Peter, I had a 32 inch Sharp a couple months ago that was giving pie crusting when on for a few minutes. It turned out to be the horiz. driver transistor. It used a 2SC2482. Hope this might help. Daryl Daryl's TV 3310 Dyer St. El Paso, TX 79930 915-565-9184 915-564-1024 Fax http://dynacomp.freeyellow.com -----Original Message----- From: Peter oliver <oliver_peter1@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Monday, January 06, 2003 1:01 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Sharp 32RS400 Horzintal Freq -Hash > > > > > >A schematic for Sharp 32R-S400 (Chassis 32NS350) Sams 4542 ( an OEM or >efact would work) would be helpful. {can send another email address to >handle large files 10mb + this hotmail account limited to ~1mb} >Set had broken RF connector Customer indicated before rf broken had horz >hash problem. Customer abandond TV, Shop set now so Fixed the connector >looks like horz sink problem but also looks alot like Arcing in the focus >block or a bad signal path adjusting the horz phase in the menu helps a >little but top is diffent phase from the bottom (also looks like Zenith when >C2212 fails but worse), loosened yoke to take a look did not see or smell >anything, looked under FBT saw nothing. Touched up any connections didn't >help. You can see the OSD with some horzontal tearing/spikes in it but the >main picture is out of phase in tuner or video input mode. The PIP >connections on the main board had a filmy flux residue on them so It could >have been reworked. Is there a PIP bypass procedure for this set? > >I've done more testing there is a pervasive amount of chop (somewhat >sawtooth signal with downward spikes) on pin 2 of pip, on the jungle IC on >the tuner data line. The cathode signals are a mess the to is essentialy cut >off with the rest of the signal extending downward looking more like a >curtin fluttering. The video signals on the board look realitivly clean, The >swithing power supply is based on STR-F6626 which we all know and 'love' >from JVC, Daewoo, ..... output on the secondary after the diode is a little >noisy. It could be an internal arc in the FBT from the way it acts but that >is difficlut to isolate since it requires full power (the fbt is a F0035ME). >Adjusting the Horzontal phase in the menu does a little but the to is very >scewed and the bottom is out. >My present suspects are Jungle IC, FBT, or a small part? > >Peter Oliver >Tucson Radio TV > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >The new MSN 8 is here: Try it free* for 2 months >http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup > >------------------------------------------ >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