[TechAssist] Re: Philips 36H800 again

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Robert
tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
H & H Electronics Inc
http://supertek.igniteinc.biz


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 4:07 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Philips 36H800 again


> I think I would agree with you. The Philips I have had in this year have
all
> been a waste of money and time for me and created an unhappy customer too
> boot.
>
> Have you read the post by Chris Carter over on Repair World today?
>
> Russ Hoyt
> Hoyt's TV
> Exeter, NH
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "tvservice" <tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 4:00 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Philips 36H800 again
>
>
> >I had the exact problem on the same model about 8-9 months ago, to fix it
> >we
> > ended up replacing the ssb.
> > I think Phillips is junk along with most other new technology as far as
> > serviceability goes.
> > Robert
> > tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > H & H Electronics Inc
> > http://supertek.igniteinc.biz
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 5:15 PM
> > Subject: [TechAssist] Philips 36H800 again
> >
> >
> >> Does anyone have anything else to suggest?
> >> Here's what I've done:
> >>
> >> I've replaced the diode on the SSB that Force says to replace for a
dead
> >> set.
> >> Twice!
> >> I've resoldered the connector on the mother board.
> >> I've cleaned the connector and the board edge.
> >>
> >> The first time I replaced the diode the set ran several days in the
shop,
> > so
> >> I sent it home.
> >> He says it ran a few hours and quit.
> >> He brought it back and I replaced the diode again and ran it for a day
> > then
> >> it quit on the 2nd day.
> >> I dipped into the list again and got several more suggestions, which I
> > did,
> >> then ran it for several days in the shop and let him take it home
again.
> >>
> >> He called this afternoon to tell me it ran about a half hour for him
> > before
> >> quitting again.
> >> He is getting tired of getting someone to help him lug it up and down a
> >> flight of stairs and  put it up on the shelf.
> >> I'm getting tired of fixing something that just keeps going bad again.
> >>
> >> He wasn't willing to go for an SSB in the first place and I'm not
willing
> > to
> >> buy one now, only to end up with the same problem.
> >> Right now I only have $129 that I may have to give back. I sure don't
> >> want
> >> to expand that to $500 that I have to give back and end up owning an
SSB
> >> that I will never use because I will certainly never take in another
one
> > of
> >> these sets again.
> >>
> >> I don't know what kind of deal he's willing to make for me not fixing
his
> >> TV. He's in the auto repair business so he should be happy to just junk
> >> it
> >> with no refund. Usually when one of them works on something of mine
that
> >> isn't getting fixed, they call and say: the mechanic has 2 hours on it
> >> already and hasn't found the problem. The labor is $120 now, do want me
> >> to
> >> have him keep going?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Russ Hoyt
> >> Hoyt's TV
> >> Exeter, NH
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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