--------------------------------------------------------------- Text pasted from WinSTIPS 2.0 http://www.ServiceSoftware.com --------------------------------------------------------------- RCA CTC203 Dead - Shorted Q14401 Horizontal Output Caused By Intermittent Open Solder Connection At The Input End Of L14401. That Coil Connects The Driver Transformer To The Base Of The Output Transistor. --------------------------------------------------------------- RCA CTC203 Dead Perry Bower - Electric Medic If The Set Has The Gemstar With The Two Flat Ribbon Cables, Then It Is Probably Bad. Very Common Problem. We Have Several Different Versions Of Gemstar For Test, That Is The First Thing We Sub On The Ctc203 Chassis For Dead Set. If That Is Not It, Unsolder The Collector Of The H.O.T., Then If Set Starts Up With Sound, Then The Flyback Is Bad. These Two Fixes Probably Represent 80% Of All Failures, (Non-Lightning, And Power Supply Problems), That We See In Our Service Center. There Is A Coil Between The Secondary Of The Horizontal Drive Transformer And The Base Of The H.O.T. That Usually Causes Intermittent Operation. The Set Normally Will Have Sound When That Connection Is Bad. --------------------------------------------------------------- RCA CTC203L Dead Doug - Vision Video Labs, Inc Replace Shorted H.O.T. #Q14401 #247697, Cr14106 #243636 --------------------------------------------------------------- Best regards, --== Paul ==-- ------------------------------------------------------- Paul R. Gendreau, Jr. Tel: 207-490-1835 Fax: 207-490-1893 Email: Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.servicesoftware.com ------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Leslie A Jones Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 6:24 PM To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] RCA CTC 203 HELP Set came in. I plugged it in and it squealed. Found horizonal output transistor shorted. Changed output and the set still squeals. Regulator checked good. What am I missing? Any help appreciated. Leslie A Jones, Jr ELECTROFIX COMPANY 1321 Lincoln Street Portsmouth, VA 23704 757-582-1618 -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Email.com http://www.email.com/?sr=signup ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.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 ------------------------------------------ ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/