There are also some internet tech sites in Europe which will offer assistance to the brands you work on there. Here are a couple links. There might be more sites than this too. http://www.euras.com/ http://www.branchtv.freeserve.co.uk/ Gary McCartney McCartney Electronics 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7 Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4 Fax: (519)821-1530 email: number63 (at) inetsonic.com Stefaan Van Slycken wrote: > > hi techs... > some might notice i only posted a few questions and very little help to other > techs... i'm a starter too (like babalino, whose posts cause me to post this, > so nobody thinks i'm just a lurker hoping for help without doing anything > myself). I'm a graduate in electronics, and did three months of learning at > the local thomson repair center, where i learned a lot more than in school... > So far, i only have experience on the thomson/telefunken/saba/nordmende sets > (which are all the same brand actually), unfortunately these are not sold > under that name in the states... and i can't see any similarities in RCA > chassis numbers, so i guess these are different from the european ones...but > if i can be of any assistance, i'll try my best. > * One question though: can a tv be repaired without a schematic? I'm used to > working with all the right technical documentation, but sometimes i get these > cheapo tv's and i wonder if they're even worth looking at. If you *can* get > a schem, it's at least â?¬25, and then you haven't even spent time looking > for the error, so repair costs will be way too high for the customer. Do you > guys use schematics for every repair? Are there any "tricks" to try? > > kind regards > Stefaan Van Slycken > Van Slycken Elektro > Belgium > ------------------------------------------ > 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 > ------------------------------------------ > ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** > Submit Repair Tips here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ -- Gary McCartney McCartney Electronics 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7 Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4 Fax: (519)821-1530 email: number63 (at) inetsonic.com ------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------ ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/