Electronics Forum / Electronics / December 2005

How to convert VCR Philips VR 451/59 from PAL BG/DK to British PAL/I ?

I wonder if someone can help?  I have "googled" with all of the key words I
can think of....
I have a Panasonic CT-2006SE 20" TV.
The TV works fine, however all of a sudden about two weeks ago, an error

I've seen a lot of these things lately: coil with movable slug in a
cylinder.  Supposed to charge up a cap or maybe a nicad if you shake
it long enough (I won't go there).
1:  Some of the cheap ones look like they use a nonmagnetic slug,

I started a new google news group called interfacebus.
The group will act as a forum for the web site
http://www.interfacebus.com and as a normal news group to discuss
computer bus issues and questions.

I recently bought a very old rotary telephone, and I would like to
hook it up and use it. There are 3 wires in the telephone cord--red,
green and yellow. How do I hook these wires up to a standard RJ11
jack? The phone I have has red, green, yellow and black.

transmitter side LPC 2106 message is may day may day EP-3 .... repeat
db-9
pin2 txd
pin 5 gnd

THIS IS TO BIDE YOU FAREWELL NOW.
Finally; since we are right on the Winter Solstice today, and since the
critical time window is clearly indicated in my reply to Artie down here, I
have nothing to add anymore

Can I ask some expert advice to select radio modems to be used in a small
UAV (a model airplane infact) ?
Desired specs for the radio modem;
  o Range : 5km (or more)

"straub" <straub@ozemail.com.au> a écrit dans le message de news:
v5jaq1ppkpk321rr9ki3ablu41kbdg14m2@4ax.com...

When a DC motor (say 12V, 150W)  regenerates, what would happen if no
load is connected across its terminals ?
It would produce tens of thousands of volts (right?)
Now suddenly, a power relay connects a car battery to terminals of

Does anyone know where I can get a high speed LED for strobing a
rotating q-switch?

I have a diamond view scanner that has just decided to play silly
buggers.
I'm probably better off buying a new one (it's only about 2 years old
tho!!) but I thought I'd ask in case anyone had something similar and

Dear OZ Gurus,
I am a uni studnet and I want to buy a two (or more) channels 100MHz (or
faster) oscillascope. I live in Sydney. Can you recommend a particular brand
and seller ? (Yes, not suprisingly I have limited budget)

Went into Retravision today to check out the iriver 5gb they said it
only came in grey, silver or red can anyone tell me if this is true as I
have seen or heard somewhere different ???

Hello everyone. I just obtained  new 1400 Watt APS SmartUPS,
and when plugged in, does nothing. All electronics *look* fine,
and there is no smell, but it simply does nothing, No fans
spinning, no heat from any components, and the onboard breaker