Electronics Forum / Repair / September 2006

1) I have an 120 to 18 volt AC wall transformer, plug-in, Class 2, and
it appears someone shorted the secondary and blew the wire "fuse"
inside.  
It's rated at 45VA.  What gauge wire should I use to replace the fuse?

My son reported that he turned on the set and it seemed to take longer
than normal to fire up. When it did the green convergence had shifted
maybe an inch and a half to the right (vertical lines). Red and blue
looked normal. I'm a retired tech that's done major brand warranty on

Does anyone have information about repairing a Tektronix TDS544A
oscilloscope (schematics, common failures, ...) ?

I have got an old 8590A Spectrum Analyzer from my company,
unfurtunately with a defect. The amplitude levels shown on the screen
is app. 10 dB below the actual applied input level, so the attenuator
or input circuit apparently has a defect.

I have a 5 year old philips TV.  Recently the picture starting
'frazzled' on occasion (like the intererence you used to get when the
guy down the road started using his CB!).  This would happen maybe once
an hour for a few seconds.  A couple of days after this started, the

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I was wondering if anyone had this problm and how to solve it.  My HD TV
(Phillips) occasionally will have a static popping or snapping sound, only
when it is on HD channels.  I talke to a TV repair guy and he said it was
the cable company's problem.  The cable company said it ...

I use a 30ft component video cable to connect my DVD player to my
projector.  Would this cause undue stress/load on the video circuitry
in the DVD player?
I have had a LOT of DVD players go glitchy on me, and am wondering if

I have a Matrix auto chromatic tuner-to tune instruments-model
SR-4000.
A while back I killed it by-accidentally, I swear!-plugging in a
power cord which was set to a few volts too high (12v instead of 9v)

When I turn on the tv, I get no picture, but I do get sound.  However,
the sound starts cutting out after like 3 minutes and then completely
goes out after about 4 minutes.  If I unplug the tv for 15-20 minutes
and replug, I get sound again...for another couple minutes until it

I have a 13" TV set with is made by NewTech, I am looking for a remote.
Can anyone tell me who really makes the brand and where I could get a
replacement remote?
Thanks,

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I am using MSP430F149 controller in one of my application. I am facing
problem of flash corruption for calibration data I stored in
controller.
Hs somebody faced same problem of MSP430F149  flash corruption Or any