Electronics Forum / Repair / August 2004

How do I remove the platter from Pioneer Turntable PL-117D?  The belt has
turned into goo but the platter does not lift out.  Is there a catch?  

I have a CTX PL7 that got out of adjustment (kids playing with buttons I do
think)..
Anyhow I muck'd around with the 5 buttons and found like the master
brightness & contrast settings (It's possible the monitor has just gone out

Have a 32" Philips widescreen, 32PW9763 which I think may have a duff
tube, but I'd like to make sure...
The display is missing red, and has white retrace lines.
The red gun pin is pulled down to 11v, isolating the tube pin from the

I have this machine from the local dump and wanted to give it a try in
repairing.
Printer works like a charm, scanner reports scanner lamp defective, but the
lamp lights up.

I have a 27" RCA TV that was purchased in 2000.  Its a simple black
cabinet with one coax input, stereo with "Commercial Advance."  The
model number is F25281 and the Chassis Number is CTC185AB9.
Its worked fine except that the #$@#% coax connector on the back has

My router has died  (SMC Wireless Barricade)... seems to be the power going
into it which is of the type:
kettle lead --> little black box --> lead into router
its the little black box that has died, and the lead that goes into the

Anyone have any idea what frequency range this might be working in?
Any repair URLs for basic testing?  Advanced testing?
   TIA
       Norm

I Purchased this TV from a friend, however he told me that he had attempted
to change some color values in the service menu..upon inspection these are
the current settings:
Horz Freq P01 V12

I have a 32" JVC Color TV which is about a year old.  All this time it
has sat on a wooden pedestal stand and worked without problem.  
Recently I bought some of those industrial chrome steel shelves and
moved it to one of the shelves (slid is more accurate... the thing

  I have a JVC Color Mdl A V 27720, I think it is in service mode, I have
the horozontal lines and no sound.
If anyone could help me on this I would apreciate it
     Thank you.

    What I have here is the amp and tuner system. It was being thrown out
(found out in the rain). I would like to know what the rating of the AMP is.
I tried to find the in formation on the internet and came up with nothing.
Thank you,

My 4-Amp 24-volt battery charger recently died.
FACTS:
My Soneil charger came with a 1-year warranty; and,
Soneil claims that their Soneil battery charger has a 50,000 MBTF

I got this Logitech Wingman Formula Force GP steering wheel and pedals with
pedals behaving very strangely (steering wheel works just fine). Turned on
calibration program - pedals would work properly sometimes, then it looked
like gas was stuck all the time. I thought it was a loose ...

SONY 27" Trinitron model KV27T530
Images mostly Blue and some Green.  Reddish hue in the corners and on
the onscreen Channel number.   Color areas do wander around somewhat.
Otherwise image is sharp and clear.

I have a Sharp Linytron color TV from the 80s (not sure of the model) and
it works great except for 2 things:
- when I turn it on, it is on the last channel I watched but when I press
channel up or down, it defaults to channel 65. If I press the Memory