TV LED Backlights Comprehensive Guide

Important Tips Help & Advice from Accrington Tv Services.

There are several methods that TV engineers use to repair back lights but there is only one that is worth considering. I will explain why but first a brief backlight explanation

80% of our repairs are Led backlight failure – mostly TV sound with no picture or flickering picture.

 This usually occurs when a TV is between 2 years and 4 years old 

 Back lights are wired same as Xmas tree lights so one out all out 

 If you change the backlight setting from high to low it will help your LED TV last longer 

The LEDs that light your screen are being pushed very hard to maintain a high level of brightness from the factory this will cause them to wear out quickly as manufacturers usually set the backlight level at maximum for full effect 

Please ensure that you switch the backlight setting from “High” or Auto on Vestel Tv’s (Panasonic, Toshiba, Bush, Polaroid, Jvc, Jmb, luxor etc) 100% on Lg Tv’s and 20 on Samsung to as low as you can stand the picture preferably half way from the max setting.

LED TV Backlight Repairs

When TV backlights have failed, we usually find between 1 and 3 LEDs have failed however there are usually between 40 and 120 individual LEDs in your TV so it makes sense that the backlights all being the same age, are all ready for failing.

You could argue that some would last another 3 or 4 years however most engineers that repair the individual LEDs will end up repairing your TV again perhaps 4 or 5 times in the next 2 years, which becomes far more costly than doing the job properly first time.

Repair Method 1

 As a TV backlight repair specialist, we are one of the few in the UK that import backlight strips directly from China and Korea. We always replace all the strips which contain all the LEDs and effectively put the set back to the same condition as it was when new, hence we can offer a full 12 months part & Labour warranty on the new set fitted

Unfortunately, some backlight strips are not available to buy new, so some TVs we cannot offer a repair.