[TechAssist] Re: RCA HD52W140

The problem is indeed with the DM2 board.
The kicker is that the module retails for $1,490 CDN which makes it a no-go 
for the customer.
Oh well.
Paul Westcott
Kingsway Electronics
Sudbury,Ontario
Canada
westcott@xxxxxxx
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jonas miglinas" <miglinasj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 3:06 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA HD52W140


> Hello Paul,
>
> I went thru a devil of a time with an ATC 311 about two months ago. Set =
> would not turn on at times(no power light), and when it did turn on, it =
> would not turn off ( had to unplug). Remote and FPA switches would not =
> function when you could not turn it off. All these events would occur =
> intermittently at various times, playing well for up to three weeks. =
> Followed all the recommended procedures from Thomson I ended up getting =
> new DM2 circuit.
> Same problem.
> Resoldered and installed many other circuits and the same result. Not =
> much help from the tech people at Thomson. I ended up freezing the hell =
> out of the DM2 thru whatever openings that I could see and the damn set =
> started to operate normally.. Operated the set untill it would not =
> function, froze it again, and again it started working. Same result with =
> the original DM2. Wasted a lot of time with a bum replacement (and a lot =
> of money invested in the purchase of this circuit).
> So try freezing the circuit and see if you get results.
>
> Jonas Miglinas
> Miglinas TV
> Chicago
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> From: "Paul Westcott" <westcott@xxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 8:17 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] RCA HD52W140
>
>
>> This ATC311 chassis has a weird problem.
>> When it is first plugged in and turned on, the high voltage
>> comes up (dim raster) but no audio or vid.
>> Hitting menu or any other button does nothing.
>> If you unplug it, then plug it back in 3 or 4 times,it will finally =
> give you=20
>> a pic.
>> If left plugged in, you can turn it off for any amount of time
>> and it will operate properly when turned on.
>> Checking the error codes shows them to be empty(a good thing)
>> Anyone run across this before?
>> Paul Westcott
>> Kingsway Electronics
>> Sudbury,Ontario
>> Canada
>> westcott@xxxxxxx=20
>>=20
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