I have to caution you:
Please understand that by opening a TV you are exposing youself to many dangers, including electrocution. Be sure that the set is un-plugged and keep one hand behind your back whenever possible to avoid a shock through the heart as this CAN KILL YOU. If you have zero electronic experience I would not attemp this repair. OK, public service announcement over.

You could follow the speaker wires to the plug, first thing to try is to clean the connection and reseat it (assuming you have reset ALL menu setings to default and don't have the "line out" feature active).

if your speakers don't work still then you will see a small IC mounted on a heatsink next to the speaker plug. You will need a service manual to find out which pins the voltage comes in on as I do not have a service manual on it (you can download one at www.manualsparadise.com asap )

If you are getting voltage and the solder spots look OK (look carefully) then you will have to replace the IC, usually when an audio IC goes out it shuts down the set so I have a feeling this may be an easy one for you to fix.

Also look around the audio IC for bulging capacitors, as that is a common problem for all makes.

If all else fails then you could take it to the local shop and they will fix it for $150 or somewhere around that.


Hope that helps!



Mike

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