[TechAssist] Re: RCA HDTV Model D52W20\ITC222 Chassis.
- From: Jim Myers <jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 15:52:25 -0500
Have you called the tech line to see what they suggest should be done?
I'd do that and then do SOMETHING to bill them for a repair. It hurts
too much to let one go with no pay. By the way, they DO pay for NPRB now.
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Since 1972 *
Jim Myers *
Telrad Electronics *
Fort Wayne Indiana *
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Electric Medic wrote:
> Jason: Yeah I did that on one of them, Someone brought me that tip from
> somewhere and I am playing the sets. I don't know if this is a fix because I
> never saw it shutdown in the first place. I think I am going to send them
> back home. Manufacturer warranty doesn't pay enough to baby-sit these sets
> forever, I am already losing money and haven't even fixed them yet. Paying
> two men to pickup and deliver these sets and not see a problem is ridicules
> especially under warranty. Who knows if this shutdown ever happened? Lets
> see, RCA made a profit, the selling dealer made a profit and poor mom and
> pop repair shop loses money trying to find spit in the ocean. Something is
> not right here. RCA can replace the sets if the customers still has
> problems. Lynn are you listening???
>
> Perry Bower
> Electric Medic
> "It's Cheaper to Keep Her"
> http://www.electricmedic.com
> 3850 Washington Road Suite 4C
> Martinez, Georgia 30907
> Phone: 706-8MEDIC4 (863-3424)
> Phone: 706-863-3474
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>
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> [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Moutons Electronics
> L.L.C.
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 3:46 PM
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> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA HDTV Model D52W20\ITC222 Chassis.
>
>
> Just a thought but there is a line filter molded into the a/c plug and I
> think it is the same plug they use in the atc221 chassis. There is a
> bulletin on the act221 that says the filter can cause intermittant shutdowns
> or dead set. Even though the problem was suppose to be corrected in this
> chassis and the bulletin is not listed for this chassis it is cheap to
> replace.
>
> Jason
> Moutons Electronics
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Myers" <jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 2:19 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA HDTV Model D52W20\ITC222 Chassis.
>
>
>
>>Right you are Perry, but if you must take a WAG I'd go for a high
>>failure part like the splitter. At least we know it CAN cause the set to
>>shut off and come back on. Of course a loose AC socket in the house
>>could do the same. This one did make a loud snap when it shut off, maybe
>>you should question the owner if anything like that was heard at the time.
>>
>>
>>********************************
>>Since 1972 *
>>Jim Myers *
>>Telrad Electronics *
>>Fort Wayne Indiana *
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>>
>>Electric Medic wrote:
>>
>>>Jim: I like the applesauce jar test. That is much cheaper than the
>>>splitter.
>>>I wonder if it could be a permanent fix. I would love to use it on the
>>>169's, those splitters are $65 now, the good ones at least. I would have
>>>to
>>>use a mason though, we don't have applesauce. I don't know if my problem
>>>is
>>>the splitter unless it can be this intermittent, I mean I have not even
>>>seen
>>>the sets shutdown. The bad thing about replacing anything on this set,
>>>especially a expensive SSB board is that I will never know if it is
>>>fixed,
>>>since I have never seen them shutoff. What a mess? I would be better off
>>>playing Eeny Meeny Miney Moe.
>>>
>>>Perry Bower
>>>Electric Medic
>>>"It's Cheaper to Keep Her"
>>>http://www.electricmedic.com
>>>3850 Washington Road Suite 4C
>>>Martinez, Georgia 30907
>>>Phone: 706-8MEDIC4 (863-3424)
>>>Phone: 706-863-3474
>>>Fax: 706-863-2316
>>>mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>[mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim Myers
>>>Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 11:56 AM
>>>To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA HDTV Model D52W20\ITC222 Chassis.
>>>
>>>
>>>I just finished installing a new HV splitter in one, D52W19BYX2 ITC222,
>>>for a constant shut off and back on problem. It would sometimes stay on
>>>long enough to get a raster but most times it would go off before or as
>>>soon as the raster started to show. Simple method to verify the splitter
>>>to be the cause in this case since the problem was constant was to pull
>>>the 4 HV wires from it, connect them all together, shove them into an
>>>applesauce jar, empty of course, and set works fine. Find a way to mount
>>>the applesauce jar or get a new splitter, P/N 263032. :-)
>>>
>>> *****DON'T try this at home kids!*****
>>>
>>>
>>>********************************
>>>Since 1972 *
>>>Jim Myers *
>>>Telrad Electronics *
>>>Fort Wayne Indiana *
>>>********************************
>>>
>>>
>>>Electric Medic wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>OK, Has anybody had a complaint of these D52W20\ITC222 that will
>>>>intermittently shutdown and sometimes come back on by itself. I have two
>>>
>>>in
>>>
>>>
>>>>the shop now, same models, two different customers, (of course both under
>>>>warranty) that the customers say will shutdown and one of them the
>>>
>>>customer
>>>
>>>
>>>>says will come back on. I looked in the menu and auto on is on, maybe
>>>>that
>>>>is why it comes back on. However, I have played them both for days, they
>>>>never shutdown. I figure if I have two at the same time, someone must of
>>>>seen this before. I hate to order boards to try, the ssb board is $287,
>>>
>>>and
>>>
>>>
>>>>if I need two that adds up, even if RCA will pay me back. Heck it could
>>>>be
>>>>any board, right? Suggestions?
>>>>
>>>>Perry Bower
>>>>Electric Medic
>>>>"It's Cheaper to Keep Her"
>>>>http://www.electricmedic.com
>>>>3850 Washington Road Suite 4C
>>>>Martinez, Georgia 30907
>>>>Phone: 706-8MEDIC4 (863-3424)
>>>>Phone: 706-863-3474
>>>>Fax: 706-863-2316
>>>>mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>>
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