20 Most Recent Panasonic Viera TH-42PX80U Plasma TV - Page 5 Questions & Answers

Select the default picture settings first. Then adjust the color according to your taste. It will be the best picture.

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What is the problem you faces with this TV. Provide more details please.

To make it to factory settings, you have to enter its service mode option. Service mode window will be entirely different to that of normal window. Entering and exiting service mode to many brand televisions can be noted by this link. http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/ Pull up older posts there. Beware. Do not make any other adjustments there, other than factory reset. Changing data values, without knowing more about what will happen after that, is not recommended. It might even make the set inoperative to any more external commands, either by its front panel control or remote control, In fact, a dead waste set will be the result. Make sure to exit the service mode, after make a factory reset. For more details, check the link sited above. Read all instruction well before start.

Before spend $$ on replacement boards, make sure anything attached to it is powered off. Unplug TV for 5mn to 15min. Plug back in and it should power on. If not leave unplugged overnight before spending on a replacement board. We have to do this 2-3 times per year when someone forgets to turn off auxiliary components (receiver, DVD, cable box, etc) first. It has always come back on.

It may be the D board if it looks like this...

you need to count the blinks of the light. it will determine where the problem is located.

I am not 100% sure, but the driver ribbons on plasmas are all on the edges. If you have a line in the center, it is the screen. I hate to say it, but it would seem like a defect or damage.

the picture shifted 2 inches to the right

T'Con board and its connection wires to LCD panel should be checked. Re-seat all the flat cables connected in between T'Con and panel. If you wish to know more details about this kind of faults to LCD TVs, check this link. There is details about these kind of fault with screen shots.

There should be some fault with its main power supply regulator board. Check it. If you are not familiar with electronics, do not attempt to repair. Whether you suffer fatal electrical shock! Instead, contact the nearest service center.

No. You must have an external amp to drive external speakers. You can get pre-out only by the rear RCA sockets of the TV.