Magnavox model 55P8288 big screen, turns on was working perfect all day then it turns on for maybe 5 secs to a min and shuts off can anyone help please!!!
I have the same problem. At least it started that way. Now it turns on when it wants to , still need to press the cable remote. Thought it may be the cable box that was bad so I disconnected it to see if the set would work. No luck. I unplugged the set for 20 min so that it could start at factory default. No luck. When it does turn on it plays for anywhere from 2 minutes to all day. Then it shuts off and the whole cycle starts again. If I gotta pay over $200.00 to have it repaired I think I will upgrade to plasma. That seems to be the best on the market right now. Man talk about tech stuff, you need a dictionary to figure out what these things can or cannot do these days. Still struggling through it though. Went to Best Buy for assistance on all the jargon and this guy blasted me with all kinds of information. Was better off before I talked to them. They say that they get no comission but they always start with the expensive stuff. I found a Maxent plasma 55" and 42" that I can get for about the same price of the stuff that this guy showed me at the start of our conversation. The only thing is that the sets are not cable ready, meaning that they need a cable box to work....Duh! Ya gotta have one to get cable to start with. Only thing is that you cannot get hi def on the antenna. So, for the price I may go that way. Please let me know how your situation turned out.
I have the same problem. At least it started that way. Now it turns on when it wants to , still need to press the cable remote. Thought it may be the cable box that was bad so I disconnected it to see if the set would work. No luck. I unplugged the set for 20 min so that it could start at factory default. No luck. When it does turn on it plays for anywhere from 2 minutes to all day. Then it shuts off and the whole cycle starts again. If I gotta pay over $200.00 to have it repaired I think I will upgrade to plasma. That seems to be the best on the market right now. Man talk about tech stuff, you need a dictionary to figure out what these things can or cannot do these days. Still struggling through it though. Went to Best Buy for assistance on all the jargon and this guy blasted me with all kinds of information. Was better off before I talked to them. They say that they get no comission but they always start with the expensive stuff. I found a Maxent plasma 55" and 42" that I can get for about the same price of the stuff that this guy showed me at the start of our conversation. The only thing is that the sets are not cable ready, meaning that they need a cable box to work....Duh! Ya gotta have one to get cable to start with. Only thing is that you cannot get hi def on the antenna. So, for the price I may go that way. Please let me know how your situation turned out.
Thanx