Hi
My panasonic Quintrix old tv has suddenly stopped and after that no display is coming up, only the black screen. what might be the problem.

Yesterday while watching we turned off the set top box but not the TV, so it ran for 15 mins with out any program just those white dots all over the screen, which is normal. after 15 mins it stopped, we thought it went to sleep mode or power save mode. But i could never turn it on again, always the black screen.

Thanks
Srini

Srini, October 2008

Mine developed exactly the same problem on Monday 20 October - I talked to a mate who has repaired tv's and he reckons its the standby circuit. It should be possible to bypass the circuit - making the power switch on/off only - but you'll need to pay a repair man a callout charge. I'm now looking for circuit diagrams to see if I can do it myself. Will post them if I get any.

Tom, October 2008