Doug, swap out the eeprom. I've had some do this.Try any CTC180 seies eeprom as a test. If you clear the screen troubles you're on the right track.Probably when the TOB had bad solder it may have corrupted the eeprom.Worth a try... Phil Doug Keller wrote: > > This originally came in with the infamous "f-connector ripped out of the > tuner" problem. I fixed that, checked it for a day, gave it the shake, > bump, slap, and jar test. It worked perfectly. Delivered it and 7 days > later I get a call that the picture is black. If screen is turned all > the way up, it has dim pic w/retrace lines.This one has me stumped. I > have resoldered the tuner grounds. Twice. Looked for solder splashes, > anything that would explain this. I've checked cr4704, r4702, and r4715 > that were in the tips pages to no avail. At this point any suggestions > would be appreciated. > Doug > > -- > Doug Keller > Wis-Kel Electronics > 101 Freeland Ave. > Terra Alta, WV > USA 26764 > dek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.tech-assist.org > "Learn from the mistakes of others, because you > won't live long enough to make them all yourself" > > ***************************************************************************** > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ -- Philip Bader Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976) 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880 Fax (863) 299-8821 email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ***************************************************************************** Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/