Hitachi Smart Tv Turns Itself Off How To Approach It

Most TVs include a motion sensor to detect if someone in the room is moving (and thus presumably watching the TV). (So no, they didnt add the camera to spy on you.) But its conceivable that some TVs were cheap and based it solely on the viewer hitting buttons on the remote (changing channels, changing volume).

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The problem is that the TV will randomly shut off while in use.

It doesnt turn back on, it has to be turned back on manually.

It can be turned right back on right away and will stay on until it eventually shuts off at random again.

Sometimes its an hour, others its 4 hours, some days it never happens.

I havent found any patterns to when it shuts off, but it seems to occur more often when the temperature is higher, as I rarely have this problem in the winter.

This could be total coincidence, as use the TV less often in the winter.

My experience tells me this is likely a power supply related problem.

Maybe the logic board has a problem, maybe the panel is going bad, maybe the, or something else.

Im asking you guys, to give me some help, advice, and ideas to help me through the problem.

Hitachi Smart Tv Turns Itself Off How To Approach It

If it is power supply, I have a couple of options on how to approach it.

I dont see any visual clues that any of the capacitors are going bad, but that may not be the whole story.

I dont have a multi-meter or a capacitor tester, so I currently have no way of testing them.

However, I found the power supply on ebay for under 30, so I was considering just buying that and hoping that would fix the problem.

However, if youre in the U.S.

TV is Energy Star rated, one of the features required for Energy Star certification is that the TV must automatically turn itself off if it detects no activity for a certain period of time.

Most TVs include a motion sensor to detect if someone in the room is moving (and thus presumably watching the TV).

So no, they didnt add the camera to spy on you.) But its conceivable that some TVs were cheap and based it solely on the viewer hitting buttons on the remote (changing channels, changing volume).

If you dont hit a remote button for a few hours, the TV turns itself off.

Check to see if theres a settings option to disable this power saving feature, or to extend the time before it automatically turns the TV off.