LNT4061F - On/Off Switch problems My tv recently began having problems turning on. When I press the power button the tv sounds like it is continuously turning itself on and off. Picture rarely ever comes on. ANyone experience this? How do you fix? Any help is appeciated. Thank you. LNT4061F - On/Off Switch problems My tv recently began having problems turning on. When I press the power button the tv sounds like it is continuously turning itself on and off. Picture rarely... » Read More LNT4061F - On/Off Switch problems My tv recently began having problems turning on. When I press the power button the tv sounds like it is continuously turning itself on and off. Picture rarely ever comes on. ANyone experience this? How do you fix? Any help is appeciated. Thank you. « Show Less
775417
i just took mine into the shop for the same problem, very irritating hearing it turn on and off all the time just to start, it would take like 10 minutes for my tv to finally turn on, the technician at the shop said the power supply was bad and i wasn't getting enough power to the main board to turn the TV on, 200 bucks later, I am happy, fix it, it is worth it.
775418
Since I was not able to do the repairs myself, I contacted Samsung and explained the difficulties I was having. I also mentioned that by researching online, I found that a number of other 4061F owners are having the same problems. Samsung agreed to extend the warranty to cover the parts needed to repair my TV, but I had to pay $190 for labor. They set up a repair call with one of their in-home repair people, who called me that same day and made an appointment to repair my TV. The repair was completely promptly and my TV is working like new again.
775419
i have the same problem. it is 2 months out of warranty and it takes almost an hour to get a picture. tv repair shop said they contacted samsung and were told i needed a new board for $1204.00 plus labor.i am now asking samsung to extend the warranty for this repair.
775420
Same problem here. TV is out of Warrenty, and Samsung, of course, denied it was their problem. I had an Independent Technician come to pick up the TV, and brought it back two days later. Total cost $175.Now I have to call DIRECT TV and apoligize, as I was blaming them for the problem.
775421
I am having the same problem. Right now it takes up to two minutes to come on. Before this started, it took only about 5 seconds to come on. I haven't had a service technician look at it yet. Of course, it has been out of warranty for 6 months!
775422
If you call Samsung now they're aware of the problem and are taking care of it. My TV has been out of warantee for about a year now but they're sending a tech to fix it at no cost as long as it is indeed the capacitors that are faulty.
1402079
Unfortunately this is not a unique problem. My research shows many customers have had this happen to their Sony TV's, even after just a year or so. My TV lasted 18 months before this happened. Bloggers have documented that it can't be fixed, certainly not at a cost that is worthwhile. The only option is to recycle the TV and buy a new one...of a different brand with a more stellar reliability rating. Sorry.
121112
To expand on what Marcus said, if you were to turn off your TV manually, the remote doesn't know that. However, if this happens, there's a Help button on the remote you can use to get everything working again. It asks you several yes/no questions about the status of your equipment, and once you're done going through that, then everything's working again.
2181824
yes,my TV was sent to repair shop for black screen some time. Beware that you need to check when it ships back to you.they lost the TV base and broke the frame too. Then, I have made a lot of phone calls .it is hard to deal with them.good luck
2267131
My TV is shutting off peridically. I checked the pin. it is OK.....is it the power supply>
1437955
My LG problem was in the TV start up process. It didn't want to start. I googled the The LG model number and it was suggested that I must have some bad capisitors in the power supply. I ordered the kit, replaced the bad caps and now all is well.
1856011
I believe this happened to me 3 years ago. I looked it up and I believe it was a loose component on one of the boards in the TV. Mine was still under warranty and Panny had someone locally come by and fix it for us. Good luck.
1986042
Right out of the box my tv had this problem. I have had it for 3 months and it has buzzed for approximately 5 seconds(until picture becomes visible) every time I turn it on. At first I thought I would be able to deal with it but the more I read about failures down the road, the more I think I am going to return it.
730308
None. the only issue I have is that there are no buttons on the TV itself, so you have to use the remote to power on/off the TV.
194903
Try unplugging the tv for 10 minutes then plugging it back in and holding the power button for 60 seconds on the tv itself to turn it on. Should hard reset and project.
2105477
No picture at all? Hold down power button for 10 seconds to allow tv to reset itself or, unplug it for a few miniutes and let me know how that goes. Have you replaced the lamp recently or opened the back panel at all? if so, make sure it's back correctly. My problem was the power strip cable, now, I connect the tv directly to the wall and have no problems.
1515372
Your power supply to the bulb may have gone out, but that does seem to be too much of a coincidence to go out now. I would personally try another bulb even though it means spending more money. If it is the power supply that has gone out to that bulb, from what I hear you will probably want to consider getting another television set because they are extremely expensive replacing or to repair the very sensitive and very specific power supply. There are no generic power supplies for the TV set as far as I know. Notice all the varying ratings. I notice the latest ratings are mostly all negative. When I replaced my bulb September of last year, it was provided by another distributer than is now through Amazon. That may have something to do with the quality issues and I would be willing to bet your bulb was dead on arrival. Use Amazons email to see if you could send it back for exchange. I did not notice what kind of warranty was offered. You should get at least 14-30 days replacement period for defective merchandise.
315300
My guess is that it's a bad bit of hardware (battery that isn't holding a charge) or the power button is malfunctioning. You have to hold down the "play" button for a long time to get it to turn on and I think that must put a lot of pressure on the button. I'd contact the manufacturer and tell them what the problem is and ask for a replacement unit.
2016410
Hey, I had the same problem with an LN55C650 and even with a new panel it did it. So the tech got on the phone and called and was told about the service bulletin and cut jumper number p854 on the 55" and that fixed it. So the new panel came back out but I got my tv fixed. Yay!!!
52130
Hi.. I do not have this issue. My TV powers up to the TV picture. I am guessing it's in the start up settings but have not had to deal with it. I responded so you would know that you can change it. this is an awesome TV. Everyone who comes over comments on how great the picture is, so you made a great choice
272906
I'm having the same problem and it's intermitent. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't work, I have to turn the TV on and off several times and then it will work. Then sometimes the TV just turns on by itself. We have a Samsung technician coming tomorrow to check it out - hopefully I can post the solution...
655154
I don't know if this is any help but you should be careful to hit the on/off button just once. This unit is molasses slow especially when you turn it on. You may be hitting the button more than once and accidentally turning the television back on.