Solder the tuner grounds, and also all the coils in the tuner. Seen this problem a couple of times on this set. That is what fixed mine. HTH, LLW LeRoy Westlund Westlund TV & Electronics " It's such a pretty world 93 North Main today !.... Centerfield, UT 84622-0087 Look at the Sunshine. " Ph./Fax 435-528-3822 :-) mailto:LLW@xxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: fantaj <fantaj@xxxxxxx> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Saturday, December 07, 2002 10:56 PM Subject: [TechAssist] RCA TX-826 TC or TB intermittent > NEED HELP on RCA TX-826 > I have a lot of problems with AFT, and no autoprogramming, what it does now, when cold, when turned on, is nothing but squiggly lines on all the VHF channels, except channel 9 which is totally out, black screen, sound is gone too, looks like the channels are way out of tune, however the UHF channels are just fine, after a minute or so, suddenly everything pops in and its OK from there on. > I spend a lot of time on this set, I was also told it was the AFT coil, which I got brand new, and it did not help, Did the RCA alignment procedure. > Anyway, I have checked just about everything, two things left are now the micro and the tuner, I suspect more the tuner. TX826TC, or could TB > > Fantaj TV > > Belle Vernon, Pa. 15012 > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------ >Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: >http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html >------------------------------------------ >To REMOVE your email address, click here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html >To CHANGE your email address, click here: > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > > ------------------------------------------ Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html