[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

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From: "Hoyt's TV" <hoytstv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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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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