Electronics Forum / Repair / July 2005

Someone's sprayed WD 40 on a mobile phone and now it works, but does
not pick up any sound.
Its an older Nokia. Any clues on how to fix this appreciated.
Thanks

This RCA CTC203AD4 chassis took a power surge that buldged the input
filter cap and blew the fuse. Replacing both brought the set up again
but there is no picture. I cranked up G2 and can make out a faint image
with OSD. There is video on U12101 pin 42 but the CRT cathodes are up ...

I have two digital cameras that use 4-AA batteries.
A Fuji 2400 Zoom and an Olympus D510.
The Fuji has trouble getting started.  If it tries to
open the lens and run the display and startup the system,

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A customer called asking how to switch his TV to the VIDEO mode to
watch a DVD movie. He lost his original remote. If I remember
correctly, this chassis can only be switched to VIDEO by the original
remote. Has anyone tried doing so successfully using the front buttons

Just turned on the moniter and instead of the whoom sound of the tube coming
up I got a chirping sound and no picture. This is a monivision 30 in crt
about 2-3 years old. Am I screwed or does it sound like something either I
or a repairman can do?

several months ago i bought a complete roller assembly for another
printer and found the exit roller to be still in good shape -- now i
have to replace same in a personal laserwriter ntr yet i've misplaced
the instructions.  which screws do i need to take off?

I was recently given a 2001 Toshiba projection tv, model TP48D51.  The
previous owner told me it needed to be converged.  Actually, the blue
horizontal is what needs to be converged.  I'm wondering if this is a
relatively simple repair or a repair that needs to be done by

This TV stopped working and now when you try to switch it on all you get is
a blinking orange LED. it is blinking constantly, no noises from TV and no
picture or sound.
Any ideas?

   I do quite a bit of tv repairs. Customer bought in above amp and
said it went dead during an electrical storm.
  It turns on, with no sound on speakers or headphones. Various input
are also dead.

Me Yamaha RX-V495 home theatre amp, which has served me very well for almost
six years, died after an evening of fairly high volume (never past 2 o'clock
tho...) listening.  The amp was placed in a spot which didn't allow it to
breathe properly, my foolishness entirely.  It ...

Can anybody help me fix the following problem with my venerable
Panasonic
PV-4760 VCR?
All tape and tuner functions work perfectly when the dispaly stays on.

I'm hoping to find a UK (or overseas if necessary) supplier of a
replacement drive motor for a Marantz SD230 cassette deck.
Tried all the usual Googling - but can't seem to locate a supplier.
Any suggestions please ?

I recently inherited a large tower computer. Unfortunately the person who
owned it before must have been a heavy smoker. When starting it up,  it puts
out a pretty stale smell like cigarettes in an ashtray - YUCK. Anyway, there
is

I have an RCA Mini system model #, RS 2534 when plugged in the front display
says "OVERLOAD".theres a 2 or 3 wire plug going from the transformer to a
circuit board,if I unplug the wire from the transformer. the display is
normal, and everything works fine. I`m wondering what the ...