Electronics Forum / Repair / May 2004

My mom gave me a Sony Watchman color tv with an LCD color display.
When I turn on the set and press the button for video, it displays
video, but only on half of the display (more like 45% of the display
is messed). Here is a description of the problem:

Wanting an older TV just to play video games on, I bought a 19" RCA
ColorTrak XL-100 TV set, manufactured May 1976, model number "FA 488
TR".  I tested it before I bought it, and it picked up air signals
just fine.

Newbie
this is test.
sorry for the incovenience.

Hi, Anyone have this problem with a Sony KV32V26 (and found a cure) ?
When I got the set, the two SMPS DC/DC converter Transistors and the
HOTr  were shorted.
The SMPS on this set has all the voltages present at power up except

I've got a battered old Telequipment 10MHz 'scope that I use on the bench
here at home - it was working happily yesterday when when I powered it up
this morning I get no sweep across the tube at all.
I can use the beam finder to find both ch1 and ch2 beams, and

I enjoyed this home DVD player since to day.
Unfortunatelly now i am getting a "DVD error" message each time i attempt to
open the DVD drawer, acces to the Menu or any fonction relating the DVD.
The DVD drawer remains close. Motor stays static.

An electric fan here at work was getting really hot and making a funny
sound when it was plugged in to a UPS when the power went out.

I have a couple of sealed Lead Acid batteries (12V Panasonic brand ripped
from a UPS) that I've had lying around for some time.
When I got my hands on the UPS, it was kinda working, but it reported acc
error after a while, so I decided to take it apart, and inside I found 11 x

From: eklf@yahoo.com
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Newbie question, 3M LCD projector shows computer screen during
bootup only!?!?

Friend of mine wants to put his equipment in a closet and run all cables to
plasma unit on wall. Component video cable will end up being about 30 feet
long. What kind of cable will work for this? I've seen some miniture coax
available from MCM that looks like it might work, bearing ...

Service manuals & a bit of equipment . This seems almost impossible
these days . 20 year ago & on back you could repair this stuff pretty
well with just a multimeter and alot of experience .
The older electronics are fading away faster due to lack of parts and

Someone brought in a car battery charger (more expensive type)
which has 2 bridge rectifiers.
Now, there´s only 2 wires with live, either 6, 12 or 24v.
How do i connect those together, the owner pulled all the wires and i have

Does anyone know where I can get a Service Manual for Advent Televison
HT3061A/HT3461A Please?
Regards
Philby

Hi, I have an (admittadly old) Sanyo VHR-S700E video recorder. This
VCR is approx. 15 years old and is an SVHS machine. However I'm having
a problem with it; the spools do not move at all! Tape functions
affected are forward wind, rewind, play, etc.

Hi there
    A friend of mine asked me to look at his  Pro-38 portable
scanner which he was having a problem with low volume levels. Not
being a electronic wiz I did my best to see what I could find out. I