Electronics Forum / Repair / July 2004

.Cannot use their keyless entry fob even when the batteries are fresh
and instructions are followed?  IE my GM fob says press "Unlock" once
for driver's door, press twice for all doors.  I press twice -
driver's door only!  I press twice again - driver's still!  I use the

Problem: Apex AD-1201 DVD player loads DVD but fails to play DVD
Symptoms/methology/fix:
After little over a year the APEX AD-1201 dvd
player which I purchased 2 xmas ago failed to

I have a Philips projector in for repair. The lamp cuts out after about 5
mins. I've troubleshot it to the lamp supply or lamp. There's no doubt
about it. There's about 1800 hrs on the projector and lamp. This lamp is
supposed to have a 6000 hr life. Does anybody know how ...

This unit will power on, display blue screen with cyan return trace
zigzag on it and then the screen will get lighter an lighter towards
green and white and after 10-15 sec it will power off.
I removed acceleration voltage and now it will not power off, but then

For my grandson I am trying to repair a remote controlled toy car.
On the PCB I found the following IC's:
NEC uPC1035C
9361

Model # PCJ612R; mfr'd Feb 2000. Symptoms are: short squeal on startup, then
set produces good audio, but absolutely no H.V., even w/ anode lead
disconnected from H.V. splitter. Customers reported set seems to have lost
convergence just before shutdown; floating the convergence IC's ...

Firstly I realise this group isn't perhaps the best place to ask - but
I couldn't think where else to ask (and have had great advice from here
before!).
Quick question: We have just bought an Ariston AWD12S washing machine.

I have a pair of headphones and today I accidentally severed the cable
between the speakers and the jack. I have tried in vain to fix the
set. The cable consists of 3 wires - left, right and ground I presume.
The wires are colored blue, red and copper. The wires are strands -

was given a broken sharp 5.1 stereo, they said when you play a CD it
cuts out, and they even tried to get it fixed. They only ever used it
for tuner/CD, and out of those two, CD is the only one that puts out
through the front speakers. I then tried it with some aux inputs that

I now have 3 of these 18 inch LCD flat screens, each one has failed with the
same fault, after approx 3 years use.
The monitor turns on, displays a picture for approx half a second then goes
blank, power light remains on. If the input switch (BNC / D-SUB ) is cycled

Though this is not stricly a repair question it is close.
Where can I buy/build a device for converting tv chasnnels
180-160 to ch 3. The vcr players that I see only go to
130 or so. Is there some simple way to do this?

Got a big power surge from lighnting, now wont power up, could use
some schmatics or possible solutions tv shop closest to me wants $149
plus parts to even look at it., thanks much

I need a copy of the OEM Sony Service Manual or Service Info, or a copy
of the Sams Photfacts, Sony KV-20XBR (circa 1985/1986) TV.  Neither Sony
or Sams still stock the service information due to the age factor, thus
I'm out of luck regarding acquisition of this information from ...

I have a Panasonic Fax Machine model :KX-FHD331 bought in the USA
where it is 110 V.  How can I use it in India where the voltage is 220
Volts.
Help is appreciated.

i've a problem with east/ west