Electronics Forum / Repair / February 2004

Our GE Spacemaker under-counter CD player, which is about
6 years old, worked fine until a year or so ago, when it
began to get picky about which CDs it was going to play.
The problem eventually deteriorated into not playing any

I have a GE VCR Model 1VCR6018X built in 10-2-1985 that worked
flawlessly till yesterday. A fuse blew in the power supply
incapaciting the entire VCR. I opened the VCR and the fuse is totally
black indicating a major component is burnt..Can I have it repaired?

My RCA  RC5220P DVD player has started freezing up after playing about an
hour and a half.  It acts like the laser is not close enough to the disk.
However you can fast forward it past the "bad spot" and the show goes on.
Where should I begin looking for the problem? Or, should I ...

I have a Nakamichi Table Radio, Model TM-1. Sleek, black, with bright green
read-out. Purchased at Tweeter over 10 years ago.
Problem: Pluged into the A/C, it immediately starts low level buzzing sound
through the speaker. The radio is not even turned on yet. The On/Off button

I've this Sony TV that occasionally will make an arcing noise and shut
down.
This happens when picture changes suddently from a dark scene to a
brighting scene, for example a black screen followed by a sudden 100%

  I have a compaq TFT450 lcd monitor which won't power up. The input fuses
on the 5v and 12v inputs are fine. After the each fuse there is a 470 micro
farad capacitor. I have a multi-meter but I am not too sure on how to test
the capacitors ?

I'm having a tough time trying to figure out what is wrong here, and
if anyone has any tips or pointers I would appreciate it.  The tv is a
1992 model, Sylvania SSC3184 202.  The original problem was that the
raster was all red, traced it to the LA7672 video processor and

I have a Mitsubishi 1570i monitor that powers to flashing yellow led
only - graphics card had been ruled out. I was wondering if anyone had
a schematic and/or circuit diagram for this or since it seems to be an
acer clone (acer maindboard) the acer equivalent. Suggestions on where

The subject line says FS, but this is really more like "Free to good
home."
I have an attenuator head for a Tektronix 190A leveled sine wave
generator. I don't have a 190A, and I'm not interested in getting one,

With letterbox video, you can see that the picture on my couple years
old Sony 32" is rotated slightly from the horizontal (the picture
itself is a correct rectangle).  There is no adustment that will fix
this in the service menu.  I got a TV repair book out of the library,

I have a JVC AV-28F1EK, which although around 15 years old is in immaculate
condition and works well with the exception of the following fault.
It is used a spare set, primarily for my children to play their Nintendo
Gamecube.

getting H01 error with tape refusing to eject - any advice

Can anyone look up repair tips for RCA CTC169AC at Repair
World,Winstip,Euras,Repair Helper,NESDA,RCA's fix finder software and
any other software for a volume & audio problem for the unit
below?.Thanks.

Got this SLV-960HF here that came to me having been dropped. Part of the
tape loading mechanism was broken so I put a new one in there, still when I
plug it in I get 163 on the display, power button has no effect, won't
accept a tape. I took it apart and did a visual inspection, no ...

I have a  Magnavox TV/VCR combo mod#-MC192dDMG01
I need to know how to disable the VCR so that only the TV will play and the
system will not shut off ?
Thanks in advanced