Electronics Forum / Repair / October 2006

Have a call on this one, & wondering is there anything common to go
in this unit? Fujitsu Model # PDS4209U-B has just a raster, with no
video. Thanks, Dani.

My daughter has an older 20 inch Sony and when she watched TV the word
"TV" is on the screen ALL THE TIME and when she watches a DVD the word
" Video" is on the screen ALL THE TIME. She does not have the original
remote. Seems like these words would vanish after a few seconds but

I succeeded to repair my old Traynor 25B bass amp (which I asked and
received help for in this group a few months ago), however I now have
another problem with it.
Background: amp was producing a loud hum, originating in power stage. I

Need to locate a 30w ballast for a Hunter ceiling fan, 23547 Chantilly. I
think most parts places call it a type A. Any good leads? Used is fine as
long as it works.
I'll be out this entire week teaching couple thousand miles from home so if

Hai friends,
  iam venkateshkumar..studying in computer science
and engineering .iam a electronics hobbyist and
a computer programmer..shall any give best

My 25" Sony TV (KV-25F1U), which is just over 8.5 years old, has suddenly
developed a fault. It was fine yesterday, but when I tried to switch it
on using the remote control today, it did not respond. The red power LED
on the front, near the power button, was blinking as follows: ...

This paper has proposed a theoretical idea to construct particles by
using electron, positron, neutrino and anti-neutrino as well as the
weak force interaction among them; it has theoretically estimated the
radii of neutron and proton as well as the range and strength of

I have an electric typewriter wheelwriter 1000, that is OOC. The LED's
in lower right all light(which can't be good.
The o/p of Ps is good yet I get no voltage to either the carriage motor
or motor that controls

Just got a call from California, USA...I'm way down in eastern Canada.
Brand name
ASTAR LCD, & DVD made in China. Anyone deal with this company? They
asked us

I have a three year old 27 inch Toshiba TV.  Recently a series of about
10 lines tracks across the top of the screen when a "normal" picture is
present.   The only time that the lines disappear is when the broadcast
pictue is in 16:9 format.

I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 410 CDT, with a breakdown of keyboard,
since when I  touch the key Y the screen show PY and if I touch the P
show PY, equal it happens with other keys, and some of them do not
answer to the character that they represent, anothers don´t have

I have an electronic scale that uses a 9v battery and it says "use alkaline
batteries only".  I prefer to use rechargeable NiMH batteries. How can the
product tell the difference (or can it) and what would be the problem, if
any, of using non-alkaline batteries in such a product.

hi to all.
can i replace a CE configuration to CB configuration  with out any
power loss??????

I'm using my PSP to interface with the LFTV box. This portion of the
connection goes swimmingly, but the connection between the LFTV box and
my router is hindered for some reason. I've forwarded the port (5021)
and have the router operating in the DMZ. However, I need a wireless

After the customer connected a DVD player to the front panel jacks this
set displays a message on the screen to "disconnect AV jacks" .It will
not get to a menu screen for cable type, tuner etc. LG tech support
says that most likely the steering diode in the micro which senses when