I purchased my 32″ Emerson LCD HDTV back in the summer of 2008 from woot.com for $350. This is my bedroom TV which means I actually use it more than my nicer 42″ 1080P 120Hz Vizio that I have in my family room. Well the other day I came home from work on a monday and turned the tv and it immediately turned off. I thought this was strange since the TV worked last night as I was watching Dinner for Schmucks on my PS3. I tried turning on the TV on again and again and again and each time it would immediately turn off. Then I started searching the internet and I came across this video.
Essentially this TV and all sister models suffer from problems with the inverter board. Now after searching the internet I found a good way to test if the inverter board is the problem.
TO DETERMINE IF THE INVERTER BOARD IS THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM WITH YOUR TV, UNPLUG THE 8 WIRE CABLE FROM THE DIGITAL BOARD TO THE INVERTER. IF THE TV POWER WILL NOW STAY ON, RATHER THAN NOT COMING ON OR COMING ON AND QUICKLY SHUTTING OFF, THEN THE INVERTER BOARD IS DEFECTIVE. IF THE POWER STILL WILL NOT STAY ON, REPLACING THE INVERTER BOARD WILL NOT FIX YOUR TV.
Here is a list of all the brands this type of TV is sold under:
- Emerson
- Sylvania
- Symphonic
- Funai
- Element
- Hisense
The Model Numbers are:
- LC320EM81
- LC320EM82
- LC320EM82S
- LC320EM8A
- LC320SS8A
- LD320SS8
- LD320SS8A
- FLX3220F (ELEMENT / HISENSE)
- FLX3220F (ELEMENT / HISENSE)
The Circuit board will be identical to the following picture and have a printed number on of BA71F0F01047. The Last two digits maybe different on your board. The manufacturers part number, which is not on the board is 1ESA19608, 1FSA10164, 1FSA10280 or 1ESA16508.
I purchased my 1FSA10164 board from a website called Modus Link PTS. It looks like you can get it from other sites as well, just need to do some searching. There is also this guy on ebay that will either sell them or will try to fix your board.
Follow to part 2 to finish this article where I go step by step on how to replace the board.
i have this same tv, and its not turning on, I cant wait to try and fix myself
one question under how to see if its the inverter, unplug 8 wire cable …where is that exactly?
im not sure how to contact you, but i have my tv apart..and Im not sure about the plug (that goes into the wall)..do I remove that too>?