20 Most Recent RCA F32665 32" TV Questions & Answers

Nope. Not a digital Television. I'm guessing it's an older one. Most TV's sold nowdays are Digital TV ready.

Unplug the power to the tv for couple of minutes; replug and should have sound!

You've done a mistake that might me fatal indeed. There will be charge hold in the CRT even though the set is switched off, and will retain for a long time. You must have to discharge the final anode before remove the anode cap. To do this, connect one end of the multimeter probe to the tuner cover or at any ground chassis. Slowly insert the other end of the probe, by the side of the rubber boot at the final anode. The charge hold will discharge through the wire to ground. Hold it for at least 10 seconds. Now it will be safe to handle.

The usual cause is a shorted horizontal output transistor. The way this chassis is designed, the supply makes 140 volts which is always on and applied to the transistor. The heavy load on the power supply causes it to make that chirping sound as it keeps trying to start, then shuts down right away.

The h-out is Q14401, RCA part number 237470. A 2SC5148 can replace it.

A 1980 might not have a code. Some were still infra red and not digital.

they must fix it

Try unplugging it if color regains its the box and not the TV!! if it dont regain then the flyback needs to be looked at. I am sure its the box and not the TV and yes had problems with zenth boxes Thank you Btw, I’m available to help over the phone in case u need at https://www.6ya.com/expert/edwy_1a56970cf1ea4620

eeprom ic after you replace it you will have to have service menu to reset hori sink .

You need to adjust "vertical height" in the service program. You need to put the set in "service mode" to do this adjustment. If you google "enter service mode RCA F32665" you should find the procedure. It will be listed in abbreviated letters such as VERT SIZE or VERT HT. Follow the instructions for entering service mode and saving the data closely!! The data you change will be listed as a number between 1 and 63. The number will only need to reduced by a small amount and you can still see the picture behind the data and watch it shrink as you adjust the number down.Always burn the new number to memory (if required) before exiting service mode. Good luck

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Try other inputs such as rca and svideo.

If the TV is HD then yes it is ATSC if it is HD ready Then it is NTSC if it is noe of the above then it is NTSC. The Advanced television standards committiee was developed in 1982 .

You have a problem in the video circuit. Any video that comes into the set is not getting to the picture tube. The menus come from the system control microprocessor. This shows that the input at the picture tube itself is working. Also you system control is working. The signal would have to be traced through the set to find out where the loss is originating. Stargazer

Hi, some of those units have whats called a "RF cable" running from the back of the set to the tuner, and some are directly spot welded to the tuner, you need to remove the back from your set and see if yours is a short cable to the tuner, otherwise you have to replace the whole tuner, check the back of your set and you`ll see on a sticker the complete model number, (few numbers or letters after F32665) this is referred to as the service model number and I can look up exactly what you need to change

The F25261TX3 is a 25 inch set that uses the CTC185 series chassis. The 2 most common causes for the set not turning on are a corrupt EPROM and a bad regulator or resistor in the main power supply. This is also the chassis notorious for cracks on the shields around the tuner and microprocessor which causses the EPROM to go corrupt. These are relatively easy and simple things to correct, but the set should be serviced and modified by a qualified tech familiar with that RCA chassis.

The PIP puts a smaller picture on your main picture. Usually, the smaller picture is generated by a second source, such as a VCR. The VCR must be connected to the main cable signal and connected to the TV through the red, white, yellow RCA jacks. The VCR picks the smaller picture whilt the tuner in the TV picks the main pucture. The PIP circuits digitally add the smaller picture to the larger picture. The PIP cannot be used to veiw 2 different channels at once on satellite systems because the satellite receiver sends only one channel to the set at a time.

Your problem is a bad main B+ capacitor. The right way to find this would be with a good ESR type capacitor meter. If you do not have an ESR cap. checker or do not know how to use a cap. checker. a local repair shop should be able to assist you in this repair at a decent price. Let us know what you did to get this set fixed?