I had a 169 with slight flashes in the video after a fix.. like tadpoles to the right. below was a response that fixed my set: repair1 wrote: Phil, I had a 169 a couple of weeks ago that had a flickering or what looked like an agc problem, did not show up in video mode. After a lot of time on unit I discovered that R71 on dpip board was unsoldered,hth. Charles Betzler Best Electronics Hope this helps, Phil Bader Larry Eastman wrote: >Hi Guys, customer called today with the complaint of multiple black >dashes across >the entire screen after I had changed out the crystal & cap for a dead >set >symptom yesterday, I`m assuming the little brown spacers have melted all >over >the pip board as this is usually what causes this symptom, I have >cleaned >these boards of all the brown goo with very little success, has anyone >come >up with what part(s) are actually causing the black dashes without >having >to change the entire module (which I`m sure is probably NLA) Or is >there >a way to bypass the PIP module in these sets? TIA, Larry E > >Larry Eastman >American TV & Electronics >Crystal River, Fl. 34428 > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Lost Password: >http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >Email Archives: >//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > -- Philip Bader Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976) 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880 Fax (863) 299-8821 email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/