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andby S
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Q805 ( BC548B ) i sa tO Va nd t he
t
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he o
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ary? When t he s e
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andby m ode Q 807 i sswitched m
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c
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i
e s aw ide r a nge o fc on ten t, some b
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h
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k
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ter- i
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s t echn ica l
n
ew t echno logy a nd t e
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sts ofe nginee r s expe r
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w
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The j ou rna l a lso r e po r
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ions a nd n et
- c
omm is sion ing as ub scr ibe rc on -
e
ven ts a nd p rov ide s i nfo rma tion works ofa l
l s i
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ection t o aCATV n etwo rk t o
o
nc om ing e ven t s a nd t he move - i
nt he huge ly s ucce ssful I BC, t
hose w ho p lan a nd o pe ra te v as t
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ted in g
loba l n e two rk so fs ubma rine a nd
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hese page s. Q ua rterly lectur e l
and-bor ne s ystem s.
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s meet
ing s a re held a tt h
e I EE i n Cab le t elecommun ica t ion s h as,
c
our se so nt elecommun ica tion s L
ondon , o n t heT hame s a
sw ith a l b ranche so fe lec tron ic s, Dece mber 2004
p
rovide t heb asic k now ledge Embankmen t, a nd t he s
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over oft he CTE
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ology o ve rt he pa st6 0y ea rs. magazine t hat
L
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c
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r
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lp . T hink o f a7 0cm d i
sh, a nd t
hen t i
p thec oi
l s f rom s i
de t os ide t o
i
mag ine h ow i tw ould c atch t he wind o n a e
nsu re t hatt he m ix tu re sp r
ead s w ell into
r
oo f
top i n ag ale. As t
rong m an w ouldn't t
he w ind ing s
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b
e a ble t oh old i t
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wo.
c
on side rf ixing ad ish o ft hat size att he I
've d one t h
i sq uite af ew t ime so ver
t
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eat!
mast? A nd t hat'sa lum in ium m as
t w i
th a ChrisP laice,
t
h
in t ube w a
ll, n ots team p ip e! O fc ourse Swan sea .
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l/d
ish i
n
sta
lla
tions y
ou w ouldn 't. Ye tt his i st he s or
to ft h
ing
T
he J anua ry gales damaged al o
t o ta eri- t
hatc owboy r igge rsd oo n ar egula rb asis
. L
arge -s creen T V
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l
sa nd d i
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ho to s 2a nd 3s how s ome e xamp le s
. F
o r an umbe ro fy ea r s Iw atched a2 8in .
o
ft he mon th ,o urscrapheap w asq uite S
ome time s Id espa iro fm y t rade. P
hilip s Ma tch line TV s et
, and s ub se-
l
a
rge. Y ea rs ago the s
crapheap w as p re
- B
ill W righ t
, q
uen tly aD ual 2 8in . N icam s e
t. B ecau se
d
om inan tly black ord ark grey b ut, R
o the rham . my e ye sight i sd i
sto rted, iti sn ow as t
rain
r
ecently, I 've noticed tha
ti th as b een g et
- t
ow atch as cre en o ft his size
. S ee ing i n
t
i
ng mo r e a nd m oreshiny —s ee P hoto I . No isy s can c oils t
he CPC m aga zine t ha
tp ro
jec tor s a r
e
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he c au se i sq u
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: p oo ri nstalla- AP h
ilip s TV Mode l 2 5PT4456 c ame i n afordab le, Id ecided t hatt h
is w ou ld be
t
i
on. A erialsu sed tof a
ll down w hen t hey r
ecen tly b ecau se o f av e ry l oud r a
ttle that t
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lu tion t oo btain ing av ery l a
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ure
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f
a
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t t
hat i t
se lde r
ly o wne rt h ough tt he setw as p
roblem o f al arge - sc reen sett a
king u pa
o
fa erialsa nd dishesf a
ll down b ecau se a
bou tt oe xplode ! T he c ure i ss imple, and l
o
to fr oom a nd b eing c umbe rsome . So,
t
hey w e ren 'tp u
tu pprope r
ly i nt he f i
rst d
oe sn't i nvolve t hec osto fo btaining a nd i
nS ep tembe r2 003 , Ib ought aS anyo
p
lace. B adly r i
gged ins
tallat
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i
tt
ing an ew y oke . PLC -S W20A p rojec tor, and h ave b een
b
et hef i
r stt ocome d own w hen t here's a T
he f ol
low ing t ip w ill cu re mo s
t n oi
sy v
ery p l
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g
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, a nd t hei
rl i
f eexpectancy m igh t w el
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btained f orh er aS anyo P LC -S W30
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is m ode l had
d
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nt he i n
side p lastic s urf ace u sing t het i
p s
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o
ft h
ej ob h ave become mo red emand ing o
f as o
lde ring i ron —m ake s u
r e you a void b
ack i nJ anua ry 2 004 . T his w asf ine fora
t
e
chn ica lly s ome i n
sta
llers h ave f orgo t
ten t
he w ire s
. M ix al i
ttle f ibreg lass r e
sin f
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, u sing aVHS N icam VCR a s
t
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ial ri
gging . E ven t he w
ith h ardene r
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he re ceive r
. T he p rojec tori sa to ne s i
de
s
imple u seo f ali
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l Wright '
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isingly l
arge amount ofshiny n
e w metal
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centre
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led l
ast
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l, th
is mast had s uf
fered a t
ry
ing winter
. P hoto 3 (r
ight
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lled j
ust s
even months ago, t
his was a
n accident waiting t
o
happen. Ap athetic at
te mpt had been made t o support the d
ish with g
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lar
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and that t
he three aeria
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ounda rie so ccu rv ery r a
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h
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ta bou t 4MHz , c uto fb y as imp le s ub-
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h
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ia t
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g
auze , a nd mo r em igh tb eo n t he P CBs . L
ik e m any r eaders Io ften h ave t os earch t
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llusioned m ea bou t UM 'fort hec o-
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a
lte ring" w hile h ew as w riting h is lette r
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hanne l prob lem . A
lthough I '
ve n ot w o rked i nt he
But af raction o f as econd g ap t hat And,o fc ou r se, w hat a bou tt he m il- r
adio /TV f i
eld , b eing b a sica lly a ne lec -
d
es troy st hel eading e dge o fa no rche st ral l
i
on so fd ea fp eop le w ho d epend o n sub- t
ron ic se ng inee r, Io cca siona lly b uy a
c
l
imax d est roy st he w ho le w ork . O ne t
i
t
le s? D U t ext i sa tp resen t usele ss. Y ou c
opy o fT elev i sion w hen s ome thing c atch -
m
igh ta sw ell g ot hrough t he s co red ele t- c
an reco rd t hes ubtitlesf rom t heb ox o n e
sm ye ye, s uch a st he a rtic le a bou tt he
i
ngn ote sa tr andom . I t
' s w o rse t han a a
no rdina ry VCR o fc ou rse, buty ou c an '
t AVO 8 . When If irs
te n
te red t hee lectron -
mob ile p hone g oing o fa t ac once r
t. T he t
hen w atch w ithou tt hem . Ic an'tu nder- i
cs i n du stry, i n1 952 , t he AVO 7s ett he
p
op s, s wishe sa nd t i
ck so fL Pr eco rds a r
e s
tand w hy t h e RN ID t e
llsp eople t hat s
tanda rd f ort e
stm ete rs
. I th ad as e nsitivi-
u
nbea rab le i nt h
i s CD a ge . I 'm n otp ay - t
here's nothing a vailab le t or e
co rd 8 88 t
yo f I I
cQN . T hen t he AVO 8c am e
i
ngt og ett hem b a ck. DAB i sj u sta sb ad: a
nalogue s ubtitle s. H ard d isk s and DVDR a
long ,o f
e r
ing am uch i mp roved s en sitiv-
Rad io 4i n mono a t4 8kb its/ se c! 1 ,
500m s
hould b ut, s adly , d on't
. S -VHS d oes i
t
yo f2 016 2N .
LW n eithe rs ound s s or o ugh n o rs t
op s, h
oweve ra nd , i fy ou c hoo se you rt ape I
na bou t 1 959 , w hile t e ach ing r ada r
s
tarts ,c ough s a nd s pitsa sy ou w alk c
areful
ly ,e ven S -VHS -ET c an
. e
tc. a t RAF L ock ing , o ne o fm y t ra
inee s
r
ound t he r oom . Forg oodne ss s ake l e
t's, fort h
e f utur e
, was s ho rto fc a sh. H e s old m e h i
s AVO
My e xpe rience so ft heo the rD 'IT a
bandon t oas tra ckso nc h
imney s a nd Mu ltim ino rf or£ 5, as ub stan t
ia l s um i n
f
aul tst al
ly w ith t hose p rev iou sly t
ransmi ssion t owe r s (and t h
e Mega W at
ts t
ho se d ay s. Is t
ill u s e it:o nly y e s
te rday I
d
e sc ribed b yo the rs, w ith o ne o the rp rob - t
hey s wallow ). C ome o n, O fcom . h
ad i to utt oc heck af use.
l
em t hat'sc au sed b y l o ng -d istance r eflec - Analogue s hou ld c ontinue u nt
il mo s
to f I
n 1 96 1 Ih elped s e
t u p as ection a t
t
ion s,o utside t he p erm i t
ted D U t ime t
he set
s h ave d i ed.T he BBC , 3, 4a nd 5 RAF L ocking t ot ea ch f a ult-find ing a sa
w
indow . M ine s eem t oc ome f rom a ir- a
nd t e
rrestrial c omme rcial r ad
io m ustb e s
e pa rate s ub jec t, r a
the rt h an b eing i nclud -
c
raf tl and ing a nd t aking o fa tS t an s
tead , f
ree now v ias atell
i te. B y a l m ean s l e
t e
d i nt he m ain c ou rse s a sa nd w hen p o s-
i
nl ine w ith a nd o nt he o the rs ide o ft he t
heb roadca ste rsc harge f o rc a
rd s f ort he s
ible . We s etu p as mall p roduc tion l ine t o
S
udbu ry t ran sm itte r
. I n c
iden tally o n a na- r
est
, but w e
've p aid f ort h e BBC w ith o ur p
roduce b asic r adio s et
s a nd r a darc ha s-
l
ogue 5( t
ran sm is s
ion d irec ted i n
land , l
i
cence s, and a bou tt wice t ha
ta gain a tt he s
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t
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t) t h
er eflec tion s resu lt s
up erma rketc he ckou ts fo rc omme r c
ial o
fw h
ich w er ed o c
to r ed t op roduce f aul t
s.
i
n ap er fectd up lica te g ho stt hatt r
ave ls r
adio, 3, 4a nd 5a nd p ossib ly s ome m ore I
na ddi tion w ec ollec ted am ixed r ange o f
a
cro ss a nd d own t hed ir ectp ictu r e ast he o
fI TV 'so fe ring s
. T he o n ly losersw i
ll a
ctua l RAF g ea rw i
th f au lts, s ot hat
p
lane move s. b
et he li
ttle p ocke t TV s —a nd TV w ith a
pp ren tice sc ou ld g et s ome e xpo su ret o
Im u sth ave t ried n ea rly e ve ry ' r
ecom - mobiles i sh ere a lready . t
he ' r
ea l't hing .
mended -be st'b ox f orDU . S ome a reb e
t- D
ick O live r
, One o ft h ese w as am ain s-d riven E l-IT
t
ert han o the rs
. A nd I '
ve s pen tg ood Colcheste r
, E s sex. p
owe rs upp ly, t hough w e n eve ra c
tua lly
money w ith r e pu tab le a e r
ia lc on tra c
to r s p
owe r ed i t
.A ll f a ul
t -find ing w a sd one b y
(
I
'm t ooo ldf orr oo f-climb ing n ow )
. AVO me
ters n
o se ,e ye a nd AVO 8( or
, l ess a ccep tab le,
H
ighe rt ran sm itte rp owe rs w ill h elp, a nd Eugene T rundle' s art
icle o n t he AVO 8 aGEC S e
lec te st). O ne a pp r en t
ice t ack led
1
6QAM i nst ead o f6 4 s hou ld b ee nfor ced (
Februa ry ) m ade i nteres t
ing r eading . In t
h
i s p owe rs upp ly a nd , h av ing f ound
b
yO fcom . B utn oth ing c an m ake as i
lk my o p
inion t he AVO 8i st he R oll
s -Royce n
oth ing a mi ssb y n o se a nd e ye , s t
arted t o
p
u rse o uto f as ow 'se ar —a nd i t
's ap ig's o
fa nalogue m ete rs
, h aving s urvived s o u
se t he AVO 8o n i t
sr esi stance s ide.
e
art hati sb eing f or ced o n u s. T he f act i s l
ong inv ariou s v er
sion s. Ib ough tm y S
udden ly h e y e lp ed, s aying h e h ad
t
hatt he s ystem i sd ef ec t
ive . AVO 8Mk 2s econd -hand i n1 977 , a nd it r
ece ived as ho ck. H ec ou ldn 'ts ay w hy ,
I
'm n ot ad igital r efusen ick : Ih ave wast wen ty y earso ldt h en! I tiss t
ill gi v
- a
nd t hee xp lana tion p rov ided ag ood
a
lway s l oved g ood CD s, N icam i ss up erb, i
ng m ee xcellent s ervice t oday, a l
ong s
ide p
ra ctica l l e
s son . H e w as p uzz led b ecau se
a
nd Ij u stl ose m yse lf i nt he r eal ity o fa my mo re moder n DMM . F orc ertain t
he m ete ru sed l ow -vo ltage b atte r
ie s
. B u
t
g
ood DVD f i
lm . S ome thing l ike g ood a
pplication s,e .g. check ing t ransi s
to r t
he t r
an sfo rme r's s econda ry w ind ing h ad
DVD i sw ha t UM 's hou ld p rov ide , n ota j
unctions,t he AVO 8g i ves mo re m ean- al arge n umbe ro ft urn s
, i .
e. ah igh i n duc -
r
eg re ssion t ob elow t h
e 3MHz v ideo o f i
ngful reading st han ad i gi
ta l m eter. t
ance . H e h ad b een r ubb ing t he AVO ' s
4
05 l i
ne s( 4.5 MHz e quiva len t w ith 6 25 Some y ears ago Iw o rked i nt he stan- p
rod sa bou to n t he t ran sfo rme r's d ir
ty t er
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i
ne s). B asica lly , i t
'sb road ca ste rg reed d
ards l aborato ry o f al arge f acto ry
, w here m
ina l s t og et ag ood c on tac t. T his m ean t
f
or mo r ec hanne ls a tt h ee xpen se o fq ua l- s
everal h und red AVO 7 sa nd 8 sw er e ca
li- t
hatt hey w er e m aking a nd b reak ing c on-
i
t
y( a nd c on ten t) a nd g ove rnmen tf oolish - b
rated a nd re paired. Ih ave s een c ases t
act/ cir cu i
tq uite r apid ly. T he r esu l
tw a s a
n
e ssi nb eliev ing " tha r
' s m oney i nt hem where an AVO h ad b een a cciden tally v
ery l arge b a ck -EMF , h ence t he s hock .
t
ha rc hanne l s" t hat'sd riv ing D TI ' —a nd d
ragged o ft he b ench o nt ot hef loo r
, the I
nt he m id -E igh tie s, i na dd ition t o
DAB . r
esultb eing ab roken o rc racked c ase o r p
rog ramm ing , s y stem sa na ly sis a nd g en -
Sow hy d i d Iw an tMT ? It hough t i t c
racked g las
s. I 've also s een p ointer s bent e
ral t roub le -shoo ting a nywhe re i nt he
m
igh ta void c o-channe l t roub le . Mo s
to f l
i
ke ad og 'sb ack l e go n t her a
reo cca sion c
ompany , Iw a s m ade r e spon sib le f ort he
t
het ime m y a nalogue TV a nd FM i sg ood when t h
e s afety c ut-ou tf a
iled t oo perate. LAN i nfras tr uc tu re, w hich e xtended o ver
t
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len t. B utt ho se i nland w ould b e I
n mo stc a
se s the AVO w ould b e r epaired s
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h
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nd p u
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ck i n
to s ervice , u n
like o ther s
tart ed a s ac urr en t
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s
S
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.E ven makeso fm etert ha
t w ou ld u sually b e g
radua lly a dap ted t oR S232 b ef oreb eing
p
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s s
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up erseded b y E the rnet. P a r
ticu larly d ur-
c
omp le tely r ep laced t he l oca l c hanne l '
beyond e conom ica l repa ir'w ou ld b e i
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. C
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xpectc ompu te rsig- I
nt he ar
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le t e
sting la
st
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if eren tb u
ild ings (yes,R S232 c ould n
a
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! When Ie xplained month ther e
sistori ns e
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where v is
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lex Dow , b
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1M .
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ladde rst rying tos orto u
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e ma re's Cowd enbeath, F
ife
. Assum ing tha
tt he trans
istorh as a
n
est.T hey wou ld see m et racking d own g
ain ofa pproxima tely 60, thetes
t
i
ndividua lq uad sa nd p a
irs w ith a n AVO 8 . L
i
ne c
ord
s c
urrentw il
l bea bout 3mA .
Younge rv is
ito rsw ould b es l
igh tly d i
s- Iw onde rh ow many r eade rs r emembe rt he
p
arag ing ; olde ro nes w ould c ommen tt hat l
i
ne c o rd fi
tted i n many r adio r eceive r
s in T
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s:
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hey h adn 'ts een a n AVO 8f ory ea rs— t
heF orties? I te nabled a 10V mode l t
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rb et
tert han t hose work w ith a2 30 /240V ma ins s upply,d issi
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) wou ld be more correct
ly
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- p
at
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eh eat s afely. d
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tant-cu r
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tR adio spa r
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ld s
ource atinputv o
ltagese xceeding
a
n aud io o scillatoro rs ome th ing s imilar
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,b utm ay b e 5V
. It
's n
ot a'shun t
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Ie ven tually s t
umb led o n an a nswe r— w
rong . O ne eng inee r Ik new r epaired a s
eem s t
oh ave been aneditorial sl
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t
hee lec tronic s from amus ica lC hristma s r
ad
io w ith an ew l i
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eo wner
Card
! Iwou ld c onnec tt he aud io o utputt o r
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the ru nfai
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t
he k nown c ab le end, then g ot ot he g
l
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. S he w ound t hel ead i n
to ac ir
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bvious reasons. U nfo
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st a
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rough t he p a
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eart her ad
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tt
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om t h
ec ard u n
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rm b ed tol i
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, w ho
Iheard t hejing le
. T he AVO 8w a st hen s
horten t hec o
rd ,w i
th d isastrou sr esults
. h
ad no idea w hatthe fus
s w a
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!
u
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gulato
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e
c
h
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self was a
tfaul
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ans-
m
entr es
toring normal r
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r
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lde r astrand
d
ers
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b
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p
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isto rh ad fai
led, so Idecided t o o
nce mo re a ble t ou s et he setp rope r
ly.
r
ep
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ectrolytic capa c
i- These setsa re n ow 1 5- 16 y earso ld. I
t
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rs int he p owe rs upply. Butthe s e
tj ust wonde rh ow m any o ft oday 's n ew sets will
t
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f
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at t he HT r ec
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one s hort-circui
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placemen tr e
stored P
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lips 3
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n
orma l ope rat
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g
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t m us
tb e atl ea
st 23 y earso l
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om s wi
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rcing no
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ly d efocused and d
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b
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arecommenda tion,t hep roblem h ad b een T
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w
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sis. waspoo rfi
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om c o
ld. Fo
rtunately
Iw as a ble t or epairt he s
etb y r
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lacing t
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tw as cold when Ical
led tosee it
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s
eve ral c apa citors int he powers upply. T he h
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round the s
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tending a t
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abi
lity
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f
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aul
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wanted an ew s e
tt uned i nurgently, he C406 and C407.
c
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lled Whar
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when h is S anyo s et n eeded at
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s
tandby p owe rs upply w aso pen-circuit. I f
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b
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! T
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termit
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p
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c
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,200pF .
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lidly bui
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5V )
, w hich a r
e al re
servoirc apaci
torso n
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xcellen tp i
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s. B u
tt hey s
u f
f e
rf rom t
he se
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rolytic capac
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t
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ELEV
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f
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o
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, w ith
r
eception f r
om F rance,t he Benelux countries
,G ermany a nd,just
,
Denma rk, i nB and I I and at UHF. W i
th t herapid move t oM T i n
Germany a nd t hec l
osureo ft h
ea nalogue t r
ansm it
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v
entional DX r e
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2— o nt h
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m
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2
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unam
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andu la G una sekera, al ong -standing r eade ra nd p ionee rs a
telli
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e
nthu s
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ti nS ri Lanka ,h a s s en
tm ea ne maild esc r
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S
a
teIl
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efectso ft he 3 0
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land o n
Boxing D ay. H eh ass een f looding b efor e, butn eve rt he seao ver-
f
l
ow ing. F ortuna tely h e live sj us
tf are nough i nland t ohave
e
scap ed. I'
ve a l
so h ad a ne mail from S am A rajeewa ,a nothe rold
f
r
iend , with w hom Iw orked a t TVS a nd Me ridian . H e had r e
tired
t
oS ri Lanka a nd built ah ou se ont h
e s ho r
eline .

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ecept
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Wh i
le re ading an ew spape ro n D ecemb er2 6h e n ot
iced t ha
t
t
wo n orma l
ly u ncove red r ock s abou t aq uartero f am ile o f
sho re
werec ove red. M inu tes l a
tert he rock sa nd ther e
ef, w h
ich h ad
n
eve rb een s een b efore, w e ree xpo sed. Al i
ttle l a
t ert he rock s were
c
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t reating t op erhaps
d
oub le the d epth oft h
e b ea ch. H av ing w atched aB BC d ocumen -
t
a
ry af ew y ear sb ack, S am r eal
ised t hatt h
isc ould b e at sunam i
.
T
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tria
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ll
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V Hea nd his w ife m ade aq uick d epa r
tur eb utt he s ear eturned a t
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reats peed: b y t h
et ime t hey r eached t he gate i tw asc r
ashing
r
ecept
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he t
suna m
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h
rough t he
i rn e
ighbou r's g arden. T hey r a
n w ith m any othe rs
a
long an ar
row r o
ad a nd m anaged t or ea ch hi gh g round . N extd ay
I
legal e
quipment? B
roadcast a
nd h
er eturned t odeb r
is a nd w reckage 4 f
td eep. H i s hou se, bui
l ton
s
ate
ll
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e ws
. F
r
ingevis
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r
ick p il
la r
s, w as safe b utm any o fh i
sr elat
ive s, neighbou rs and
f
r
iend s have d isappea red. S am m en t
ion st h
at l o
cal r adio sta
tions
Band Iaer
ials
. The wavefront t
i
l
t h
ad w a
rned a boutt i
dal w ave s
,t h ough mo stp eop le i gnored the
efec
t. R
oger B unney r
eports warnings.
One oft hee mai
l s included p ho tog raph st hat s how t het rue hor-
r
oro ft hed isaster.

S
ate
ll
ite s
i
ght
ing
s
Dur
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te D ecemb era nd e ar
ly J anuary t h
er ew as m uch r eporting
o
nt hea f
terma th oft het s
unam i. An umbe ro fb roadcas terse s
tab -
l
i
shed u plink s i
nt he area,t ime-sha r
ing t h
ef ac
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A
ll three m ajorU S netwo rks s en
t u n
itst oS riL anka, l i
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t
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lombo w asf i
rs
t
t
os etu p an ew so perat
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tr eports at1 •484GHz V
(
SR 5 , 632, F EC 3 /4)
. Af ew d ays la
t er NBC a ppeared a sS r
i
L
anka 1a t1 .578GHz V ( 3,199 , 7/8)and CBS N ew sG alle
a
pp ear ed at1 .598GH z V( 5,632 , 3/4
). The se w ere a
l 5 25 -
line
NTSC t ransm issions. Fo rse veral nights vet
e ran broad casterD an
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the rp resented l i
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rt he CBS N ew
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lle b utused af l
yaway
New slink t e
rm inal, tr
ansm itting at1 -537GHz V ( 3,
199 , 3/4
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cluding
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h
ou rs GMT . T he se t ran sm i ssion s w er e a l a t1 •525GHz V ( 5
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3
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3
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td im sa nd t heo the ro ne s i nt heg roup a re then b righ ter. S ES
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eve rthe le ssa ble t om ainta in h isv olun ta ry w ork a tC hiche st er A
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es atelli
te sa tt h
iso rbital p osition a rea l
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ro l,b uto ne c an'th elp w onde ring a bou t 1 B
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r e
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t An i n
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teme t s i
tea f
te rt he
a
ren ott hes ame a sG lob eCa stv iaA tlan tic B i rd I . P
en tagon h ad a gr eed t ot h
e u seo ft he 3 90MHz s pec trum f o rr ad
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itary
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nd 1 2
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ase ( at ar ange o fp ossibly u pt ot en m ile s)c ould s uf erf rom
a
t1 0•967GHz V ( 4
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. i
n
te rf erence a nd i nco rr
ec to peration . T he UK S cann ing D i rectory
J
o rdan i su ncom fo rtab ly w edged b etween I srael t ot hew esta nd r
evea lst ha
tt hisf requency i sa lo ca ted t om i
l i
ta ry u se i nt he UK ,
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ia , I raq a nd S aud i A rab ia a long i tso the rb orde rs. T he p r eviou s b
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la tive p ea ce i nt h
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te rview w ith t hep resen tK ing f oro ve r9 0m inu te s a ft er
1
800 GMT .T hisw asc arried b y E utel sat WI ( 10°E ) a t1 .08 1GHz B
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rance :T he E RP so fa l t he m ain TDF a nalogue t r
an sm i t
te rs in
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an sm itte rsa re
p
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ve f r
om l
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gh tn ing s tr
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w
ith S ky N ew s. w
ith l oca l n ew s a tr egulari n
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tero nt he 1 8/19 th . T hi s
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ou th K orea : S am sung h asd eve loped an ew d i g
ital TV r eceive r
(
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a rt
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hip,t ype S 5H 1406 ,t hatc an d if er en t
ia te b etween t h
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F
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t
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t1 9.2 °E ,t a ken t e
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sh igh . Whe ret her ea re m ult
iple s igna l p ath s
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lec ts
c
lea rly s e en a tt her i
gh t-hand s ide . T ot he l e f
tt her e's a nothe r, t
heo ne t hatg ive s b est-qua lity r ecep t
ion .
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manen t
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h
is h ad b een c orrec ted t he tape d eck s
a
nd o
utt hrough t hef r
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f
t ert he CD r e
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ewa rded w ith mu sic t om y ears. C .A . h
ad g one w rong . Ith ad c ome t ou si nstead!
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ports f
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od ow ith the m ain c am d r
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p
roblem b efor e
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sc ase th
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ut Iw as righta bou t m y ident
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ly fixed by repos
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ting
t
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s
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n t hef ron tp ane l and s peake ra nd i npu t amono b r
idged a mplifie r with n o
c
onnec tion sa tt he b ack . E arly m ode ls switching , ast he i nve rted o utpu ti s
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l
so h ad amono /ster eo s witch a tt he r
eve rsed a tt he s peake rc onnec t
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s CD/hard
- b
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te red t h
ep owe r- supp ly r egula - o
ne s peake ri sc onnec ted a ss hown o n
d
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sk audio re
corder. Che ckso nth
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i
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he r earp anel. Mode l 4 00T w as i ntro-
b
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vealed th
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ich wasC 412 The p owe rs upp ly w ast he m ain a rea f o
r d
uced t oe mula te t h
e v alve s ound , b ut
(
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is i
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ils t
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pda ting /mod i f
ica t
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rt t
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ing o f aL ED a nd ap hoto - Acce s s tot he i nside i sq ui
te e a sy. T he
r
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stored normalo perat
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ng le o ft het riac's f ir
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nd p hoto tran sis torw ered i scr ete i ne arly s
cr ew sa re removed f rom t he s ides. T he
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t mode ls, l atero ne su s
ing a6 -pin D IP c hip. LED P CB c an b e u nplugged f rom t he
when itwass w
itched on
. Invest
igation of R
e liability w asn' t as trong p o
in tw ith f
ron tp anel. Mo sto ft he p owe rs upp ly i s
t
he CD m echanism r e
vealed thecau se
, e
arly mode ls,a nd s eve ral mod ifica tion s t
hen a cce ssible. F orb ettera cce sst he U -
which wasg reaseo nthe l
oading belt
. It wer e introduced . Sma ll TO5 /T0220 t ria c
s s
haped c ove rc an b e removed b y t aking
h
ad come f rom the CD tr
ay,a nd as aresu
lt wer e us ed u n t
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te rv er sion s
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utt he n ine s crew st owa rds t h
e b a ck.
t
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ing p u
lley. t
ype w a sa dop ted . T he re aret wo a dju st- P
len ty o fh eatsink i su sed o n t he su rface s
,
C
lea n
ing theg rease oftheb e
ltr e
stored men ts
, a' smoo th f ir
ing ' p oten t
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oi tc an b e m essy .
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ion .C.B. a
nd a no the ro ne t oa dju stt h e7 5V s upp ly The s mall v ertical P CB i st hep owe r
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n t he s econda ry s ide. b
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ft he a mp lif
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f t
h
i s i ndica te st h att he t r
iac i s
n' tf i
ring a t t
wo l arge c apa cito rst owa rds t h
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t
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c
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ickly traced to c
uiti st r
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so n the
t
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te rv ersion s t h ere's as ing le PCB s moo th t he 2 5V a nd 5 0V s upp lie s
.
wh
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ecome u nsea
ted o n one side p
oten tiome te r
, t oa d
ju stt he HT s upp ly. The L ED i nt h e o p
tocoup leri sf ed f rom
f
rom t hemain board
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tw a
s The p owe ra mplifiers ect
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r
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feo f 7
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c
hanne l,w ith ± 25V s upp l
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as ab r
iefb u
rst o
f EHT then
o
fthes c
r een p
lust wo i ntertwined s i
nu - H
itach
i C
2114R n
othing,except th
at th
e s
etresponded to
s
o
idal w hite li
nesa cros s thec entre
. I t Th
is set w a
s stuck i nst
andby . Ac heck on t
he remo
te-control u
nit (
t
he L ED atth
e
o
ccurred w hen t
he set w as fi
rst switched t
he voltage atthe gate oft r
ip th
yristor f
ront l
i
tw hen ac ommand w as s
ent)
. The
o
n,a nd gr adua
lly cl
ea red a f
tera bouth a
lf Q703 s howed t ha
tt he se
tw as i
nt he tr
ip c
ause ofthe f
ault wasthe S
TV9379 f i
eld
a
n hou r
. T he cu
re isto move t h
e I Q, c
ondition. This can occurw hen the li
ne o
utputchip IC500. The u
sua
l resul
t when
0
.5W f usible re
sisto
rR 398 a way from t he o
utputs t
age isdraw ing excessive current
, i
tfa
ils i
sthat t
he st
andby LED f l
ashes
l
i
ne linearity co
il L401. T he r es
istor
, t
he usual cause being the TA8427K f ie
ld t
wice. B
.F.
wh
ich i si nthefie
ld circu i
t, w as pi
ck ing o
utputc h
ip —i ttakes it
ss upply from the
u
p li
ne p ulses f
rom t h
e c o
il. C.A. l
i
ne o utputt r
ansforme ra nd ther
e i sno B
ush 2868NTX (
1
1AK
19
s
afe
ty r es
istori nt h
e feed
. An ew c
hass
is)
Dae woo D
SC3210EGB (
SC140 TA8427K r es
to r
ed n ormal operation. T
his s
et would come on f
or aw h
ile th
en
c
hassis
) M. McC . g
oo f
fw ith apopping no
ise t h
atc ame
The faultr epo rtf rom t hec ustomerw as f
rom the t
ube neck a
rea
. Fortunately t
he
t
hatt he setw ould d i
ew hen i twas Ph
il
ips 1 4PT156A (
Anub
is A
- c
ause was n
ott hetube i
t
self butt h
e tube
s
w i
tched o n u s
ing t heo n
/o ffs w
itch. O u
r AB chass
is) b
ase s
ocket
. T h
i scan b
eo btained from
f
i
eld e ngine e rf ound t ha tthe4 Aq uick- T
his por
tab le wasd ead apar
t fr
om af a
int CPC underp a
rt no
. AB386202 1000. B.F
.
b
low ma in s fusew aso pen-circui
t. n
oise th
atc ame f rom the p
owe rs upp
ly. A
R
ep lacing i tw ith a4 A a nti-surge fuse d
ead short-ci
rcuitc ould b
e m ea
su red F
erguson B
59N (
I
CC8 c
hass
is)
r
estored t hes ett ol i
fe
. b
etween t hec o
llectorand thee mit
tero f T
his set would try t
oc ome o n, th
en go
T
he f au
ltn eve ro ccu rred w hen t hecus- t
he li
ne outputt r
an s
isto
r, bu
tt h
ec au
se o
ffw i
th as hortf l
ash from t h
e red st
and-
t
ome ru sed t h
es tandby mode t os witch w
a s a
n internal shor
t inthe t
ransformer
. b
y L ED. The b r
ief per
iod o fa c
tion le
ft
o
na nd o ff
. T hisw asb ecau se theactual M. McC. n
ot ime forfaultd i
agno sis, though itdid
c
au se oft he f au
ltw as al ow -
imp edance p
rovide ac l
ue —an oise f r
om t he li
ne
d
egau ssing c o
il. S ome o ft hese se
ts w e
re Good mans 1410 (
Ferguson o
utputt r
ansforme r
. When Ir emoved the
f
i
tted w ith a9Q i n
stead o f a2 40 TX805 chass
is) f
i
nal anode l e
ad from t h
e t ransformer I
d
egau ssing c o
il d uring m anuf ac
ture, Th
is s e
t tr
ipped s low ly e very t wo s econd s s
aw thatthe wi r
e end w as c orroded. I
t
when t h
e re w as as hortage o fc oi
ls. o
rs o
, w ith ac lick ing n oise t hatc ame s
eemed t obe b e
st tor ep
la ce b o
th the
T
he c orrectp rocedu r e istor e
pla ce t
he f
rom t he speake r
. I tu ses aWe ssel c i
rcuit, l
ead and th
e transforme r
. Ih ad them ina
c
oil and t heq uick -blow f use. An an t
i- w
ith as i
ngle t ransi s
to ra st hec hoppe ra nd s
crap chass
is, and itw ould h ave been
s
urge f use s hould n o
t b e fi
tted. C.A. l
i
ne o utputd ev ice. E ven w hen y ou have i
mpo ss
ible toc l
ean the c ontacts in
side
t
hec ircuitd iagram i nf ronto fy ou t h
e re t
he tr
ansforme r
. B.F.
Dae woo DWF28 W5GB s
eem s t obe n o l ogica l w ay o fc arrying
(WP895 chass
is) o
utf aultd iagno s
is. Iw asted al o
to ft ime P
hil
ips 25PT4523 (
MD1.2E
T
he problem w i
th th
is set w as that i
t c
heck ing the v ariou s s upp ly l i
nes f or c
hassis
)
r
ever
ted tos tandby after af ew m inutes. o
verload s and s hort-cir cuitst hen d iscov - T
his se
t w as d
ead apar
t fr
om ac ouple of
T
he cause w asi nt h
ee xce ssc urrentpro - e
red, by acciden t, thatt he setc ame t ol i
fe l
oud squeaksa tswi
tch on. Ifound t h
at
t
e
ction ci
rcuit,w h
ich isc onnec ted top in (
af
ter af a
shion ,d isplay ing ab righ t spot t
h
e r
e w as alow-res
istance re
ading a c
ross
6
4o fthe m ain microcontro l
le r
/video p ro- i
nt h
ec entreo ft he s creen ) w hen t he plug t
h
e l i
ne outpu
tt r
ansis
tor. The cause had
c
essorc h
ip 1 501. Ac a
ll toD aewoo t ech- f
ort he li
ne s can c oils w as lefto ff
. T his t
obe traced a
l the way back tothe sec-
n
i
ca lrevealed that amod ification tot h
is s
ugge sted l a
ck o ff i
eld s c anning . o
ndary side o
ft h
ep owe rsupply. w here
p
artoft hecir cu
it issometime s necessary S
o Ic arried o u
t s ome c heck s int he C
2588 ( 330pF, IkV) was fau
lty
. B .F.
—change the v a
lue ofR 598 f rom 1 5
1d 2t o f
i
eld s can circuit, w here Id iscove red t ha
t
2
2k0 . C.A. DF04 ( BA 157 ) w aso pen -cir cuit. I t
'st he H
itachi C32 WF810N (
A/D8
r
ect
ifierf ort he f l
yba ck b oost s upp ly a t c
hassis)
D
ecca D14RFG5 (
Fser
ies p
in 3o fthe LA7830 f i
eld o utpu tc hip T
his s e
t w ould blow the fu
se int he
c
hass
is) I
F01. A ll w a
s w el
l o nce ar e p
la cemen t p
lug a nd the 4A fuse inthe se
t itself
.
A
ts witch on the
re w as sound b ut n
o h
ad b een fi
tted. M . McC . T
he c ause w as afaul
ty p ower s witch.
r
a
ster
.T hen, af
ter afew s econds,t h
e set While t h
e set was on te
st af
ter fi
tting a
c
utout w i
th thef r
ontL ED f l
ashing four B
lack D
ia mond BDS295 r
eplacemen t i
tw ould in
termittently t urn
t
imes
, p aus
ing, then fl
ashing f o
u rtimes (
1
1AK19PRO c hass
is) o
fft hen o n a
gain. The cause isn orma l-
a
gain and again
.T h
ise rrorc ode ind
icates When th
is se
t was powered t
he L ED l
yp oo rj o
ints a
tt he l
inks on the h or
i-
abeam-cu rr
entm oni
toring f au
lt
. Inf ac
t t
urned g
reen th
en the s
et r
eve
rted to z
ontally -mounted P CB, but inthis c ase
R
9 15 (0
.680 ), inthe f
eed t othe CRT 's s
t
andby . No s
hort
sc ould b
e m ea
su r
ed t
he cau se was poorjoints atregula tor
h
eater
s, w aso p
en-circuit
. I t
'
so n the CRT a
crossany oftheo u
tputsont he s
ec- I
C952 , w hich isnext tothe powe r
b
ase panel
. M . McC. o
nda ry s
i
de ofthe powersupply. As a
n r
e
lay . B.F.

T
ELEV
ISION A
pri
l 2
005 3
65
Good mans 1428T (
Dae woo was l
ow at90V. Ina dd
ition t
he 17
.5V t
hen a gain s hutd own i nthe protection
CP330 chass
is) s
upply (U2
) w a
s m i
ssing. The c
ause wa
s mode , with t her e
dL ED f l
ashing a pproxi-
T
his s
etwasdead w
ith th
e 2SD1555 D
110 (BY W72 ) w h
ich w as s
hor
t-c
ircu
it
. mately t w
ice as econd.
c
hoppertr
ans
isto
rQ 801 shor
t-c
ircu
it
. The T
he se
tw o
rked norma l
ly once arep
lace- I
fw e putt hes ets into thed efaults er
-
c
ausewastha
tR 802 (1
501(5
2) had r
i
sen i
n ment h
ad been f
it
ted. C.R. v
ice mode t hey c ame o n and w orked p er
-
v
alue t
o750k a B
.F. f
ectly, with a l v oltage sc orrect
. Ift hey
P
hil
ips 28P W65
15/05 (
A10 were p u
t into t he s e
lf-diagno s
tic m ode,
M
itsub
ishi CT25A5STX (
Euro c
hassis
) when t hey i n
itially started u pt hey indi-
1
4 chass
is) T
his setr efused toc ome out ofs tandby. c
ated t hatt here w as ap roblem w i
th t h
e
When th
is setc ame o n t
here was n
o On investigation If ound tha
t t here was 1
40V m odu le. I tprovided e xact
ly 1 40V
c
olour,progressing quickly topoo
rs ync n
o line drive, and i mmediately s uspect- h
oweve r,a nd w hen self-diagno sis w as
o
rt h
e li
ne frequency b e
ing w ay o
ff
.T he e
d the p a
in terchip o n t
he s mall-
signa l
s r
esetw e w eret o
ld t hatt herew as nof aul
t!
c
ure wast or e
place the4- 43 MHz c
rys
tal p
anel. A s Id idn
't have as pa r
e P CB to Eventua l
ly t hec ulpri
tt urned o u
tt ob e the
(
X60 1) t
hat
's c onnected topin 3
5 ofthe t
ry as ac heck , Idec
ided t or eplace the I
RF620 F ET T r7470 . I tisw o
rth noting
TDA836 1 jungle chip. B
.F . p
ain
ted c hip. For
ty m inutes latert he t
hatt he repla cemen ts upp lied isn'
t i n
su-
c
hip h ad been i n
stal
led a nd
, w ith fingers l
a
ted l i
ke theo riginal a nd isc lamp ed
S
anyo 1 4MT4 (
EC8
-A14 c
rossed , Ip owered t he s
et
. A l
l t ha
t w as a
gain st ah eat s
ink . S.H .
c
hass
is) r
equ
i red w as alengthy geome try set up
.
T
his set appeared tobed ead b ecause th
e I
tw as the E P version oft h
e p ainterc h
ip S
a msung WS
-28 M64N (
KS3A
BU808DF ID ar
lington-
type l i
ne o u
tput —th
e p a
rt n o
. has changed t o9 352 7 10 c
hassis
)
t
r
an s
istorQ 432 w as l
eaky. Ar e
placement 7
7557 . U.H . T
his P lano' 2 8
in. wide screen s et was
g
ott he se
tw orking, b
uta fter af ew min- d
ead a par
tf rom as o
ft,s l
ow t i
cking s ound
u
tes itsta
rted tog ethot
. Id ecided to Akai C
T2155UK (Sa msung t
ha
tc ame from w ithin. Is oon f ound t h
at
c
heck thed rivers t
age,a nd f ound that P58CH chass
is) t
he2 SD5703 l i
ne o u
tpu tt ransisto rQ 401
C434 (47pF , 50V) produced ah igh ESR T
he faul
t with th
i s s
et
,a ne a
sy o ne fo
ra wa
s s hor
t-circuit
. A s noo t herf aul
tc ould
r
eading. When an ew c apa c
ito rh ad b
een Monday mo rning, w a
s f i
e
ld c o
llapse. It b
ef ound, ar eplacemen t w as tr
i ed. I
t
f
i
tted Q 432 nol o
ngero ve rheated. C.R. d
idn'ttake long todiscove rt h
at the 24V b
ecame v e
ry h ot i
nj us
tt wo s e
cond s
, then
s
upply w as m
i s
sing atp in 9o ft h
e fi
eld d
est
royed i tse
lf. As usua l i ns uch circum -
G
rundig T
55-731(CUC7303 o
utputc hip I
C30 1. It
's der
ived f rom the s
t
ance s,t h
e line outputt ran sforme rh ad a
c
hass
is) l
i
ne outpu ttr
ansforme r, viasafety re
sis- s
hort-cir
cuit primary w ind ing. An ew
T
his s et wasd ead w i
th fuse S1600 t
orR 412 (15
2) and r e
ctif
ierd iode D 401. t
r
ans forme ra nd tr
ansistorr estor ed an
(
2
•5AT ) bla
ck a nd o pen-circuit
. Ic ouldn't T
he diode w as open-circui
t, ar ep
lace- e
xcellentd i
splay. G .M .
f
i
nd a ny shorts i nthe powe rs upply so, men
t restor
ing n ormal o pe
ration. U.H.
s
uspec ting thed egaussing p o
si s
to r
, I G
rundig W70
-2030 (
Goren
je
r
emoved i ta nd c onnected a5 00 W h alo- H
itachi C
28 W430N
-311 (
A7 E
9 c
hassis
)
g
en l amp a cros s the f
useholde r
. When I c
hassis
) T
his smart s
ilver2 8
in. widescreen s e
t
s
witched t hes eto n aga
in t h
e l amp l i
tup T
he HT r egulat
ion w as poora nd , with th
e i
n
termittent
ly r efused tos w
itch on, with
a
tf u
llb r
ightne ssa nd Isaw af l
ash int h
e p
reseta tm aximum ,t he vo
ltage w as n
op owe r
,d i
sp lay orL ED ilum ination.
v
ic
ini ty oft heI RFBC40 c hopp erF ET 1
37V . T h
i stime t h
e HT p reset VR950 T
he cause wa st he7 5kQ, 2W s t
ar
t-up
1
665 . T he cau se o fthe fa
ultw aso bvious a
nd itsf eed res
istorR 950 w ere b oth OK . r
e
sistorR 604, w hich had notb een s o
l-
o
nce T 655 h ad b een removed . Ah o
le in T
he p roblem w as wi
th t h
e BZV IO r ef
er- d
ered incorrectly during m anufacture—
t
he insulated w ashe ron the heatsink w a
s e
nce d i
ode ZD950 , which w a
s l eaky
. T he o
ne le
g w as nott hrough the P CB, and
s
hort
ing T 665 's d ra
in toc hassis
. c
orrectp arts hould be used,o btained o
nly in
termittently touched thes o
lde red
An ew w ashe ra nd fuse gott he se
t f
rom H itachi
. F org ood m easur e Ialso p
ad underneath. R esolder
ing i tcured the
working a gain, a nd thejob w asc omplet
- r
eplaced t h
eo p
to couplerI C901 a nd the f
aul
t. G
.M .
e
db yr ef
itt
ing t hep os
istor
. C .R. BF422 e rror
-sen s
ing t r
ansis
to rQ 954.
U
.H . B
ush 6690D (
1
1AK
I9 c
hass
is)
B
lack D
ia mond BDS1451T T
he f a
ult symptom s with th
is 28
in. in
te-
(
1
1AK36 chassis
) T
osh
iba 2
500TB g
rated d ig
ital widescr
een s e
t were
Th
is set produced ab l
ue s creen w i
th F
ield co
llapse isof
ten c aused b
y adry- r
educed w idth a nd EW distort
ion.
f
lyback lines
. When Ie xam ined t h
e j
o
in tatthe scan
-coil plug. Notth
is time I
n
spec t
ion r evealed many dry-
joints in
CRT b ase PCB Is aw that R 921 h
oweve r. Fur
therc hecks showed tha
tt he t
h
e l ine outputa nd EW s t
age s
. Asa
(
1
.5k 5.2
,0 -25 W) was burn t
. T he reason s
upply atp i
n 7o fthe AN552 1 f
i
eld out
- r
e
su lt
, R 629 ( 5
-6Q ,0•5W ) had gone
f
ort h
is w as t
h a
t during m anuf acture p
utc h
ip I C303 w a
s low — 1 4V i
ns
tead of o
pen -circuit
. S ome re
soldering and a
t
he ri
bbon c able on the CRT b ase P CB 2
6V . The cause wast h
e flyback boo
st r
eplacemen t re
sisto
rp roduced ap er
fect
h
ad pushed R 915 (18k52 ) over, short
ing c
apacitorC 313 (2200F, 35V ), w
hich was d
i
sp lay. G.M .
i
ttoR 92 1. But pushing R 915 b ack t o l
eaky. U.H.
i
t
s correct posit
ion a nd replacing R 92 1 Good mans W288NS-A
d
idn't cure th
e f a
ult. Q906 ( BF421) P
hil
ips 3
2P W9763/05 (
Formenti F
19 c
hass
is)
a
lso had tob e rep
laced t oo b
tain an or- We've had th
ree oft he
se se
ts innow with When th
is 28in. widescreen s e
t powe red
mal p
icture. C.R. e
xa c
tly th
e same m yster
ious symptoms
. u
p itbr
ief
ly p roduced ad isplay then
A
ll thr
ee had thesam e in
it
ial p
roblem — made aloud arcing noise and s w
itched to
B
eko 1
9321T (
AT3 c
hass
is) s
tuck inthe p
rotect
ion mode w ith t
he r
ed s
t
andby. T he li
ne outputt r
an sformerw as
T
his s
e
tw a
ss tuck i
nst
andby wi
th t
he LED flash
ing, because of ale
aky fl
yback s
uspec
ted i n
it
ially, bu
tt he cause turned
f
r
ontL ED f
la
shing d
imly. If
ound t
ha
tthe t
uning capac
itor
. When t hecapa c
ito
rw as o
utt obet he CRT b ase socket. Ar eplace
-
H
T' s
upp
ly (U1) t
othe l
i
ne ou
tput s
t
age r
eplaced th
e se
tsc ame o n v
ery br
ief
ly mentprov
ided ac omp lete cure. G
.M .

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) c
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he DVD P CB revealed t h
atthe
I
2V s upply a
tc onnector CNO08 w a
s
m
issing. Trac
ing b ack
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tt he
1
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he p owe rb oard
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s faulty
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to red n o
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osh
iba S
D42HKSB
T
hi s h ome -cinema s ystem c ame t om e
f
rom a no the rd eale r. T he r epo rted f ault
was" noise f rom t he sp eake r s". When I
p
owe red i tt here w a s ah a rsh r asping h iss
f
rom t he c ent rec hanne l o nly. When t he
i
nput t ot he c ent re s peake rw asd iscon -
n
ected t h eo the rc hanne ls w e re q uie t
. FM
r
adio c ou ld b e s e
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c
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om
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n
ota ne asy t ask , b ut i sc heape rt h an b uy - s
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ting t o
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te r af ew h ou r
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ata, m aking m ultiple e rro rs int he p ro- measu re i t
sv a
lue . T hisc an o f
ten b e l ow
c
ess, Ic ame t ot h ec onc lu sion t hat it a
s ar esu lto fi nter nal heating. M .D .
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ome t ime b utc u red t he f ault —t he s et s
ound d is
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ted t o
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nd n
ow c ame o n. A fters etting u pt heg eome - ment
ion t ha
tt here w er ea lso l i
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t
ry Ir ead t he E EPROM a ga in a nd s tored a p
icture, with s l
ightf i
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ottom . T he s ound w a s like a no utboa rd
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oa tengine . W ithin f ive m inu test hef ie
ld
e
ve r
. When t he s eth ad b een o n t estf ora f
aultw asg etting w or se.
f
ew h our s In o t
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tten td istur - F
or ac hange Id ecided t hatt hef aul
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ter z
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tt hen s wit ched o f
f, a nd w a s o
nly two o u
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p
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licat
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gain s tuck i ns tandby . O nce a ga in t hed ata s
eemed t ob e ag ood i dea t os cope for
i
nt he E EPROM h ad c hanged o n i t
so wn . n
oise on t hese o u
tpu ts.T he 10V HT s up-
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an b
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ly w as OK b utw hen Ic ame t othe 15V
w
ith ac opy o ft h
e S ha rp t echn ica l b ulletin s
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T
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lt R
epor
ts, t
hat r elate s toi nte rm i
t ten td ata c o rrup t
ion 2V AC r ipple. A s aq uick c heck , Idiscon-
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nt hisc ha ss
is. I ts a
id t hatt hec au se o ft h
e n
ected thec athode o fD 905 a nd f e
d 1 5V t o
Media House
, p
rob lem i sthe MR852 5 V s upply r ectifier t
h
i s p
oint f r
om m y bench p owe rs upply.
d
iode D 709 , w h
ich s hou ld b e re pla ced T
he result w asp er
f ect s ound a nd vi
sion.
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ven t h
ough i tm igh t t est OK . If i
tted a T
he rea reo nly t hree c omponen ts int h
e
K
entB R8 8HU
r
epla cemen ta nd a gain r e prog rammed t h e 1
5V s upply . Id ec
ided t or epla ce D 905 a nd
EEPROM . A ftert h
at t he s at r an f ora t
her e
servo irc apa c
ito rC 917 ,b utt h
is m ade
w
eek w ithou t a ny p rob lem s, a nd h as n ot n
od if
f er
ence . T he o nly c omponen t lef
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ts,a nd ar ed l i
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t w en to ff, it
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he remo te- contro l unit w asu s ed t os w
itch h
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ppea r
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tt he p ro tec -
I
bis setw asd ead. Ac he ck on the v o
ltage s o
rr a
ster,a nd n of urthe rr espon se t ot h
e t
i
on l ine w as b eing a ctiva ted. As cope
a
round t he TDA460 1 c ontro
lc hip i nt he r
emote -con trol u ni
t. c
onnec ted to as uitab le p o
in t p roved t ha
t
c
hoppe rp owe rs upply s howed t hatt here Iopened u pt he s et and f ound t hatthe t
h
i s w as the c ase.
w
a so nly 5-8V a tpin9 .N olesst han 9 V is s
upply t ot he li
ne o utpu t stage w as OK Af
te rd isconne cting t h
e v ar
iou s m oni-
r
equired heref ort hechip t ow ork c orrectly
. a
nd t h
e f ield s can c i
r cuit w as r unning. t
or
ing d iodes If ound t hatt ransi sto rQ 593
T
he o bviou st h
ing tod ow ast oc heck t he T
he o nly e xplana t
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ink o f wasb eing t urned o n, b e caus et he v oltage
r
e
ser voirc apacitorf o
rt hissupply ,C 633 was that th ere w as s ome thing w rong i n a
tt he p ot
en t
ial-d ivide rn e
two rk R 595 /6
(
100j4F,4 0V )
,w hich turned o u
tt ob eo p en- t
he mic rocon troller( ICR 1) c ircuitry. wase xceed ing i t
st urn-on t hre sho ld. T his
c
i
rcuit. Butw hen If i
t
ted ar e
placemen ta nd C
heck s h er e showed t h
at th e v o
ltage a t c
i
r cui
tm onito r
st hev o
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witched o nt herew ass t
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ft he l i
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at
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his led m e b ack t ot he powe rs upp ly, t
he voltage h e r
e w a sh igh a nd w as v ary-
t
hes econda ry s i
de oft hec i
rcuit
. T he HT where If ound t h a
t t he BD44 1 5 V regula- i
ng,a sw erea l t h
es e conda ry v oltage s
a
nd t h
e+ 8V a nd + 5V s uppl
ie s w erep re- t
o
rt ran s
is to rT P6 w a s faulty — i thad vis
- d
erived f rom t he l i
ne o utpu tt r
an sfo rme r,
s
enta nd co r
re c
t, butt he— 12V a nd + 12V i
b
ly o ve rhea ted. I nf ac t i
tl ooked a si fit
s t
hough t he HT s upp ly t ot h
e s tage w as
s
upplies w ereb o
th mis sing. When It raced h
eatsink c lip h ad b een m issing f r
om r
ock s olid
.
b
ack t opin 1 0o ft h
ec hopp ert ran sforme r n
ew . Ar epla cemen t BD44 1 t ransistor Itw ast ime t oc he ck c omponen tsi nthe
Ifo
und t hatt herew a
sa n0 -
22Q r e
sistor, a
nd ac l
ip f r
om as crap c ha ssis c ured the l
i
ne o utpu ts tage. C 52 1 ( 3
-5nF , 1 -6kV ) in
R661, thatw aso pen-c
i rcuit
. Ar eplace - f
aul
t. P.L . t
hef lyba ck t un
ing c i
rcu itt urned o utt obe
mentc ured thef ault
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ow i nv a
lue. Ar epla cemen tp rov ided a
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itial mistake Im ade fort hes ec- J
VC AV -2
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.
o
nd f au
ltw ast hattheb lue r
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andby w
as th
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aul
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e v a
lue o ft h
ec apa ci to r
s
econda ry side oft hep owe rs upp ly w asn '
t w
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s s
et
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ha
t's whathappened, u
sed i nt h
is p osition d ep end so nt het ube
b
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ing a c
tivated. U.H . s
ometimes a
f
teron
ly af ew s
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ase 5
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Evers ince t here h ave b een TV s ets t h
er e t
he li
nea r
ity /wid th adjustmen tc o
il L 407 — i
nt he powe rs upply: the 3 20V s upply o n
h
ave b een w h
i s
tling o ne s
, though t h
e inci- h
ad n oe f
ec to n thep i
er c
ing w hist
le t ha
t t
he pr
ima ry s ide a nd the 15V a nd 1 7V
d
ence o ft hi
s i sm uch l e
ss now t han i tused c
ame f rom w ithin the set
. Ar ep
lacemen t o
utputs o nt h e seconda ry s i
de. N one o f
t
ob e
. I nt hed ay so f4 05 -
line s cann ing t he l
i
nea r
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tained f r
om as c
rap c ha s s
is t
hem h ad e xce ss
ive r i
pp le,e i
the rb efor eo r
f
requency w a
s 1 0-125kHz aw hi s
tle a t a
l
so m ade n od iference. N orw as i to bvi- a
f
te rr ep
la cemen to fth e r e
levan tr ese rvoir
t
hatr a
te c ould b eq uitee xcr uciating . The o
use xa c
tly w he re the s
ound w asc om ing c
apa c
itors C 808 ,C 8I3 a nd C 410 .
mo s
tc ommon c au se ofa na udible w hist
le f
rom! R ealT echn ician h ad t h
e bright i dea RT w a
sb y n ow ad e
spe rate m an! H e
i
sm agne to s
triction , w he re the f e
rrite core o
fc onnec t
ing a ne lectr
ica lly-screened wento n t oc heck b y sub sti
tution v a
riou s
o
f aw ound c omponen t vibrate s at af re
- m
icrophone t oh iso sci
llo scop e and w aving o
therc apa cito rs int hep owe r-supp ly s ec-
q
uency r elated t ot hec urrent f l
ow ing i
tabou to ve rt hec hassis
. T hisproved t h a
t t
i
on : C803 ,C 813 a nd C 805. T hey a l
t
hrough t he w ind ing. Mo st mode r
n s ets t
he w h
i s
tle w a s n o
tc om ing f rom a nyth ing p
roved t ob e OK , butt h e value o fC 805
c
on tain f ewe rw ound c omponen ts t han i
nt h
e l i
ne o utpu t st
age. I nf ac
t itw asc om - wasc hanged t o2 2nF o n t he recommenda -
o
lde ro ne sb utt h em a
in s uspec t
, w hereo ne i
ng from t hec hopp ert r
an sforme rT 80 1. t
i
on o fa nothe rt e
chn ical b ulletin. RT d is-
i
su sed, i sth e li
ne l i
nea r
ity c oil assemb ly. What as urp rise! c
ove red thatt here w eret hree l i
t
tle ferrite
So itw ast h
atR eal T echnic ian h eaded I
ttook ve ry l i
t
tle time t ot r
ansplan t a b
ead s int hep owe rs upp ly ,F B80 1/2/3.
f
ort h e l i
ne l i
nea rity c oil in aw his
tling TV c
hopp ert ran s
fo rme rf rom as crap cha s s
i s Could they h ave b een r espon sible i ns ome
s
ett hat a ppeared o n hisb ench o ne f i
ne i
nt h
e s e
to nt he bench, m uch le
s st ime t o way? S ubstitu tions from t he s c
rap c ha ssis
w
in ter mor ning r e
cen tly. Itw as aT a
tung d
iscove rt hat i thadn'tc ur ed the fa
ult. I t p
roved n ot.
Mode lT 2OTD51 , a2 0in. r e
ce ive ro fm any s
eemed u n
like ly t hatb o
th t ransforme r s A
tt hisp oint i tw as almo std ecided t o
y
ea rs' s tanding . I t
' sf i
t
t ed with t he Dc ha s- were noisy, s o RT l ooked e lsewhe re. H e s
crap the s e
ta nd give t hec u s
tome ra
s
is,w hich i s ag ood o ne —e a sy t ou nder - f
ound a no l d technical bul let
in thatr ecom - r
eplacemen t
. A f
tera l w e are k nee-deep i n
s
tand a nd s ervice , a nd p r
edic table t hough mended c hang ing the value o fC 806 t o s
im i
lare x- ren tal TV s ets. A tt he las
t
notp articu larly r eliable. T he w his
tle w a s 2
.2nF t oc ure p owe r-supp ly n o
ise i nt he m
inu te howeve rclever -clog s S age s ug-
v
e ry lo ud a nd d istu rbing , but itw a s sur- s
tandby mode . H e then fo und thatC 806 g
ested s ome th ing t o RT , and i nn extt on o
p
rising ly d ificultt ot race thec ause. was al
ready 2 .2nF , and th at areplacemen t t
ime t hec ause o ft het rouble w as found
Poking a nd f lexing t he w ound c omponen ts d
idn't help. Af tera l,t h
is w as sugge sted a s a
nd c ured. T hi s w as as omewha tu nusua l
i
nt h
e l ine o utpu ts t
age —t hed r
ive rt r
ans- acuref orn o
ise i nthe st
andby mode o nly! c
ase. A ny i dea s? Y ou w ill find t he solu-
f
orme rT 401,o utpu tt ransfo r merT 402 a nd He nextc hecked f o
rh ash o n t
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oy , Iu s ed t om ake m yo wn f i
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ting
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melody o fo the rs r i
ng ing i nt heb ack- b
y t her ive r
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g
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rown s nuf f
, w hich h e f requen t
ly Dyson 0 4 v a
cuum c l
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a
lway ss eemed t ob ei n ah urry, t o g
rabbed f rom ah uge w ooden b ox. d
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n
ame w as E u stace Mann ing ,a nd h e w as t
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rammed s ol
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