My tv has just started to get a black screen and a white line straight through the middle (horizontal) I can hear the sound and sometimes after a getting it a bash the picture comes back.
I've heard it could be a dodgy connection or field output IC. Would it be an expensive repair or can i do it myself.
It's a simple repair for a TV engineer. It will be dry joints to the field output IC or field output circuit.
Personally, I would replace the IC in any case if dry jointed and check/replace leaky electrolytic capacitors in the field output circuit.
Not to sound patronising but it's genuinely dangerous to attempt to repair even apparently simple faults unless you're a qualified TV engineer, we know what to look out for.
Cobweb
October 2005
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