some notes i found bad Opto-Coupler 7412 and Controller 7402. They regulate B+ voltage. Symptoms range from dead set to picture shrinking to a blob of a picture on the screen. phillips ptv835 set projo convergence problem and pincushion Tiberio Moreira 412 Lancaster St. Leominster Ma. (978) 5375973 #9176 >From: "Robert Father" <rfather@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: "techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [TechAssist] PTV835 multiple problems >Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:42:39 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) > >HI Techs, > I've been working on a Phillips/Magnavox projection TV. I hope that >someone has seen one of these problems. The screen has a four-way >pincushion. The screen shrinks into the middle then back for a second. This >repeats continuously. Is this possibly caused by the opto coupler (7412 >location) and or the controller (7402 location)? > > Problem 2 may be directly related to problem 1. The blue does not >converge. I replaced the 2 stk392-110 chips. That did not help. I located a >open protector (1007) on the convergence board. I replaced caps 2052 and >2055 (.1mf mylar caps). The protector keeps blowing. > >I would appreciate any guidance on this matter. Thanks in advance. > >Bob Father >Electronics Specialist >Albany, New York >rfather@xxxxxxxxxxxx >robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >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/