Electronics Forum / Repair / March 2004

My handycam has developed a playback problems...hoping to find help here.
When looking at tapes made on this recorder, it seemed to hesitate (motion
and sound stopped) for a split second.  This happens every couple of seconds
and sometimes the picture is pixelated.  I cannot tell ...

For posterity, here's a problem we had with our Wahl 8685 ("Peanut") shaver
/ trimmer, and how I fixed it.
It's a few years old and we use it for all our haircutting.  My son was
using it the other night and he said it started sparking, whereby he

I recently had one of those Pioneer tuners came in my shop with a
strange problem. It can work properly for two weeks or so, then audio
is completely muted. When it fails, I can see there are no output from
the demodulator ic LA1265, so I guess the aftercoming stereo MPX

All I know is it is rated at 120 Watts per channel.  These seem to be scarce.
Any info on quality and value?  Thanks,
Dave

I undertsand that certain models of Sony Rear Projection televisions suffer
from a defect known as "burn-in" -- when a fixed image (such as a network
logo) is viewed for a prolonged period, the image becomes permanently
imprinted on the TV screen.  I also understand that Sony has ...

I have a Clarion head unit 7375, about eight years old. Recently the
display and some functionality does not work. The unit has a dropping
and removable faceplate. When the faceplate is pressed firmly to the
unit, the display and all works well. I cleaned the contacts and

Hey All,
I having trouble finding a source to replace a plastic gear in a Royal
CX7000 paper shredder.  Anyone got a source?  It's the first gear that
runs against the motor shaft - which ironically is grooved just like a

I've had two TVs break in a very similar fashion, and both were plugged
into the exact same cable.
The first was a Toshiba, all the lower channels (2 through about 8) took
multiple tries to get them to come in clear. It was like the signal was

Would any kind soul out there in CyberLand be able to tell me how to adjust the
clock on my Pioneer DEH-P2050 Car CD Player. I bought it about 5 years ago and I
no longer have the user manual. Any help you can give me would be very
gratefully accepted. Thanks ever so much Peta**

My Panasonic NV-HD100 VHS Nicam stereo video has worked well since I bought
it.
But recently the main display was completely black.
The video works, but the display is dead. Not too funny... Please help!

I probably wont get an answere to this one either,
but.
I am repairing a sharp XG-E850U movie/computer LCD projector.
The ballast crapped out.

what is the best way to make an isolation xformer.  have a good sized
boneyard of many tv parts, shoudl i just find two xformers and place back to
back? which type? i dont use one, so havent made one yet.  i didi see a
brief schematic somewhere but ready to make one at this point.

sharp we got in is drifting on the signal, only seems to be drifting in and
out of signal for first minute or two, then seems to stay locked ok.
checked by adding heat with heat gun to tuner, seemed to make it lock, then
added coolant, seemed to unlock, but could have been ...

I would appreciate help making a device I can mount on my camera to sense the
flash, and wire it to an old technology underwater strobe to trigger it like a
camera sync. would normally do.  Background:  I do a lot of underwater
photography with 35mm film cameras with a direct wired ...

I have a Sony CCD-TR96 camcorder that has developed a problem:
I start recording and within a minute the unit begins beeping and I see a
black, flashing triangle pointing up in the viewfinder.  The owners manual
refers to this warning as "some other trouble has occurred" warning.