Not much chance of that, Gary. This set is famus for bad connections at the Vert. IC,(even though they look good),...so you may want to double check for a broken trace at that point. LLW LeRoy Westlund Westlund TV & Electronics " It's such a pretty world 93 North Main today !.... Centerfield, UT 84622-0087 Look at the Sunshine. " Ph./Fax 435-528-3822 :-) mailto:LLW@xxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: Gary McCartney <number63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 7:26 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: JVC TV model AV27CM3- top half of screen stretched with foldover [SECOND POST] > >Leroy, thanks for researching that for me. Unfortunately it didn't solve >it. Someone sent me a partial schematic for a similar model, so >hopefully that will help me notice something. The waveforms I measured >seem to check out against the print, so thats good, except for the blip >on my output waveform. Do you think there is any chance that my brand >new generic LA7838 could be causing the exact same symptom as the >original IC? > > >Gary > > > > >LeRoy Westlund wrote: >> >> Gary, >> I see that you didn't list C422 as one you have checked. >> It is a 1ufd. @ 35 volts (Tentanilum). >> Worth a try, maybe ? >> >> HTH, >> LLW >> >> LeRoy Westlund >> Westlund TV & Electronics " It's such a pretty world >> 93 North Main today !.... >> Centerfield, UT 84622-0087 Look at the Sunshine. " >> Ph./Fax 435-528-3822 :-) >> mailto:LLW@xxxxxxxxxx >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Gary McCartney <number63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Date: Monday, October 07, 2002 1:17 PM >> Subject: [TechAssist] JVC TV model AV27CM3- top half of screen stretched >> with foldover [SECOND POST] >> >> > >> >I still haven't solved this set. >> > >> >Measured B+ to vertical chip. I get 28.7V with 1.5 V p-p of ripple. >> >Replaced D534 rectifier and C534 filter cap but no change in ripple. >> >Also measured output of 12 V regulator I changed earlier. Measured >> >11.94V, with no noticable ripple. Scoped input pulse to vert. chip at >> >pin 2 and got nice clean square wave at 8V p-p and very high duty cycle, >> >maybe 95%. I don't have waveforms or schematic in print to verify my >> >measurements to be correct. Scoped vertical output waveform on pin 12 >> >and get 55V p-p pulse with a blip in the slope which doesn't look >> >normal. I drew a picture of this and posted it for you to view: >> > >> > >> >http://www.number63.ca/waveform.jpg >> > >> > >> > >> >Also replaced yoke. I found one in my stock which appears to be the >> >exact same yoke only out of a Philips set and the connectors were a bit >> >different. I switched the connectors from the JVC yoke and tried it. No >> >change in problem. If anyone is interested, here are the yoke numbers >> >(from the stickers on the yokes). Sorry I don't have record of the >> >Philips TV model. >> > >> >Original JVC yoke: CE20240-AOA >> >Philips yoke: 362075-7 >> > >> > >> >Changed a few more small caps and resistors in the vertical section. >> >Problem has not improved. Any help appreciated. >> > >> > >> > >> >Gary McCartney >> > >> >McCartney Electronics >> >7134 Fife Rd, RR 7 >> >Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4 >> >Fax: (519)821-1530 >> >email: number63 (at) inetsonic.com >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >My original message: >> > >> > >> >This is a 27" JVC tV model AV27CM3. No Sams listed but there is one for >> >model AV27CM4, # 3379. >> > >> >The vertical linearity is off all the way from the bottom but once it >> >hits the center of the screen, it starts stretching so bad that there is >> >about 3" of foldover. >> > >> >Working without a schematic. I have replaced: >> > >> >IC421, LA7838 >> >IC422, 12V regulator >> >ZD425, 75V 1W >> >C425 >> >C426 >> >C430 >> >C421 >> >C536 >> >C530 >> > >> >I removed D421 and checked it but I don't know what it is. marking on it >> >is 3N. It looks like a glass 1W zener but symbol on board shows it as a >> >regular diode. Checks ok anyways. >> > >> >Does anyone have a schematic of the vertical circuit plus hopefully >> >waveforms? >> > >> >Thanks for any help. >> >-- >> > >> > >> > >> >Gary McCartney >> > >> >McCartney Electronics >> >7134 Fife Rd, RR 7 >> >Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4 >> >Fax: (519)821-1530 >> >email: number63 (at) inetsonic.com >> > >> >------------------------------------------ >> >To REMOVE your email address, click here: >> > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html >> >To CHANGE your email address, click here: >> > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html >> >------------------------------------------ >> >***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** >> >Submit Repair Tips here: >> >http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ >> > >> >> ------------------------------------------ >> To REMOVE your email address, click here: >> http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html >> To CHANGE your email address, click here: >> http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html >> ------------------------------------------ >> ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** >> Submit Repair Tips here: >> http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > >-- > > > >Gary McCartney > >McCartney Electronics >7134 Fife Rd, RR 7 >Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4 >Fax: (519)821-1530 >email: number63 (at) inetsonic.com > > > >------------------------------------------ >To REMOVE your email address, click here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html >To CHANGE your email address, click here: > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html >------------------------------------------ >***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** >Submit Repair Tips here: >http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html ------------------------------------------ ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/