[TechAssist] Re: Apex GT2715 with Horz freq drift and Picture size/geometry faults

  • From: "J. Knoll" <jaystv@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 17:47:02 -0400

Well if they insist they paid 699 I would be very tempted to tell them
350 as the estimate. Get them out the door and be done with it. I have
heard a LOT of bad news on Apex anyhow.  Jay

On 7/6/05, tvservice <tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That set was selling for about $199.00
> jump ship before you drown
> I refuse to work on any more Apex and I am ASC
> Robert
> tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> H & H Electronics Inc
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter oliver" <oliver_peter1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 2:24 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Apex GT2715 with Horz freq drift and Picture
> size/geometry faults
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> > Thought I would repost this after the holiday to see if there is any ho=
pe
> > for this boat anchor:
> >
> >
> > Apex GT2715
> >
> >            Customer was trying to claim they paid $699 for this set
> > ?????????.  It has the picture colapsed into a squashed hexagon (2
> inverted
> > scewed trapazoids about 6" total) where it looks like the top and botto=
m
> are
> > folded over (has retace lines) The OSD is appearing in the area where t=
he
> > picture is but it is blue screen when the channel is changed it will sh=
ow
> > snow (no station) or a picture that has the horizontal frequency drifte=
d
> way
> > off (fast moving diagniol pattern). I had a vert Ic for the set in stoc=
k
> > (was an extra from a samsung job TDA8350Q). And have checked the
> > electrolitics in the vert circuit and also all of the timing caps in th=
e
> > horz section as well as some along the power input (had another apex th=
at
> > acted simmilar that had cracked one of these)  Customer didn't bring in
> > remote and none of my universal remotes list apex so getting into the m=
enu
> > is problematic. A few thoughts I have if any of them could be possible:=
 1.
> > eeprom data corrupted; 2. Jungle IC OM8839PS defective (subs?) 3. Bad y=
oke
> > (would have to try to ring, doesn't smell like it was shorting)   Ideas=
?
> >
> > Peter Oliver
> > Tucson Radio TV
> >
> >
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