Electronics Forum / Repair / March 2007

I have a 15" Prima lcd TV with built in dvd player. The screen is cracked.
Can you buy replacement screens for theese or no?
Thanks

For tying up mains leads on equipment, tight to the back of the chassis - is
the knotting process described anywhere on the www ?
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Diverse Devices, Southampton, England

Hi People.
I am looking at a particular application. I want to build a currency
counter. The device will be based on optical technology. What I want
to do is, "look" at the side of the stack of banknotes and from there,

My new Phillips razor (8150XL) has a lithium-ion battery.  It fully
recharges in 1 hour, but the manual says to charge it 4 hours the
first time it's used.
Could someone please explain why the initial charge takes (at least

a request for a circuit/layout for light switching that will turn on
low level lights 2 or 3 steps in front & 1 behind as a person walks
along a corridor or up/down stairs. Component list & values would also
be required if possible. My thanks for your consideration.

I reversed my refrigerator door yesterday.  Two issues:
1- Some of the hole plugs crumbled and they are discontinued.  This is a
Magic Chef RB151TV (white).  These should be easy to substitute, but how to
get a substitute that fits?

Capturing the track layout on polyester pcb  -  I've just tried holding
white card laid 45 degrees to the component side and illuminating the card
with a bright light, masking off around the board with opaque card.
Photographing and then greyscaling and upping the contrast, loses ...

I WANT TO BUY MY NEW LAPTOP ANYBODY TELL ME BEST ONE I DON"T HAVE ANY
KNOWLEDGE OF COMPUTERS

have window xp home edition and a week ago my pointer and wondows would lock
for a few second and go back working for a minute and lock  back up would
like to know what's happen. thanks in advance.

I'm trying to repair a sony SL-8000E betamax video. The problem is
that I can't push any key down but the eject key and it doesn't work
very good since the tape usually ends up in a mess inside of the
machine. Does anyone know what the problem might be and how to solve

I plan to install a remote starter in my car.  I'd like to buy a tool
to strip the wires, if its not too expensive.  I have a set of plier-
like ones, where you insert the wire into the correct slot, squeeze
the handles, then pull the wire through, shedding the insulation.

(Sorry forgot the link to photos on previous message)
I have just recently aquired a Gould OS1200 oscilloscope.
Basically it works fine except that the Sweep trace compresses up on
the right hand side of the when I set the timebase to 5uS and up.

If you read the post below (sorry for two post....), I have a E500 Sony
monitor.
I have replaced the varistor that regulate hte high tension of the
FBT...because the previous is quite "cooked"....

Any info would help.
Thanks

I recently bought a Samsung LN-S4695D 46" LCD television.  In general I like
the TV, except that dark scenes display vertical bars of lighter area
extending approximately 6 inches in from each side (i.e., 6" wide bars on
each end the height of the display) .  This is especially ...