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Joe Hallenbeck
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Bought this IDTV model on Friday and whilst it's apparently badge-engineered by Vestel I've been pretty pleased with it although it appears to be a) suffering from a quirk of digital tuners or b) has a fault (gee I wonder which)
Each of the four days the tv has been on (don't know about today), after the tv has been on for approx 2 hours the sound cuts out just leaving the picture. The tv does not respond to the remote nor the buttons on the side of the tv. Turning the tv off and back on returns it to normal. The problem doesn't reappear for the duration of the viewing time after that (from 1 to 6 hours or so).
Of the four days so far, three were while watching a digital channel, one while watching analogue - all at different times. When it happens on digital there is a slight clicking noise, on analogue no noise.
On the first occasion the picture went aswell after I played back a videotape over the broadcast picture (digital) via the scart cable. This might have been to do with the scart plug not properly located in the socket (that and the fact the tv channel jumped to ext 2 of it's own accord on 3 occasions!) I replaced the scart cable with a heavier socketed version which definitely locked in and I haven't had the channel change problem again.
Anybody got any ideas please? I mention that it might be a quirk as to me it seems the tv crashes or hangs which might reflect a digital issue (first time with a digital broadcast source), ie a broadcast glitch which makes the tuner hang? Whilst I'm watching analogue I assume the digital tuner is still on? But the fact it has happened every day and oddly (or not) after the same amount of time from turning on makes me inclined to think it's a fault...
Each of the four days the tv has been on (don't know about today), after the tv has been on for approx 2 hours the sound cuts out just leaving the picture. The tv does not respond to the remote nor the buttons on the side of the tv. Turning the tv off and back on returns it to normal. The problem doesn't reappear for the duration of the viewing time after that (from 1 to 6 hours or so).
Of the four days so far, three were while watching a digital channel, one while watching analogue - all at different times. When it happens on digital there is a slight clicking noise, on analogue no noise.
On the first occasion the picture went aswell after I played back a videotape over the broadcast picture (digital) via the scart cable. This might have been to do with the scart plug not properly located in the socket (that and the fact the tv channel jumped to ext 2 of it's own accord on 3 occasions!) I replaced the scart cable with a heavier socketed version which definitely locked in and I haven't had the channel change problem again.
Anybody got any ideas please? I mention that it might be a quirk as to me it seems the tv crashes or hangs which might reflect a digital issue (first time with a digital broadcast source), ie a broadcast glitch which makes the tuner hang? Whilst I'm watching analogue I assume the digital tuner is still on? But the fact it has happened every day and oddly (or not) after the same amount of time from turning on makes me inclined to think it's a fault...