Electronics Forum / Repair / November 2004

I'm wondering whether it is possible to convert the Sony ICF-7600D radio to receive and play stereo FM broadcasts.
If any of you know whether this is possible, please let me know here on this newsgroup.
Thanks!

I was wondering if someone can explain how a 3-way pickup selector (or
toggle switch) work on a electric guitar (with 2 humbucker pickups)? Are
there any web sites explaining with diagrams how they work?
I wanted a way of comparing to see if my 3-way toggle switch was working

Hi. I have an RCA Model 25035 TV with sound but no picture. Any help
would be appreciated. Mark.

set came in dead...Q4114 was shorted...replace with kit 231523,set now
power up and stays on for about minute then shuts down.relay clicks
twice.any suggestion will be greatly appreciated

So my wife and I both have Viewsonic P815 21" CRT monitors.  We've had them
for a number of years.  They are both getting farther and farther out of
convergence.  The screen is out of convergence in different areas of the
screen so adjusting the convergence with the OSD just ...

I just picked up a used guitar amplifier. One of the pots was a little bit
noisy, so I opened it up and sprayed all of the pots with DeoxIt D5 contact
cleaner. When I tried out the amp afterwards, all of the pots were quite
noisy. Much worse than before I cleaned them.

Dear Sir,
I have a rechargable flourcent 18w light that can be set on and off
both manually and by remote control. The light containing a 6V,4.5Ah
acid recargable battrey. The light can be setted on by the remote

does anybody have any advice on problems with those modular Icemakers
put in Freezers ?
My icemaker stopped making ice and I believe the heater is not turning
on to allow the maker to move the ice out.  Any suggestions ??

100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ELECTRONICS.
Researchers are marking November 16, 2004 as the 100th birthday of
electronics, which began with British scientist John Ambrose Fleming's
1904 invention of the first practical electronic device. Known as the

I have a somewhat old Sony STR-D315. The left speaker/headphone
output is sending highly intermittent signals, causing a crackling
sound in both the speaker and headphone.
Is there a particular component I can change out to fix this, or

RCA 5 disc CD mini stereo model:RP-9588A,year:Aug 1998.I need the part
# for the CD tray rotate belt and CD tray load/eject belt as all of
the PRB Belt Co paperback catalogs go as late as early 1998 and the
sites below don't say that no repair parts are available.Thanks in

   I have a box of NMH batteries.  Is there any harm in
storing these in a "run down" (uncharged) state?
               Thanks in advance,   Brad
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The guitar has two volumes, two tone dials and one three-way toggle switch.
The toggle switch and dials look like the ones on this guitar:
http://www.albinhagstrom.se/hagstrom_h_ii_n.htm
The volume on my guitar cuts off after I go below 5 on the bottom volume

My sons RC truck stopped working. Batteries good. How can I determine
if the transmitter, or receiver is malfunctioning? Motors are good.
Operates on 27mhz. Thanks for any help.

Not really a repair issue, but I'll bet someone here has an idea on
this.  I have a couple MDF cabinets which will each house 1 10" woofer &
1 10" passive radiator as subs. I have some of that white "softer" owens
corning fiberglass insulation that comes in a pink plastic cover ...