We have a Sharp flatscreen TV, about 2 years old. Often, recently, when it has
been powered off and is powered back on, it goes into a strange state. The power indicator, an LED that is blue when on, red when off, and blinking red while starting up, goes into a dance where it blinks 4 times, goes off for about 4 blinks worth of time, and repeats indefinitely.
We used to be able to fix it by pulling the plug, waiting several minutes, and
plugging it back in. That no longer works.
Sharp, of course, says it is too old for them to comment on, and to take it back to the store and get them to fix it. The store, Best Buy, says they can ship it off to their TV repair center and, for about the price of a replacement, look at it.
Any guesses of how we might get past this?
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We have a Sharp flatscreen TV, about 2 years old. Often, recently, when it has
been powered off and is powered back on, it goes into a strange state. The power indicator, an LED that is blue when on, red when off, and blinking red while starting up, goes into a dance where it blinks 4 times, goes off for about 4 blinks worth of time, and repeats indefinitely.
We used to be able to fix it by pulling the plug, waiting several minutes, and
plugging it back in. That no longer works.
Sharp, of course, says it is too old for them to comment on, and to take it back to the store and get them to fix it. The store, Best Buy, says they can ship it off to their TV repair center and, for about the price of a replacement, look at it.
Any guesses of how we might get past this?
We have a Sharp flatscreen TV, about 2 years old. Often, recently, when it has
been powered off and is powered back on, it goes into a strange state. The >power indicator, an LED that is blue when on, red when off, and blinking red >while starting up, goes into a dance where it blinks 4 times, goes off for >about 4 blinks worth of time, and repeats indefinitely.
We used to be able to fix it by pulling the plug, waiting several minutes, and >plugging it back in. That no longer works.
Sharp, of course, says it is too old for them to comment on, and to take it >back to the store and get them to fix it. The store, Best Buy, says they can >ship it off to their TV repair center and, for about the price of a >replacement, look at it.
Any guesses of how we might get past this?
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