Bad connections IC501 and its shield case will cause same symptom. If IC501 is bad, replace it with the kit p/n 23309608. Gonzalo N. Arrivas, CET Pittsburg, CA http://www.etechhelponline.com Tel/Fax: 925-432-2057 If the Tech Site is Down. go to the below address to access. the following: Tech Message Board: http://members.sitegadgets.com/gnaenter8/board.html Electronics Tech Forum at SmartGroup: http://www.smartgroups.com/group/group.cfm?GID=255346 ----- Original Message ----- From: "fantaj" <fantaj@xxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 12:20 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Fw: Toshiba CF-315 > > Toshiba, CF315, > an old classic, similar to this circuit are CF915, CF917, > Symptoms, turn the set on, chanel 2 comes on, set totally out > of > sync, looks more like the horizontal, as soon as you press the channel up or > down buttons, the screen gets dark, sound disappears, and the channel > numbers > start running, like bad AFT, once ina while,AT RANDOM, it locks to a > station, > sound comes on, but the video totally out of sync again. > this thing has a video amp > Q201, I have good video waveform there, then the video goes thru a cap C301, > and feeds to pin 57 of the jungle TA7777, thru a 300 ohm resistor, here is > the strange thing, at this end of the 300 ohms, I have perfect video, the > other end to pin 57, the sync input, sam calls out about 1.5VPP, which I > have > more than that this side,but at pin 57, that is almost a flat line, just > millivolts of video.!!!!!!!! Either sam is wrong, which I don't beleive it > is, but what's going on, check/replaced all parts around that area, isolated > sections, in total dispair, I replaced the TA7777, almost sure that was not > the problem, ONE TRACK MIND, no matter, always the same! The AFC pulse from > the flyback is perfect, pin 59, and looks ok on frequency, , there is not > much left, I will try subbing the 503KHZ resonator today, and see what > happens, in case I did have an AFT problem, carefully tweaked the aft coil, > ended up subbing the whole coil, as I have one new, that I use for test > purposes, no help. > Anyway, I am at my wits end, today, I am going to use my > tuner > subber, see if the tuner control has a problem, if that fails, will, give it > back I guess, let someone else give it a try. > Please any Help greatly appreciated. > fuzzzzzz > > > Help make your TechAssist online repair tips > database better! Submit your fixes here: > http://www.circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > To unsubscribe write to: > techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with unsubscribe in the subject line. > Help make your TechAssist online repair tips database better! Submit your fixes here: http://www.circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips To unsubscribe write to: techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the subject line.