Comments on: Fixing a plasma TV

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:01:51 +0000

I removed 2 bad capacitors from my 42-inch Phillips Plasma before noticing if the replacements needed to go back in a certain way (positive & negative leads)! Can anyone please tell me how to figure this out?

By: Mike F

Mike F — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:51:44 +0000

Thanks for the post, I just fixed my 42″ plasma same way. I actually did the repair after reading about it on another website, just replaced the caps that were bulging and leaking, and when I put it back together it didn’t even turn on so I thought I had really messed up bad. After reading some of the responses on here I figured I should double check everything maybe I had soldered in a capacitor backwards or something. When I got back in the TV I saw the capacitors were soldered correctly, however I forgot to plug in a connector. Plugged it in and it fired right up. Thanks for the help!

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:23:12 +0000

I have a Philips 50 inch plasma tv, bought in 2006, # 50PF9431D/37. It blinks red 6 times and won’t come on with the remote–only after I unplug the power cord, wait, plug it back in–it comes on.
After reading your posts, looks like I might have to replace capacitors. I don’t know how to fix tvs/solder, etc. How much would it cost to have someone come out to fix it?
Please help. I hate to use the excuse that I’m a woman, but I live by myself….

Thanks.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:00:39 +0000

I have a 42″ Phillips Plasma TV, Model 42PF7220A-37 that I bought in March of 2006. In October of 2009 it started having the color strips, then only the top half of the screen worked, and then in November is stopped working altogether. I took it to a local repair shop and for $335 they replaced the Y buffer. Everything was okay until June of 2011 when it started going black with no sound for 10-20 seconds periodically. This has continued with increasing frequency. I did receive an email notice recently from a law firm that a class action lawsuit was filed against Phillips claiming a faulty power supply was installed in TVs like mine in the time frame that mine was built. If the court okays the claim, Phillips (in all their generosity) will give me a $165 voucher for other Phillips products, or a big bad $65 in cash, if I have it repaired and send them proof of the repair, i.e. a receipt for service that will probably cost several hundred dollars. Of course the lawyers will get over $1,000,000 for their efforts! So….thanks to all of you who have contributed to this site, to my dad who taught me a thing or two about electronics, and to Ampex and Stanford University’s Radioscience Laboratory that gave me jobs as a young adult, I will endeavor to repair this set myself and let you know of my results in a few days, as I will have to get parts.

By: scott

scott — Mon, 23 May 2011 01:21:35 +0000

19delta did you figure it out?

By: Richie

Richie — Fri, 06 May 2011 10:46:17 +0000

Thanks for posting this fix. I just followed your instructions and voila! I’m sure I’ll get another 7 years of chilling out in front of my Phillips plasma.

By: 19delta

19delta — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:14:27 +0000

Hello, can anyone help by telling me why my 47″Philips shows a red line down the middle of the screen, it was working fine! turnd it off after a movie came back an hour later and it came on the light and never went away, the Tv is only 2 years old.

By: Cyntie

Cyntie — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:03:36 +0000

Thanks to all the advice about changing my capacitor to my 50in. flat screen phillip plasm, I did it myself and being a women I feel proud. The only other thing I did was change the fuse it works great, thanks!

By: Modern Radio

Modern Radio — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:51:23 +0000

We can supply most of the range of capacitors for doing your own repairs to your T.V.s. Visit our ebay shop to see some of the range.

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 17:51:15 +0000

Anyone know the proper VS and PFC voltages for a phillips 50pfp5332d/37 plasma? Changed everything but the pwr. supply and still getting no picture.