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Does excessive heat turn a television off by itself?

Updated: 8/20/2019
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It's possible - A TV remote works by using beams of infra-red light to communicate with the receiver in the TV. If sunlight falling on the receiving sensor matches the frequency of the remote, it can turn the set off. It happened to my old TV a few times - until I changed the position of the set !

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