Electronics Forum / Repair / October 2008

Please help I'm trying to find out if is the Emerson VCS966A a S-VHS
machine?
I know its an old one.
Many Thanks..

Probably equivalent to coalfire chimney design.
Recently put in a cab top vent for a valve amp in desperate need of one.
The convection air coming out was 40 degree C higher than ambient so metal
of grill got fairly warm, better out than in. I was thinking next time

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It's in a Kenwood 7" mobile monitor. It's self centering, but if you
activate the plunger either direction it will close with one of two
poles depending on the direction of the throw. Kenwood has been of no

If you cut plywood with a laser will it catch on fire?

I've got a strange problem regarding my CompactDisc-Player DX6810 by
Onkyo. When I insert a disc, it spins up for about 3-4 seconds and
then simply runs out. It isn't stopped, the spindle motor just stops
turning. The track display then reads "0" and nothing else is

I have an old SC61 that I've used in the shop for some time. Recently,
it's come down with a flashing VDC display and a slight herring-bone
pattern on the trace.
According to the calibrate section in the owners manual,

This is OT, but it might be significant. And this group seems more
technically knowldegable than most of the others I belong to.
I noticed a few minutes ago that the Windows SysTray is suddenly missing
most of the protective utilities, as well as a few other items. This might

I have been looking at these. I saw one once and it
seemed to respond well to noise in a room, such as from
lighting. I have been making a noise detector for a while, which
has selectable types of noise, electrostatic, magnetic, light, and

Hope someone can help me on this one....
I am trying to get hold of a datasheet for the above device... I believe it
is an isolation amplifier.
It is listed on Pepperl & Fuchs website but the link crashes. I have also

To silver part of a standard mercury discharge lamp for use as a video
projector bulb, presumably less screen illumination , but 15 foot diagonal
not necessary.
No evacuation chamber available.

This 2004 LCD monitor is nearly working.  The onscreen menu is
functional, clear, and sharp.
But the computer image is distorted.  It's like every other scan line is
moving back and forth at something like a 30 to 60 Hz rate.  Auto-tune

This is off-topic (sort of), but I have to ask.
The first toaster I ever owned (31 years ago) * was a classic GE
"Toast-R-Oven" -- you know, the one with the front door that swings down and
the tray that pulls out. It lasted 11 years, with one repair. (The

Is it possible to timer record from line in on a Panasonic PV4002 VCR or
not ?
Is so what CH # do you select during setup ?
Thanks to the GVMT for complicating our parents lives with DTV ...

Hello, have one of these sets....continues to perform very well, currently
running a couple HD sources @ 1080i via component: Motorola 6416 and Playstation3.
This set has one HD component input ( i guess it can be set up as either
'YPbPr' or 'RGB-HV' in a 3 or 5 RCA jack scenario.. ...

Some microwaves have turntables that turn in alternate directions each time
they start.  Why the heck is that?