After 2 months..eh? Well I do declare.;-) -Ed- Tel-Tek Electronics Ontario-Canada teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 1:58 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Sony VCR, SLV555 won't power up, no display [UPDATE] > The original messages from this thread was in January. It has taken 2 > months but a very generous person has given me a scrap SLV555UC VCR > which I was able to use the front panel display board (including the > micro) to install into the machine I was working on. > This corrected the fault, so I am declaring that the micro was indeed > the problem. > > > > > > Gary McCartney > > McCartney Electronics > Guelph Ontario Canada > Est. 1984 > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > > > > Previous thread: > > > > Kevin, thanks to your zip file, I can now say the power supply is > functioning properly. There is no 5V signal reaching the power supply to > turn on the regulators. I inserted my own external 5V supply and the > regulators turned on and all the output voltages are present. The front > panel LED's and digital display lights up but there is no VCR action at > all. I suspect the micro, which is located on the front panel display > board. > > Does anyone have a junker machine with a usable front panel circuit > board (the board with the digital display on it)? The display doesn't > have to be good or even there because I can use the display I have here. > Number on this board is: 1-631-340-13. Please email me privately with > price. > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kevin Gunn wrote: > > > > Gary I sent you the ZIP file. Hope it helps. > > > > Kevin Gunn > > Star Tek Electronic Services > > 390 Springbank Drive > > London, Ontario > > www.ulurn.com/startek > > > > N6J 1G9 519-473-6366 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 4:39 PM > > Subject: [TechAssist] Sony VCR, SLV555 won't power up, no display > > > > > I have this Sony VCR, model SLV555 which will not power up and the front > > > panel display is not lit either. > > > > > > I found a 1500uF, 25V cap in the power supply that was leaky. Replaced > > > that and a few others with high ESR. Also checked the diodes and made > > > sure that D207 has 16V on the cathode. The ON/OFF pin 2 on the 3 voltage > > > regulators (3120C, 3120C and 3050C) are at 0.8V all the time, even when > > > I push the power button. > > > > > > Does anyone have a list of the proper voltages on the power supply > > > connector pins and the source from which the regulator ON/OFF pin gets a > > > HI signal for power? > > > > > > Power supply is model APS-01UC, Sony part number 1-413-468-13 > > > > > > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gary McCartney > > > > > > McCartney Electronics > > > Guelph Ontario Canada > > > Est. 1984 > > > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/