Philips 32PW6515
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Philips 32PW6515
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Owned Our 32pw6515 For 5 Years And Had To Call Eng
Owned our 32PW6515 for 5 years and had to call engineer out after 3 days for water lines on screen. Then the TV had to have a new micro processor a year later. Loud popping noise when changing channels after about 3 years. Now the tube has given up the ghost and will cost about £500 to repair so it's basically a write off and in the skip! Nice people at Philips did not want to know and said we should have bought extra cover.
So we've invested in Samsung now and will never own another Philips!
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I Bought One Of These Widescreen Tvs 4 Years Ago F
I bought one of these Widescreen TVs 4 years ago for £820.00, and have had nothing but problems. Within the first year the 2nd Tube had gone and yes it has gone again this month. Also minor problems within the 4 years. I would never buy another Philips TV ever. I have 17 year old Sony that it still going strong, so will be buying another one of those this weekend.
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I Bought My 32pw6515/05 On The Web In June 2002, S
I bought my 32PW6515/05 on the web in June 2002, since when we've been very happy until last month when a fault developed. Now, some time after being switched on the screen will go completely bright red with oscillating lines. Recorded output to video tape is OK, so it is just the screen. On looking up the purchase date I discovered it had just gone out of guarantee. I am dreading the repair cost. Grrr.
I am having the same problem, have you fixed your problem yet?
Bought my Philips 32PW6515 end of 2001 and paid over £900, up until 5 weeks ago no problems. Now telly has an intermitent fault-a green flickering on the screen and then total green screen, until it switches itself off. It also has a white line on the green screen. My local repairman says it is a common problem with Philips TV's, it's the green cathode on the CRT and to get one from Philips. I have spoken to them on the phone and they have told me to put it all in writing and now am waiting to hear from them. Personally, I thought I would spend a bit more money on an excellent brand, but now would never recommend. Has anyone else had these sort of problems or heard of this with these televisions, thanks.
My T.V. as just developed the same problem what was causing the fault
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I Have This 32pw6515 For Just Over 2 Years. It Has
I have this 32PW6515 for just over 2 years. It has now developed a habit of going on strikes
It sometimes refuses to start. When I switch it on, the power light lit, but the screen remain black and silent. Under normal circumstances I will hear a cracking sound (from the tube?) when the screen become white. But when it is on strike, no sound is heard. The set was suspected to be interfered with my wireless broadband router from LinkSys, but it has been ruled out.
The only remedy I have discovered is to unplug the power and leave it for a few hours. But recently it has gone on strikes rather often, which is very annoying.
Anyone has the similar problems?
mine likes to do the opposite by turning itself on whenever it feels like it and then it starts creaking
apeiron,
The problems with my set happened gradually. Initially we can wait, or press some button, to fix it. Soon it got worse and worse, and finally stopped working altogether!
So don't be happy so soon. watch out.
Your best bet is to get Philips to repair it for free.
This morning it happened again. Same problem as above.
This time, I changed the RF cable, and watched a tape, for about 30 minutes, no problem. Then I switched back to the terrestrial channels (CH4 I believe it was), *through* the VCR, and bang! the TV stop responding.
As before, the only thing I could do to resolve the situation was to switch the TV off, using the front panel switch, detach the aerial and switch it back on. All fine, I could watch DVD's and tapes.
But as soon as I was trying to watch some normal TV, again, through the VCR, which is connected to the TV via a SCART, the TV's controls were in tilt.
I now suspect a sort of weird signal coming through the mast must confuse the TV. So far, it only happens in the mornings between 7.15am - 800am. Most days I switch the TV on at about 6.45am and switch it off at about 7.05am.
No problems whatsoever in the afternoon or evenings.
Again this is solely related to the terrestrial channels.
I wonder if the introduction of DVB on terrestrial TV carries some kind of signal that this TV is unable to decode.
Time will tell.
Yes
I wrote to Philips and complained bitterly (my set is nearly 2 years old) I told them that the fault is obviously common because of my internet research and because all the repair companies I'd spoken to seemed aware of the fault. Philips got me to send my original receipt, a REPORT from a local TV repair company (not a quote). They were very efficient and responsive, they offered to fix it for £55 (labour only) I was very persisitant, telling them that although I appreciated their offer I still thought it unfair due to the supposed quality of Philips products (it should have lasted longer than 2 years) and eventually they had it taken away and repaired it, with apparently updated parts, for nothing.
I have my local tv repair company (phase TV in west byfleet, woking, surrey) fix the telly. It took them ages and they had to replace a main chip. The total cost of the repair was about £140.
If there are similar problems for the same telly, then Philips should have recalled the set!
yuan
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I Had The Same Problem. Just 10 Months Into Using
I had the same problem. Just 10 months into using my Philips 32PW6515, bright red & green stripes would appear on the screen. These would normally emerge when the TV was first put on, then depending what mood it was in, it would either try and correct itself straight away or not at all. I had this problem twice and it still played up.
Also I've notice a funny popping sound on certain channels when the volume was increased. Very Strange.....
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I Thought Philips Would Have Solved The Problems W
I thought Philips would have solved the problems with the new model 6516. Nope. Picture curved strongly towards the center in 4:3 mode. In 16:9 chunks of picture were eaten out. And yes, there was an irritating sound when swithing channel.
After two visits to repairs picture geometrics got even worse. I went back to the shop, and got Panasonic 28 inch PL1 instead and have been happy ever after (except poor teletext!)
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I Bought The Tv, Brand New From An Auction House 2
I bought the TV, Brand New from an Auction house 2 weeks ago, for £250! "no that`s not a misprint" plus taxes it came to around £320. I bought it to replace a 28"W/S philips I had had for about 4 years ( I sold the 28"W/S for £250 in a private sale, Hee! Hee!.)And as for the pops as some people are calling them, haven`t happened to me
since I swapped the positions of the cordless S/Speakers. I guess the Active Speaker has to be in a good position to receive the signals?, anyway it worked for me.
I must say it`s a big improvement on the older W/S sets, my old 28" used to bug me to death with it switching to 4:3 all the time, Arrrggghh!. The New 32" W/s has`nt got this problem! so at the moment every thing is hunky dory.
Hope this helps
Davey B
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I Was Reluctant To Purchase It Initially Since I
I was reluctant to purchase it initially since I heard so much about this alleged humming noise. However much to my relief my set seems to be fine. There is no channel pop or interference from the subwoofer. There are several features-you can adjust the picture quality and sound using presets or manually, you can adjust the viewing area and dimension. Vitual dolby will never be like pro logic seperate speakers but the sound from integrated speakers is more than satisfying.
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I Bought My Tv In May 2002 From Currys And Noticed
I bought my TV in May 2002 from Currys and noticed a low hum emitting from rear speakers. It was also prominent when the Sky Banner appears on screen. I've had 5 engineers out who have failed to diagnose the problem. Currys will not give me a refund or exchange - customer service very poor. I have also got the Trading Standards involved and will be taking Currys to the Small Claims Court.
I totally ageee with the comment about unhelpful customer service with Curry's. Have exactly the same fault with our TV and they are saying there is nothing wrong with it.
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I Purchased My Philips Pw6515 32" Widescreen Tv Fr
I purchased my Philips PW6515 32" widescreen TV from PowerHouse who now want nothing to do with as they say that it is operating under manufacturers specification and their engineers say that the hum is an inherent fault with this particular model (the pop apparently is a faulty valve?)
The reason given for the hum is interference on an internal cable (this is the reply given to PowerHouse from Philips)
I have since spoken to an ex-employee of Philips who says that the fault stems from some electromagnets being loose and vibrating (their main purpose is to keep the picture level)
All I want now is either a refund or replacement (different make) but Power House are unwilling to do either so I'm having to get trading standards involved.
Hi. Contact the Philips Service. They should remove problems with picture. I'm waiting for this. They know about the problem and make a small changes on the chassis.
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