Electronics Forum / Repair / January 2005

I?ve got a TV set where the left 1/4 of the screen is faded; especially
noticeable when dark pictures are showing or in the black borders of 16:9
movies.
The repairfaq points to a filter cap in the video driver stage - this cap is

All,
I have an Akai TV and seem to be having a bit of a problem with the picture
when I turn it on and for about 10 mins afterwards. I get white interference
lines and the picture breaking horizontally. What is curious about it is

i have problem with PHILIPS 21B monitor.
When i turn it on i have a massage (from subject) on little display and
monitor want turn on.
Any sugestions what could it be?

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Bioengineering University of Iowa
545C-4 Directional Pulsed Doppler Flowmeter
Can anybody help me?

I have acquired a mid-90s JVC 20" TV. Quite a nice model, and I'd like
to set it up for the kids to watch their shows so I can occasionally use
the main TV to watch mine :)
Anyway, it's unwatchable due to a ghosting problem. This is something

While travelling in the Caribbean I plugged a combination CD/cassette/radio
portable stereo into what appeared to be a normal 110V ac outlet. The
digital radio dial lit up with the frequency of the last FM station that I
listened to. Not bothering to tune in a station at the time ...

Does anyone know (or know where to find) the pinout for a L155-25
dryer thermostat for a Whirlpool dryer?  It's got two tinned spades
and two brass spades like this:
   -  <-tin

My DVD player suddenly started showing everything (including the screen
saver) in  black and white. It is  connected to a big screen Sony with an S
video cable. It works fine except there is no colour. Colour on the set from
other sources is fine.

27" RCA stereo tv with PIP & Gemstar
model:F27668YX1,chassis:CTC203AA,year:Sept 2000.
The customer who is on welfare took the tv to a pawn shop to pawn it
and several months later when he had the money he took it home where

TV goes into shutdown. Removing the third convergence plug stops the TV
from going into shutdown. Re-plugging it causes the TV to function
normally, for a while. I can turn the TV on and off for a number of
times, then it goes back into shutdown.

Im planning to take apart an old cathode ray tube television I have.
Television is an amazing device, invented by the great Philo Farnsworth
when he was only twenty one years of age. Should I be careful for
anything specific? Would the selenium be a problem? Chemicals?

i've a Nokia CRT monitor (447XS) for some years now and lately (a week
or so) i am experiencing a problem with it.
The monitor powers up correctly and works for some minutes, after that
the image on the screen becomes black (there is no noise when doing so

This set has sound but no video, no OSD also. HV is present and tubes
light up, when I turn screens up. I am considering replacing Jungle IC
TA1222BN. Does anyone have any suggestions before I replace this chip?

Hi;
(I've tried to be thourough here)
As you know I've taken a new job. As such I am being "introduced" to all the
dogs. Such fun.

i replaced the belts on a pioneer KE-8000 car stereo.
after putting it all together i had a piece left over.
what is this thing and where does it go?
it all works ok without it but it would be nice to put it back in.