All grounds resoldered, how about the bad joints on the parts? Did you resolder any parts? also check the jumpers for the voltage to the tuner. I am at home now don't have scat here. Al Marquardt ampm@xxxxxxx Al Marquardt Electronic Repair 206 W Main Girardville Pa. 17935 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter oliver" <oliver_peter1@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 5:15 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Proscan PS32108 CTC187CM Tuner Input preamp out? > Proscan > PS32108 > CTC187CM > > Customer rode tuner to oblivion. Resoldered all > grounds but minimal signal. A picture can be obtained if an input is > injected on the outboard side (side closest to rear) of L7109 > strong local stations pasable weaker stations magrginal set is in cable mode > at the moment didn't try to reprogram for UHF yet. Don't have the schematic > for this particular set. I have a scheamtic for a CTC177AA3 Which has a > number of simmilarities, any one know what the diffreces are? Using the > CTC177 tuner schematic would sugest that Q7102 (a dual gate surface mount > FET) may have been compromised since on that schematic that is the output > from that gain circuit. Does any one think that this may be the case or > could I Still have a damaged U1001 or EEprom affecting the AGC? > > Peter Oliver > Tucson Radio TV > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cell phone 'switch' rules are taking effect - find out more here. > http://special.msn.com/msnbc/consumeradvocate.armx > > **************************************************************************** * > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > ***************************************************************************** Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/