Thanks for the tip William, I will look into the possibility that the preamp circuit is not working and also confirm DC supply voltages before posting a followup. In the meantime my request for a service manual is still out there. David Lessard mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx Alexandria, Ontario, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: William E Miller <prototech@xxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 6:11 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Technics - Integrated Amplifier - SU-V98 - PowersUp - No Output > Gary's tip is probably dead on. It's probably the IC, and of course lots = > of > soldering, including the input RCA jacks / grounds. > > The output IC can indeed be shorted without blowing the fuse. The short > doesn't have to be across the supply line(s), after all. > > You can check for DC supply levels on the output lines of the IC. Follow = > the > leads that go to the output relay or the big air-core coils / inductors. > > Sometimes an output IC will have a fusible resistor feeding the supply to= > the > preamp. If present, that resistor may be out even if the main supplies ar= > e > okay. > > > David, found this: > > = > > > TECHNICS SUV98KM1 no power or output replace shorted ic501 = > > > svi3206d power amp, r701 47/1/2w, resolder jack packs > > Gary McCartney > > > > Hello All, > > > This unit turns "on", display is present and I can select different i= > nputs > yet there is no output. Main output IC is one of those SVI-3205 (replaced= > by > SVI-3206), I've worked on a couple of these in the past, one where the ou= > tputs > were blown (this caused main fuse to blow), the other unit required exten= > sive > resoldering. In this case I don't hear the speaker relay engaging, this s= > hould > occur a few seconds after power "on". I've resoldered all questionable ri= > ng > cracks in and around power resistors, diodes, etc. and still the relay do= > esn't > engage. I could use a service manual to further debug this problem, unles= > s of > course one of you have experienced this same problem, please do tell. > > > > William E. Miller, ASEET > prototech@xxxxxxx > Indiana USA > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/