Electronics Forum / Repair / October 2006

Have a Sony KV32-FX60U Television Issue here, as you can see by the picture  
its collapsing inward with a narrow screen, and slight curves inwards,
anyone seen this before?
DMN

Hi; started out just trying to take photos from my r/c plane. Now I am
learning electronics stuff that I knew nothing about 2 months ago.
The circuit that will control the camera shutter uses:
12f629 PIC

I've got a KDS VS195 monitor (FCCID EVOKD-1900) that's been working
great for years.  The picture has been getting darker and more
recently out of focus (then BADLY out of focus).  
Yesterday, the brightness level dropped to almost nothing within 30

Howdy, folks!  I've got a TV set with the above make and model number.  The
main power regulator is an STR30130 that _might_ be okay, because it doesn't
appear to be shorted.  I think the set's actual power problem came from
another power supply circuit's main filter capacitor ...

Small, "chiclet" size green capacitor stamped "2A103J"
Can anyone please confirm the value?
I know this is simple bit I got lost by the "2A" and the "J"
Thank you.

The platter is spinning fine, and it sounds just like it's
working...but it's not cooking anything - at all.
Basically it's a microwave without the microwaves :)
Any ideas what might need replacing? I know nothing about these

I searched around and didn't see a problem like this one described.
The colors on my Norwood 17" LCD monitor started looking strange and
when I ran the "Color Gradients" test of the CHECKMON program (which I
got at http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/english.html?/be_monitor.html) it was

Hi there Group :-)  John from NY here.  I have a question about my craftsman
bench utility motor...  I took it apart to rewire it and I can't figure (or
remember) where the wires go. It's a 115V, 6.2AMP,1/2 HP motor that spins at
3500 RPM's. What else I know is that a white and ...

Today's visit to the dump turned up a 3COM 3C857 DSL gateway, needless to
say I didn't get the matching wall wart, stamped on the back is 10 - 30VDC.
That seems to be an unrealistically wide range, especially when I downloaded
the user manual and saw the dire warnings to only use ...

I was wondering if it is possible to fix an external drive for the above
laptop. I replaced the drive out of another unit but the form factor is
all wrong. So the interface and cable are OK. Any ideas on fixing the
drive itself?

I would like to know your opinion on the DVD Service Manuals of
Philips.
Regards

In a Nissan pickup, this is the factory satellite ready head unit and under
dash Sirius module. In the SAT mode, display shows 'ACQUIRING' with a pop in
the audio about every 15 seconds. Worked fine up till last saturday night.
It's not a signal issue, that would display 'NO SIGNAL' ...

What do service technicians expect from service manuals for DVD Players
these days??

i'm looking for drawings of an old screen printing machine
it's an EKRA II (2) with a controller AEG
it is not working good and I have to repair or to understand it !
If someone has electric drawings about this machine

Can anyone tell me of a URL where I could download a Service Manual for
Aiwa NSX-999 compact disc stereo system.I have downloaded circuit
diagrams only to find they do not match the unit although listed as
NSX-999.