Like any home electronics device, a Toshiba television can be afflicted by problems that can result in inadequate operation. Fortunately, troubleshooting and fixing a Toshiba is not difficult, thanks to simple troubleshooting tips that can be applied to a wide range of Toshiba models.
Instructions
1. Check the Toshiba's power plug. It may just be loose or it may need to be plugged into a new wall outlet (perhaps there is something wrong with a specific power outlet in your home). Be sure to attend to this immediately.
2. Check the back of your cable or satellite box, if you receive a television feed to your Toshiba through either one of these methods. Pay specific attention to the A/V cables. In a standard setup, these A/V cables will be red, white and yellow and attach accordingly to the color-coded sockets on both the back/side of your Toshiba and the back of the satellite/cable box. If these cords have come loose or if they have been incorrectly matched up with the sockets, plug them in to the appropriate connectors.
3. Cycle through the video inputs using your Toshiba remote. Sometimes when you switch video inputs to accommodate for a new external device (a DVD player, for instance), you forget to return the video input back to where the feed can be displayed from your cable/satellite box. Thus, use the "Input" button on your Toshiba remote and cycle back through the video inputs until the display comes back on again and you can see and experience picture and sound.
4. Take a magnetic coil to your television. Some models of Toshiba televisions---usually projection or big-screen TVs---may suffer from magnetization, which will cause blotches on the display. Use a magnetic coil to get rid of these blotches by rotating it close in front of the television display until the entire display has been covered. This may demagnetize the TV and improve the display.
5. Make sure the coaxial cable is not loose. When loose, this cable may cause display problems, such as a cloudy, grainy white picture, also referred to as "snow."
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