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 >=20 >=20 > ----- 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 >=20 >=20 > > 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 > > > > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= --- > --- > > This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.ht= m > > Set Vacation > mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dset%20techassist%20vacation > > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?"= . > > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >=20 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- > This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dset%20techassist%20va= cation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >=20 --=20 J. Knoll TechAssist Monitor TechAssist 225 Monticello Ave. Clarksburg WV, 26301 www.tech-assist.org www.techassist.net=20 ------------------------------------------------------- PS: If replying to this email, please include all previous correspondence.=20 It is the only way we can get the full picture. Thank You!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/