.
A 25" television is definitely a "carry in" to a shop...... to have someone
come to your home will easily add $45 to $65 or more to the bill.

I agree, but it's kind of heavy and we don't have a car, so I'll shell out
the few extra bucks if I have to. Thanks.

 

[James Sweet]

It could be a 10 cent fuse (and it kinda sounds like that type of
failure)...but the only way to know for sure is to take it in.

Nah, it's never that simple, if the fuse blew, there's a problem with the
set that blew it and a new one will blow too. This is true at least 99% of
the time.