Thanks Wayne. That helps....May have to dedicate Monday as Sony Day. -Ed- "Seasons Greetings" .. " Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year" has worked for years. Still works for me. Tel-Tek Electronics Ontario-Canada teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx teltek@xxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Vanaman" <Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 6:22 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Need some help on a Sony KV-32XBR400 > Ed: > I have had intermittent problems with the regulator ICs, MCZ3001D. > There are two on that chassis. First choice is the one towards the > center of the set. See if those voltages come up when you hit power. > > Wayne Vanaman > Omega Electronics > 6904 W Fairfield Dr > Pensacola, Fl. 32506-3310 > > Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > WWW.PensacolaTVRepair.Com > > 850-456-5995 voice > 850-458-6369 fax > > > Tel-Tek Electronics wrote: >> Damon; >> That all makes sense to me. I don't presume it was a Vertical Failure, >> since >> he left it running for 2 months. and never mentioned a vertical problem. >> I suspect it will end up in the "start/run" section such as Regulator. >> But >> since I'm asking...and not helping..all scenarios will work. >> >> As I mentioned...this set has way too much circuitry, for my liking. I >> have >> pulled the Deflection board, gone over it with a Magnifier, and all look >> OK. >> Resoldered anything "questionable"..to no avail. >> >> Sony has always been my weak point, till I started with TechAssist, and >> found Tech's that see them on a regular basis, the "Beast" was fixable. >> >> How many manufacturers take the trouble to defeat the "Video" with an I-K >> circuit, so if the CRT becomes "questionable" cut the Video. >> >> Good for Sony...Bad for the Customer. (And the Technician). >> >> This set was manufactured in 2000, and presume it's going to be a >> "Regulator" "Cap" problem...but I'm searching for "expertise". >> >> Not much on this set...in Winstips, Jeff's Database, or a couple of other >> Databases I use. >> >> -Ed- >> >> >> "Seasons Greetings" .. " Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year" has worked >> for years. Still works for me. >> >> Tel-Tek Electronics >> Ontario-Canada >> >> teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> teltek@xxxxxxxxx >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "DAMON BRUNGER" <damoneb@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 6:39 PM >> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Need some help on a Sony KV-32XBR400 >> >> >> >>>Ok, 4 means Vert failure, 7 means.....what? >>>My experience has been the vert failure can actually show you the >>>Horiz/IHVT >>>is the problem since it supplies the power to the Vert ciruit. >>> >>>And 7 means the Horiz Deflection has stopped...... >>>Don't look for shorted Horiz parts, look for something that will stop the >>>Horiz signal from being created. >>>Video Jungle, 9 V supply, Horiz osc, bad connects from jungle to the H >>>driver..... >>> >>>Damon B >>>Telrad Electronics >>>Fort Wayne IN >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Tel-Tek Electronics" <teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 12:20 PM >>>Subject: [TechAssist] Need some help on a Sony KV-32XBR400 >>> >>> >>> >>>>This thing has more parts to what I'm used to. >>>>Customer said the set would sometimes not start up, so he left it on >>>>24/7 >>> >>>and worked fine. About 2 month ago, when he was in, I told him "with >>>price >>>of electricity" may be cheaper to have it fixed in the long run. Not sure >>>about that now.;-) >>> >>>> Problem with the "flashing" fault indicator, sometimes it will flah >>>>in >>> >>>series of 7, and if I turn it off, and back on, will flash series of 4. >>>According to Bob Waterman and others, this "flashing" is not always a >>>true >>>indicatior. >>> >>>>When I power up, set makes a rattling sound, but I believe this is a >>> >>>modification on the degausing coil. Not concerned about that. >>> >>>>I hear a relay click on, then off. After about 5 seconds, I hear another >>> >>>Relay click, then standby light will flash either 4 or 7 times. >>> >>>>Sorry...not much to go on, H/O transistor is not shorted, so if anyone >>>>has >>> >>>any tips for caps in Regulator, or other fixes along this line would be >>>appreciated. >>> >>>>I have the manual,but apparently not the experience on this one. Plus >>>>I'm >>> >>>working at Floor Level, which doesn't make it any easier. Thing weighs a >>>ton, and have had no help getting it up on the bench. Some of you older >>>techs can probably relate to this.....Have you ever noticed all our >>>"circle" >>>of friends seem to have Heart or Back trouble. They can lift that cup of >>>coffee, but anything over 20 pounds creates problems.;-) >>> >>>>Thanks; >>>> >>>>-Ed- >>>>Tel-Tek Electronics >>>>Ontario-Canada >>>> >>>>teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>>--- >>> >>>>This Email List is accessible to the general public through search >>> >>>engines. 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