Sharp LC-26SH12U TV. Sound has to be turned all the way up (50) to hear normally. Nothing but a DVD player connected - no cable, no regular tv. Using a composite cable. Troubleshooting done: tried a different cable, and different inputs - no difference connected a VCR to the TV - sound worked fine, maximum blasted me out of the house connected the DVD to an older TV - sound worked fine. ??

Sounds like a preamp circuit might be blown on the Sharp.

Do a channel search and select digital AND analog channels

Contact the nearest authorised service center for Sharp. You TV need service.

I had a similar problem where it displays "PLEASE WAIT" for several seconds alternating with blocky colors for several seconds and continuing anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes.

I inferred from a couple of sources that the TV is booting up when it says "please wait" by reading data from flash memory. I was able to fix my problem by resetting the data in memory to factory default values using this procedure from the service manual (wait until the TV is working before trying this):

Turn on the POWER.
Set the VOLUME to minimum.
Press both VOL. DOWN button on the set and Channel button (1) on the remote control for more than 2 seconds.
After the finishing of the initializing of shipping, the unit will turn off automatically

I suspect if you are using the DVD to play via a Scart connector , then the problem is simply that the Scart cable has became a bit slack. Try taking the Scart out of the rear connections from the DVD & the TV & then just pushing them back in again to make sure they have a good contact.

it sounds like a problem within your vga connection on the tv check around and see if there is some firmware for this fix or right click on your desktop were there is no icons and select properties select settings tab and set ur display as needed.

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are you watching movies frm a dvd player with the sound up, if so, turn the sound up on the dvd player remote and see hwo that works. eor, if its movies on normal tv screen, go to settings and click booster sound too hear better. if yours does not have this, ring your manufacture for a refunded tv with better speakr sound quality.

You want me to tell you how I fixed it for free, but you don't want to help me for free. What's with that?

sounds like you are using standard audio/video cables (yellow, blk., wht) in the component conections on either the tv, vcr or dvd player. If you intend on using component connection you will need to use different cables.

well your TV has a 1920 x 1080 Pixels hi resolution is this what you mean?

I would hook up your HDDVD via HDMI to the TV and the regular DVD to Component1 on the TV,

hope this helps