Electronics Forum / Repair / May 2004

Hi, folks
I've got a friend in another state who said a TV repair shop near her
has a minor-but-steady sideline: It simplifies customers TV remotes by
removing everything but the basics.  You know, channels, volume,

I have an IBM 21" monitor with Sony WEGA tube (model P260).
The image is too bright, and on-screen menu brightness control
range is insufficient to achieve comfortable brightness. Even when
set to 0, the image is way too bright to use the monitor. I don't

I am wondering nickel cadmium battery havebeen more than fourty years
in the market,Can any person know the reason,why are they still build
for 1.2 volt.it is inconvenient to use in a 6 volt circuit.

Could anyone please point me in the right direction for info on backlight
inverters for LCD monitors?  The kind of things that typically fail on them,
troubleshooting tips etc.   any guidance much appreciated.
Thanks,

I have an the following TV
RCA - Model   #F32665
      Chasis  #CTC203CX
A friend of mine owned this unit for a few years, and it reciently

My sony cd player needs a optical (TOSlink) jack. Can anyone tell me
where I can get that parts in Canada or US?
Thanks

I've got used TV set KV14T1K and it is nessesary to be adjusted to factory
settings.
Does anyone know and factory settings for that TV.
Best regards

Hello all: I am working on a model# CT32SX31E
When you press the power button the relay clicks, and nothing!  VDC at
collector of horizontal output is 139 volts   Found a 0.1 uf electrolytic
cap near IC101 reading an ESR and a 22uf electolytic cap reading  ESR above

Hey all;
Jerry, thanx for your time, but troubleshoot how ? Only the Sony engineers know
about their data structure. This is definitely a data problem, and the way
adjusting the controls affected it I knew the PIN circuit was working.

I have a 20" Zenith color TV which is 15-20 years old.It has a big power
transformer in the power supply.It was working fine till the last time I
turned it on, the red reset button in the back tripped and just keeps
tripping if I reset it.Any suggestions as to what the problem could ...

Can anyone suggest a source in the UK for one of these fella's ?
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dwbrown/cap.jpg
I've done a scan of RS and a websearch using google, but I can't find 'owt
resembling 26microfarad 100v NP.

Hi, all
Today morning I turned on subj and I hear sound but no picture. Yesterday
everything worked fine. I tried to turn on TV in dark room just to see if
tube is working. And it looks like it works. The only what I can see on

A 20 watt home fluorescent light, is allway brightest than a 20 watt
fluorescent light which is operate by 12 volt car battery dc to ac
converter.
Can any person know ?

I have a 19" KDS monitor where suddenly the horizontal size keeps fading  
inward.  When I hit the side of the monitor, it goes back out to full  
screen.  But then shortly afterward, it starts fading inward again.
Is there anything simple I can do to fix this problem or is it new ...

I'm probably nuts, and I'm sure my wife will confirm this, but I
really hate to just throw anything away as long as it appears there
might be some utility in it.
Right now I'm faced with 2 Yamaha SCSI CD-RW drives which have failed