I have seen that happen on 175/176/177 chassis when the mute transistor was disabled, and the unit was turned on at high volume{ ie} older customers that do not hear so good, but have not had a 197 with that problem yet. You may want to check out the mute circuits. Phillip R. Hull STET phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spacenut" <spacenut@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Tech Assist" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 8:31 PM Subject: [TechAssist] RCA CTC 197CL Blows Speakers ! > > Make: RCA > Model: G32695LV > Chassis: CTC197CL > > Problem: Blows Speakers. > > Hi Everyone; > > The above unit is a monster floor model that I repaired about 8 months ago > for no audio. What I found was that both speakers were open. replaced > speakers set worked fine till last week when customer said they heard a pop > & no sound. speakers are open again. have chassis on bench & audio on test > speakers is perfect no for the last week. I know if I replace speakers & put > back in service for customer it will come back to haunt me. Has anyone seen > this before in this chassis ? any help would be appreciated. > > Thank You, > > John Mikowich > East Side Tv. > > ------------------------------------------ > Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html > ------------------------------------------ > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------ Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html ------------------------------------------ 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