JVC 40" Class Model No : EM40NF5
Before repairing any electrical products, even though you would know how to read electrical circuits, I would recommend to get helps from a customer center of a product you have in your country.
Once you open or disassemble your product, you would not get any free support from the customer center even though the warranty is valid. ( I think I read the contents in a manual document of the product but to be sure, you may want to check if it is true or not).
I bought the JVC 40" LED TV at COSCO U.S. when I was there and I brought it to my home town to give my mother.
For the first time, the TV was turned on and my mother could watch the TV. ( My mother have already had SetTop box - without it , you guys may not watch TV program through the TV).
I thought the TV is available for both 110 and 220 AC voltage but maybe second and third time after, she found the TV was not turned on anymore.
when I heard, I realized I did not check what voltage on the TV is available.
After that, I tried to get a service from a JVC service center but what I found is the product in Korea is not available for them to provide a service to a customer because they don't deal with JVC TV in Korea. At the same time, i tried to get any helps through JVC website but I could not get any helps, so I gave up to get any helps from the company.
At that time, there are 3 options in my hands
1. Throw it away
2. Check if it is refundable from COSCO Korea
3. fix it by myself.
I have decided to fix it after deliberation
To fix the TV,
I need to dissemble the TV , I thought it is easy for the first time but it was not.
Here is what I did.
1. I got all screw drivers out from the TV
2. I tried to open the back cover ( the plastic back cover of the TV , back of the display)
- here is what I found
a. Try to open the cover by putting a bar or something similar into a hole and widening the gap between the cover and panel until the gap is slightly wider.
b. Go to the side of the TV (you can start the left side) to open the gap to make it wider and go to the remainder.
3. After you disassemble it, you can see the circuit of power supply and others.
4. Check if the power supply fuse is ok or not ( I found the fuse of power supply was burned.) The fuse shown below is the burned fuse I cut from the TV.
The picture does not show us clearly what kind of fuse is used in the TV but if we take a look at the metal part, we can find T4.0H250V
Also, the fuse is used with wire Leads, I guess I should not cut the leads like being shown in the picture but should cut it all at the end of metal (no leads - the leads will be acted as an indutor and small resistance).
5. From the experience, I found there are many different fuses, so let's look at the mark on the edge of metal of the fuse in the picture above like T4.0H250V
- T : Time lag or Time delay (Slow blow)
- 4.0 : 4 A ( Ampere)
- H : High breaking capacity - ceramic fuse
-250 voltage
FYI, based on what I found on many webs, most TV product is used with ceramic fuse.
6. Order the fuse on the website by searching the T4H250V.
7. Replace it with a new one and check if the TV works or not.