[TechAssist] Re: Apex GT2715 with Horz freq drift and Picture size/geometry faults

  • From: "tvservice" <tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 16:22:53 -0500

That set was selling for about $199.00
jump ship before you drown
I refuse to work on any more Apex and I am ASC
Robert
tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
H & H Electronics Inc


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter oliver" <oliver_peter1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 2:24 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Apex GT2715 with Horz freq drift and Picture
size/geometry faults


> Thought I would repost this after the holiday to see if there is any hope
> for this boat anchor:
>
>
> Apex GT2715
>
>            Customer was trying to claim they paid $699 for this set
> ?????????.  It has the picture colapsed into a squashed hexagon (2
inverted
> scewed trapazoids about 6" total) where it looks like the top and bottom
are
> folded over (has retace lines) The OSD is appearing in the area where the
> picture is but it is blue screen when the channel is changed it will show
> snow (no station) or a picture that has the horizontal frequency drifted
way
> off (fast moving diagniol pattern). I had a vert Ic for the set in stock
> (was an extra from a samsung job TDA8350Q). And have checked the
> electrolitics in the vert circuit and also all of the timing caps in the
> horz section as well as some along the power input (had another apex that
> acted simmilar that had cracked one of these)  Customer didn't bring in
> remote and none of my universal remotes list apex so getting into the menu
> is problematic. A few thoughts I have if any of them could be possible: 1.
> eeprom data corrupted; 2. Jungle IC OM8839PS defective (subs?) 3. Bad yoke
> (would have to try to ring, doesn't smell like it was shorting)   Ideas?
>
> Peter Oliver
> Tucson Radio TV
>
>
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