Electronics Forum / Repair / April 2007

I have my friends Dell SX260 micro PC here and I brought it home last
night as it seems very dead. I just popped in to them because they had
moved it for decorating the room and when they went to turn it back on
there was nothing (so I thought / hoped it might just be a loose power

Hello all,
My Technics tape deck is not putting out any audio. The last time I
used the deck was about a year ago, and I've moved since then. It used
to play and record tapes just fine.

Nélio R. C. Abreu
Portugal
nelio.abreu@sapo.pt
Hi there,

is there any chance to get spare parts for AKAI Stereo components
nowadays. Since the company has deceased some years ago, I can
hardly find any parts on the major distributors websites I know.
Anyone knows some other sources ?

there are a wide selection of rubber o-rings/drive belts here that
should would with your application
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Hello, I can reciecve channels 6-13. But I can't receicve anything
from 14-58? Can you help me/ Dave Miller.

I have to replace a KBPC602 bridge rectifier. It is rated 200VRMS at
6.0 A. It is wired into the circuit using only the + and - terminals.
The AC connections are not used. If I were to build a bridge out of
four 6.0 amp 100V diodes, would I be able to directly replace this

I'm having difficulty getting a spare element for a Pace SX-80 desolder
hand piece here in the UK. Any likely US source? Is Pace in trouble -
seems strange not to be able to get spares for something like this only a
few years old.

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i have  a problem with a president jackson cb ,
in tx there is about 100hz noise  (i tx with car battery no PSU),
the noise there is even if carrier is unmodulted (fm and am mode)....
Can someone halp me ?

My 17 month 32" LCD monitor appears to have suffered an untimely death
this evening. When I turned it on, it briefly displayed the screen
image from the computer but then began making a somewhat high-pitched
chirps (1 per second) during which the screen flickered.  After about

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I have an Alpine CHM-S630 6-disk CD changer that is giving me grief.
The unit selects each CD properly from the magazine, but as soon as it
loads it into place, the optical sled slams out to the full extent of
the limits of the track, out to the extreme edge of the CD diameter.

I have an older Magnavox 25TRC1 television, and I noticed that my
remote control no longer works.  I don't have the original remote, but
I use a universal remote that came with my DVR.  This remote has
always worked, and I think that the problem is inside the TV itself