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video processor VDP3116B line sync failure
[repeat post for a new thread, i.e. without mistaken references] Hello! A ten year old color TV set of mine with vacuum picture tube has recently lost its horizontal synchronization: the display shows...
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High-pressure sodium vapor lamp failing
I am trying to troubleshoot a high-pressure sodium vapor lamp which does not light, in spite of there being 120V AC available in the socket and a new bulb installed. Posting a pic of the ignitor to...
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Services (low cost) for measuring "off the shelf" calibration standard resistors, capacitors and inductors to 0.1% ?
I would like to buy my own "off the shelf" set of resistors, capacitors and inductors (5-10 of each type) and send them out to be precision measured at a "typical" room temperature (recorded), the LC...
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Digital TV blinking
I've been observing a phenomenon that's puzzling me. I have an analog TV connected to a DTV settop converter (Zenith DTT901). For the most part, it works fine. But every so often the program I'm...
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Toshiba portable DVD player
Hi, A friend dropped off a Toshiba SD-P1900 portable DVD player for me to look at. No mechanical sign of life -- power indicator successfully illuminates to indicate charging vs. charged. Backlight...
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Do you think splicing 100' of wire onto a GTO exit wand would work?
I bought too short of a driveway-gate exit wand (GTO FM139 = 50 feet); I need 150 feet. Nobody told me (so I'm saying it here), one really needs about 150 feet if they want the driveway gate to be...
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USB Cable with Aluminum Shield Braid
I was fixing a mutilated cable for a friend's portable music/video player with a weird connector at the device end. So I figured if I could get the connector shell open, I'd just use a new USB cable...
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14 years ago
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WNTD: Service man or just schematic for SONY AVC-3200 video camera
Howdy all- Anyone have a service manual or just a schematic for the SONY AVC-3200 video camera? This camera is very old -- from around 1970. I'd very much appreciate a scan of just the circuit...
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T-shooting MP3/CD player and TV/DVD player with similar problems
I have a portable cd/mp3 player that started acting erratically, before it appeared to stop working. It would fast forward, or stop for no apparent reason, almost as though someone were controlling it...
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14 years ago
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Tek TDS420 help?
This scope has the famous "FAIL ++ Acq" error which points to the infamous failed (and leaking) SMD caps on the acquisition PCB. I'm moving on to troubleshoot another (unrelated, I think -- and hope)...
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Faulty dehumidifier
I have a portable dehumidifier (Wickes own brand; I think it's a compressor model?) about 18 months old which has stopped working. The humidistat appears to be working in that if you turn it up, it...
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HP 8640b replacement combination gears are available on E-bay
They are resin casted clones for the combination gears for the range and peak deviation module of the HP 8640b signal generator. They are NOT original spares intended as a replacement of HP part/no...
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Re: Cassette tape speed adjustment
of definite using complain there the Obviuosly, flutter 3000hz do the quartz my A rather belated follow up, just got the representative measurements back from the mechanical engineer. 1.99 +/-0.01 of...
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File this book under "Fiction".....
Well, it's certainly fiction now......
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Philips model #32HFL5460S/27 no picture
I don't have experience with these flat panels (have worked on regular tube sets for about 5 years), so I'm hoping for a little help. This set powers on, and you briefly see the philips logo on screen...
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