Electronics Forum / Repair / November 2004

I'm looking to spend around $1500US for a portable (able to move
between home and girlfriends for example) Multimedia projectors and
was wondering if there are any to steer clear from, also ones that
have a reasonable cost for a replacement bulb ($ 200 - 500US seems a

Got a friend with an older projection TV that the focus is very poor on.  It
gets better as the set warms up.  He also had a coolant leak many years ago
(after warranty expired) and has left it as is.  There is an area of the
screen that is discolored and had remained that way.  I ...

I have managed to blow a pair of transistors in my AV Amp (my error
involving a passive subwoofer and a Massive Attack CD) and I am trying
to source some new ones so I can repair the thing.
Richer Sounds are not being tremendously helpful on this and my

I have failry little knowledge of electronics, so please excuse my
ignorance in these matters...
I have a (supposeldy a surface mount tantalum capacitor) capacitor
that has fallen off the PCB and one of the metal stripes are is broken

Hi Group
I got a Hitachi tv model 26AX10BC in for repair (Chassis M1CLUX-H) which
suffers from vertical jitter and foldover at startup
when warming up the problem becomes less severe but still present...

Have an RCA TV model #P52000T. Convergence adjustments on front of
set. Adjustments at maximum, and covergence is still off. The vertical
seems to worse than horizontal. Can't find info for this particular
model on this problem. Any Techs have a good idea of what is probably

I looking for projector repair homepage or news groups . pls leave me buy
E-mail ..

I'm still having problems with this KV32XBR400. When I first try to
power it up I can hear a relay and it seems to blink 7 times.
Afterwards the standby light comes on and stays on until power up is
attempted again. Then there are 5 blinks with the last one being a

Sony DVD/CD player model:DVP-S360,year:Oct 2000,UL Listed:9C06.No
video not even menu only black screen,but audio is fine.Anyone have
any common repair tips for this model?.Thanks in advance.
Sidney

I have a GFI outlet that gives off a faint chirping sound. Took me a
while to find out where the sound was comming from. Sounds like a
little bird. Any ideas?

ello
I have a small coil whose wire is cut somewhere in the interior. I
believe that to fix it I should unwind the copper wire and wind again
the coil with new wire.

a motor like:
http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId
=10001&catalogId=10001&productId=130627
I was trying to fix my friends playstation and I got into an argument with a
friend. He tells me that stopping a motor of this type while it is in

Hey guys, I recently bought a Scott 222C Amplifier that is in superb
physical and cosmetic condition.
BUT, it is blowing fuses.
I powered it up using a variac, and light bulb, and the light bulb

Spoken sound is scrambled; very flat sound with a kind of reverb.
No copies, all original DVD's playing fine in another DVD player.
Problem is not with all DVD's, also a bonus track can have perfect
sound while the spoken word in the film is unintelligible.

Hi Troops!
Can anybody hook me up with a Panasonic PVC 1322w schematic or Tech. manual?
Thanks,
Frank Thomas