Good you gotit now take the rest of the day off..Eric Eric E M Electronics Deer Lake Nfld Canada tvman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phil Bader wrote: > Second issue, snowey picture cured with an internal resolder of the RF > block's board on rear. > Phil Bader > > Philip Bader > Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976) > 3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880 > Fax (863) 299-8821 > email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Phil Bader wrote: > > >>BINGO! >>It was, indeed C581: 33ufd@160 Volts. located on that upright PC board >>in front of the flyback. Thanks so much. >>Now, an existing problem the customer was living with before this failure: >>Slightly snowey,grainey picture. Like a bad balun. Worked OK thru the >>A/V inputs with a VCR customer said. I see an RF block on rear that >>splits the incoming RF cable to two internal tuners. Main and PIP. My >>bet is either the RF block is bad or one of the tuners. >>Phil Bader >> >>Philip Bader >>Jan Phyl TV Inc. (estab. 1976) >>3420 Recker Hwy. Winter Haven, Fl. 33880 >>Fax (863) 299-8821 >>email: tjanphyl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> >> >>Eric Manuel wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>Try this Phil >>> PT-61G54A, AP815 vert jitter then picture jumps to a bigger >>>size. C581 shorted on stand up PCB in front of flyback. >>> >>> >>> Eric >>>E M Electronics >>>Deer Lake Nfld >>>Canada >>>tvman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>>Phil Bader wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>The picture seems too large, especially vertically, sometimes bounces >>>>like a vertical jitter,then doesn't. Also a bit dark. I did find another >>>>tech's email ref to this symptom,he mentioned replacing IC451, and asked >>>>for a diode parts ID for D582 (tritronics answered: AU02, D582, Diode, >>>>$0.70, in stk) but no other follow up as to the fix. >>>>Phil Bader >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm >>>Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >>>Appliance Repair List: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/chatjoin.htm#app >>>Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm >>Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >>Appliance Repair List: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/chatjoin.htm#app >>Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >> >> >> >> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Appliance Repair List: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/chatjoin.htm#app > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Appliance Repair List: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/chatjoin.htm#app Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/