Electronics Forum / Repair / July 2005

According to the customer this set went dead. I powered it up and it
worked, although I noted a severe tuner shield problem. I repaired the
tuner shield and the picture seems too large. The sound is OK though.
There is also what looks like a slight pincushion problem or a bending

Got my daughter's Sony PS2 that I'm trying to get working again.  She had
managed to jam a CD-ROM in the sliding cassette tray.  I got it apart and
fixed the mechanical problem.  Also cleaned the lens carefully with
isopropyl alcohol.  Reassembled and mechanically everything seems ...

Daewoo TV DTQ-27S2FCV CN-200A has no +5V.
Can't found witout chematic.
Any help... Welcome.
Thanks. Mike

I have a portable scanner, Regency HX 1500, that I haven't used for quite a while.
There is a lot of powdery blue-green stuff that covers the metal battery
connectors/tabs.  I've cleaned it off with q-tips dipped in alcohol, but it always comes
back.  I'm storing this scanner ...

Hopefully someone here can give me some insight.  My two-year old
poured a significant amount of baby oil in my six-year old's gamecube.
I am presently draining it.  Is it toast?  Would it present a fire
hazard if I tried to plug it up?

188207 comes up as ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL!!
I'll have to track down silicone,
the high voltage kind! Rono.

I'd like to repair this compact stereo. The turntable works - so all
the audio section is OK - but not the tuner and the cassette unit. I
have already downloaded the owner's manual from the HK site. I have
asked them for the schematics, but no answer.

Hi! Got a Sampo 15" monitor with a weird problem. The pictures on the
link below describes the image problem. This is the farthest that I can
correct with controls in front. Resetting it to the default factory
setting just makes the image more unbearable. Brightness, Contrast,

Thanks to all who posted! Will basic silicone really work ok?
As like most of you guys, I haven't needed any H.V. silicone
for years, & I can't find any anywhere locally, even my local
suppiers don't know! Rono.

I'm not experienced in TV repair... but my F-19 TV went down and I
could see sparks leaking from the FBT (Eldor 1352.5016).
I replaced it with an equivalent one (HR-8325)... bout now there is no
raster, although the CRT heaters are lit and a sudden light appears

 Please
      i know this is not the place for such a question but this is the
best       place for every question to me.
  I have a problem with starting my computer whose operating system is

I was blessed with a free t.v. from a friend of a friend....it wa
working fine for about a month, then the picture went out...there i
still sound, but no picture....does anyone have an idea of what thi
could be, though I know this may be a long-shot question to ask?  

 I recently bought a cheap DVD player, and was trying to use it through a
VCR, to allow it to play on an older TV with no A/V jacks. It comes through
but the picture cycles between light and dark, and loses both horizontal and
vertical sync every few seconds. Works fine when ...

I need a solution for this if one exists. At the end of the street is
an obviously defective trunk. I've been round and round with the phone
co and last time which was last week or so. This has happened before,
when the heavy rains come we get about two thirds of a ring and then

Does anyone have the Pioneer VSX-D409 Schematic? Thanks.