Now see....I did not know that. Good stuff Gary. Helpful to know. -Ed- Tel-Tek Electronics Ontario-Canada "If Apple and Microsoft can talk...why can't the rest of the World?" teltek2@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 4:48 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Repair Tip for JVC Stereo Receiver model RX-517VTN > > This may be common knowlege amongst techs who see a lot of these amps > but thought I'd mention it for those like me who didn't know about it. > > After replacing the output amp transistors for one channel, this JVC > Stereo Receiver model RX-517VTN still had no audio output, although the > output transistors had +49V and -49V on their respective collectors. > After spending time checking diodes and transistors around the whole > chassis, as well as soldering a number of connections, I decided to go > online and check for tips. One of the data bases I subscribed to had a > listing for a different JVC model, stating that there is a ground plane > on the center of the board that normally makes contact with the chassis > case when the bottom plate is screwed on and if the bottom plate is not > screwed on, there will be no output. Sure enough, I took a jumper wire > from this ground plane and jumped it to the case and the amplifer was > now working fine. > -- > > > > > Gary McCartney > > McCartney Electronics > 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7 > Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4 > Fax: (519)821-1530 > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > ------------------------------------------ > 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