David, Besides the tip Gary listed, I found this on a similar model: Check R610, 1.8K, 5 wt for increase in value. BTW, replace D602 & D603 with NTE125. Diodes may check good, but replace them anyway. Ken Smith Gulf Technical Services 3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 850-934-8324 (Voice) 850-932-0819 (Fax) On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 23:28:33 -0400 Gary McCartney <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Does the 5V regulator run hot in standby? If it is a 7805 regulator, I > would change it first. Those have a permissable output of 4.75V to > 5.25V. 4.2V is too low. If it's not the regulator itself, then try to > remove loads until the voltage goes back up to 5V. Might also be a > filter cap open. What is the input voltage of the regulator on pin > 1? I > think I remember it has to be at least 1.5V higher than the output > voltage, so you'd need at least 6.5V of well filtered dc on the > input. > > I just found a tip for this model: > > > TELEVISION MAGNASONIC MCT5301 DEAD- REPLACE D602, D603 > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > > Gary McCartney > > McCartney Electronics > Guelph Ontario Canada > Est. 1984 > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > David Lessard wrote: > > > > Dead. No relay click. Shorting relay brings on raster only. Then I > can > > press the ON button and everything works fine. I can turn TV ON > and OFF > > then ON again so long as I do this within a few seconds. Output > voltage > > at IC602 is only 4.2VDC in standby but when relay is shorted > voltage is > > normal at 5VDC. There is a tip in the Euras database > > > http://www.euras.com/repair_tips_1/Magnasonic/MCT5301/MCT5301_Magnasonic > > .htm on this problem but I'm not subscribed to them. Any help > would be > > greatly appreciated; I've spent a little too much time on this 14" > set > > already and would like to recover at least some of my lost time. > > > > > > As always, thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > David Lessard > > > > Alexandria Electronics > > > > 50 Harrison Street > > > > P.O. Box 1366 > > > > Alexandria, Ontario. > > > > Canada > > > > K0C-1A0 > > > > mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > Lost Password: > > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > > Email Archives: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > -- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/