I had the same problem, but when replacing the bad capacitor make sure you have the positive and negative lined up correctly. My circuit board wasnt labeled, and I took off the old one before checking. I had to take a 50/50 gamble when replacing the new one, and lost. After pluggin in the TV, the new capacitor blew its top like a Raid Roach Fogger. I had to go back to Radio Shack to get a new one, which I replaced in the opposite way. It worked fine. Hope this helps others as much as you guys helped me!

Since I have not seen the on-line info..I guess it would be unfair for me to comment further. I do know however that I have yet to see any certain model TV come in to Houston with the problems you speak of nor seen any memo's of such problems for a series of models. Unfortunately we do not have a direct service facility in the San Diego area. I can check for the closest place if you provide your zip code.

I had the same problem with my 1998 36980 JVC TV and replaced the capacitor this morning and it works fine again. It took me less than a half hour. After removing the TV's back cover I disconnected the wires from one of the speakers so I could slide the circuit board out and turn it on end. I found the C926 capacitor and melted the solder to remove the old one. Inserted the new one, soldered the contacts at the bottom of the circuit board, snipped the extra wire, inserted the circuit board, connected the speaker again, and replaced the back of the TV. Works like new and the capacitor was $1.59 at Radio Shack. Thanks to this board I saved a repair bill and the hassle of taking the TV to a repair place.

Hi, I performed the fix recommended in Tom Pajewski's 7-17-04 post after my JVC TV wouldn't turn on. After the fix, the TV works great! I'm not definitely calling it planned obsolesence, but I can't shake the feeling that's what it is since my problem was exactly the same as the others after the same amount of time (about 5 years). I can understand that JVC wants to try to maximize their profits by having people bring their malfunctioning electronics to them for repair, however, they will end up losing business if they aren't going to provide quality products and support to the consumers. NJC

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I had the same problem that numerous people on this forum have complained about with my JVC-36-980. Would not power up. I followed the advice that was suggested in the forum to swap out the 1000uF 35V capacitor. Set now works great. It is a very simple fix and is worth trying before calling a service repair man. I am far from an electronics wiz and I had no problem replacing this capacitor on the circuit board The capacitor is located at C926. I am not saying that this will fix all power up problems but there appears to be a problem that is occuring with the xx980 series after about a 5 year period with this capacitor. JVC should have a recall on this and fix the part. I wonder how much money has been charged by repairmen over the years to make this simple fix ? I think I have bought my last JVC. Thanks to the internet I have saved a couple hundred dollars.

I had the same problem that numerous people on this forum have complained about with my JVC-36-980. Would not power up. I followed the advice that was suggested in the forum to swap out the 1000uF 35V capacitor. Set now works great. It is a very simple fix and is worth trying before calling a service repair man. I am far from an electronics wiz and I had no problem replacing this capacitor on the circuit board The capacitor is located at C926. I am not saying that this will fix all power up problems but there appears to be a problem that is occuring with the xx980 series after about a 5 year period with this capacitor. JVC should have a recall on this and fix the part. I wonder how much money has been charged by repairmen over the years to make this simple fix ? I think I have bought my last JVC. Thanks to the internet I have saved a couple hundred dollars.

Incredible, me too. working fine for 5 years, then BAM! no power. Where is JVC? I will NEVER buy a crappy JVC TV again...

Just wanted to add my posting to the list of 10. Bought my JVC AV-27985 new 2 years ago, though the set was actually manufactured 6 years ago. Worked fine--then one day no power. Where's the nearest JVC service facility to my Tracy, CA 93577 zip code area, between Stockton and the SF Bay Area?