[TechAssist] Re: RCA F32650(YX01), ATC113CA1 chassis, channels and menus scroll continously

  • From: "repair1" <repair1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:55:36 -0500

Gary,just change the tact switches,very cheap, I usually cannibalize them
from a scrap board,hth.


Charles Betzler
best Electronics
repair1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 10:33 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA F32650(YX01), ATC113CA1 chassis, channels and
menus scroll continously


> I just started working on one of these this morning, with the exact same
> problem. I sprayed cleaner into the channel up and down switches and
> pressed them about 20 times each, now the channel searching problem has
> seemed to have gone away. I suspected the Windex syndrome because I
> asked the customer and he thought maybe he did clean the screen but he
> wasn't clear on if the problem occurred shortly after that or not.
>
> Is this going to start acting up again if I ship the set? Would new
> switches solve the problem, and if so, why would I be advised to change
> the whole assembly? I checked my parts supplier and the 249142 assembly
> is $26.00 CDN with a 2 week wait to get it.
>
> My TV is an RCA F27450, ATC113BB1. Would the switch assembly be the same
> part number as mentioned here, 249142 ?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
>
>
> Gary McCartney
>
> McCartney Electronics
> Guelph Ontario Canada
> Est. 1984
> email: gary (at) number63.ca
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Gemini Computer & TV wrote:
> > That seems to be the concensus as the following response indicates:
> >
> > Try replacing the FPA. Had four of those go bad replacing # 5 tomorrow,
part
> > # 249142.
> > Bob Waterman, CET® #RI-28
> > Master Technician License #9109
> > Service Manager / Parts Manager
> > Gemini Computer, TV, & Security Alarms
> > (508)695-7302
> > (508)695-7769 FAX
> > geminitv@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > geminitv@xxxxxxx
> > www.geminicomputertvsecurityalarms.com
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "tvservice" <tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:54 AM
> > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA F32650(YX01), ATC113CA1 chassis, channels
and
> > menus scroll continously
> >
> >
> >
> >>front panel keyboard Bob!
> >>Robert
> >>tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>H & H Electronics Inc
> >>
> >>----- Original Message ----- 
> >>From: "Gemini Computer & TV" <geminitv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>To: "Techassist" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 8:31 AM
> >>Subject: [TechAssist] RCA F32650(YX01), ATC113CA1 chassis, channels and
> >>menus scroll continously
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>I have a customer with an RCA F32650YX01 (ATC113CA1 chassis) that has
no
> >>
> >>or
> >>
> >>>very intermittent response to front panel controls (on top of the set)
> >
> > and
> >
> >>>does accept commands from the remote. Sometimes the set works normally
> >
> > but
> >
> >>>most of the time the set will stay on channel 3 but the channel display
> >>>keeps scrolling continously and cannot be stopped, except when entering
> >>>another channel number (which is then only momentary before the
> >
> > scrolling
> >
> >>>continues). When this is happening and any menu is selected (TV menu,
> >
> > not
> >
> >>>Guide Plus), the sub menus beneath the selected menu will scroll
> >>
> >>continously
> >>
> >>>as well. If a video input is selected, it wil of course come right off
> >
> > and
> >
> >>>begin the channel scroll. I don't see any tips or bulletins for this
> >>>condition but I highly suspect the Gemstar 4 module (part# 257871) as
> >
> > the
> >
> >>>culprit. This is an out of warranty customer and the set is currently
at
> >>>their home so I do not have it here in the shop. I did try clearing the
> >>>Guide Plus setup but that did not help. Has anyone encountered this
> >>
> >>symptom
> >>
> >>>before?
> >>>
> >>>Bob Waterman, CET® #RI-28
> >>>Master Technician License #9109
> >>>Service Manager / Parts Manager
> >>>Gemini Computer, TV, & Security Alarms
> >>>(508)695-7302
> >>>(508)695-7769 FAX
> >>>geminitv@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>geminitv@xxxxxxx
> >>>www.geminicomputertvsecurityalarms.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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