Electronics Forum / Repair / October 2006

Wonder anyone can help me with my new Sharp AL-1655CS "Replace the drum
cartridge" error message.
I have already ordered the new drum and cartridge but it'll take a
couple of days to arrive but I need to use my printer desperately.

Can anyone help with a source of a service manual for a Ford model
2006 car radio?
Much Googling has produced nothing apart from a hex dump of the
internal ROM, and Ford, of course, have nothing.

RCA 52" Projo T.V., Model # P52937SG, Chassis # CTC 195M4, dead,
2SC5148 horizontal output shorted, all else ok, replaced...works fine,
nice pix, convergence was fine, tap main board....pop goes the output!
Found no bad connections, & soldered the horiz drive area before

Or am I just drinking the Koolaid?

Upon power-on, the unit runs thru a series of beeps and buzzes (normal,
as I recall), then the overload indicator lights up and the unit beeps
continually.
Is the unit toast, or is there a relatively painless fix?

I've been upgrading a simple power supply in a satellite receiver
using a kit provided by a company selling spares.
I've noticed that there's quite a bit of difference between the
original capacitor values and the upgraded replacements provided, for

My weather station has been fully functional for many years, but the
wind direction and velocity has stopped working.  I suspect one or more
of the IR diodes and/or the photo transistors have failed.  I have been
unable to locate replacement parts or to cross-reference the original

I lost my little pocket digital multimeter some time ago. I have big ones, but
are there any pretty neat little pocket ones someone can recommend
thats reasonable quality??
thanks

I have a 30inch (approx) ceiling fan in a bedroom and it has stopped
working.
It does not have a remote.
The light is working fine.

What do folks reckon is a good model to look for:
Hobby / AF/ occasional radio servicing/
lining up HF Tx/Rx's
J.

I've got myself in a right pickle trying to fix the broken cable on my
TFT monitor. It's a Mitac MT-15AX1-NBU. I need to replace the 15 pin plug
but due to an unfortunate turn of events, I don't know what pins some of
the wires should solder to.

Hi, I have a TC-WE605S dual-deck cassette tape deck that would not
eject the cassette tape on the right side (recording/dubbing side). I
tried turning the power on/off, play, pause, stop, reset, push, pull,
eject again - nothing happens.

   I have a Sylvania (Funai) TV model 6420FE (mfg 01/05) in
my shop.  Note: I do not have a SM for this set.
  The TV goes off about a second after it is turned on.  There
is HV and the regulated B+ goes to +115V at turn on.  There

This 5.1 receiver/dvd/cd (5 disk changer) player has developed a
problem: displaying 'Disk Err' when changing to play a DVD or CD.  Seems
to be more temperamental with DVDs (happening about 80% of the time) and
with CDs (about 20% of the time).  Receiver is about 3  yrs old, and ...

My new Samsung SlimFit 29" TV is doing some strange things like
vertical green glow. It is in the middle of screen appox. 10 cm wide
and appears only when TV screen is black (nightscenes, pause between
ads). When TV is turned off green line is still there for 1 or 2