This works! I the owner of a JVC AV-32980. I came home from vacation the other day and the thing would not power up at all - totally lifeless. A quick Google search yielded this thread, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I have no soldering experience and really had not idea what I was getting into. The hardest part of the whole thing was removing the back of the TV. You have to unscrew about 8 screws and slide the plastic back off. Once you do that you can see the motherboard, which can slide out of the TV chassis. There's several capacitors on the board, but on the bottom of the capacitor is actually marked C926 so you can make sure you've found the right one. I bought the capacitor and a soldering kit at Radioshack for under $10. You simply solder the old one off and put the new one on, then re-assemble and TV works just like it did before! Thanks to everyone for the valuable information!

I experienced the same story on my 1999 JVC AV-27980. Thanks for this helpful information and it took me just 2 hours to buy the capacitor and replace it.

SKEPTICAL... that's what I was. But I thought, "What does it hurt to see if I could find capacitor C926." My problem started off as I couldn't turn off the TV, either with the remote or the button on the front of the set... just kept coming back on. So I unplugged it. Next day I went to plug it in but it was dead. So I spent labor day tearing apart my 7 yr old JVC AV-32980. Finally found C926. Noticed the top looked slightly bulged compared to other capacitors on the board (someone else mentioned that). Also noticed it looked slightly wet at the base (on an otherwise dry, dusty board). Hum... I wonder. Got the part from Radio Shack for $1.59, removed the old part, soldered the new one in place... FIXED!! Thanks for this forum. Saved me some bucks, I'm sure.

Tom - Thank you very much for the info, like all the others your fix worked for me too!

Many thanks to Tom Pajewski for the information provided for the JVC AV27980 television "no power" problem and his recommended solution to replace the C926, 1000uf 35V capacitor. My JVC AV27980 failed suddenly to power on one day, and not wanting to take it in for an expensive dealer repair, I googled the internet with my fingers crossed and discovered Tom's remedy. A $0.96 purchase from an electronics store followed by a 10 minute remove/install procedure breathed new life into my JVC TV. Wow, what a gratifying event! Thanks again Tom. It just demonstrates how the internet can be a great tool for information and education. J Smith

Crap! Just had the TV repair guy here. Same problem as everyone else on the 36980. One day fine; next day now power. Repair guy says $200. He has the chasis so my best option is probably negotiation. But, thanks for all this sharing. Good info to have. Too bad I didn't check before I called the repair guy.

I have the same problem, and I too would appreciate if you could provide me a step-by-step detail on how to fix my loss of power on my JVC-36980. Thank you for your time.

Thanks Tom, put in the Capactior(after Radio Shack Sent me the wrong one) and works great. saved me $100 to $150. And thanks to this site. Brian

Thank you for this forum. I have A 36980 and the power would come back on after I shut it off. Going to Radio Shack. I called a JVC repair service in our area and asked him how much too fix. Between $100 and $200. I told him that was too high for 1/2 hr worth of work. Thanks too this I will hopefully fix it my-self Brian

same problem and fix as every one else-- isn't the internet neat