Tks for reply Ed;No these are not digital.Used my curve tracer & they are definately bipolar transistors hooked back to back.I remember seeing similiar ones in older amps but they had a common base & only 5 pins.These look like a small 6 pin IC.....Don..... HARTS-TVCR''ASC'' 9 Robert St.,Oromocto,NewBrunswick,Can E2V 3N2 Tel#506-357-9785,Fax#506-357-6010 hartstv@xxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Gaidies" <teltek2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "TechAssist" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 5:55 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Optimus-STA2160 or RadioSahck 31-3004-Amp-Partsid > > Don; > These may be "digital" transistors. > BTW..."trying Radio Shack" is like trying to get info out of Citizen. Forget > it. > These guys run their own Service and will not share info an anything. > Even our local Radio Shack sends their customers to me before sending them > to Radio Shack Service. The are expensive, and estimate charges are out of > this world, when you refuse estimates. Forget about it...;-) > > -Ed- > > Don Hartigan The above is the reply to your message dated 9/22/02 4:44 > PM > > > Unit was in ''Protect'' mode.Found finals shorted.Iam using 100 ohms resistors > > across the E/B before I hook up the new o/p's,A1491&C3855's.All other > > transistors in preamp ok.All voltages ok.The only way I can get it to go out > > of Protect is to remove Q602L &Q602R.These are marked K332,it's a 6 pin,what > > looks like an IC.It ckecks like a dual transistor,EBC-EBC.The K332 is also > > marked on the PCB under the component.They are both leaky.Is there a sub for > > these or are they available.Tryed Radio Shack,no go.....TIA...Don.. > > HARTS-TVCR''ASC'' > > 9 Robert St.,Oromocto,NewBrunswick,Can > > E2V 3N2 > > Tel#506-357-9785,Fax#506-357-6010 > > hartstv@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > > ------------------------------------------ > > ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** > > Submit Repair Tips here: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > > ------------------------------------------ > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > ------------------------------------------ > ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** > Submit Repair Tips here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html ------------------------------------------ ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/