This big tv has pincushion problem (bowed in), did basic checks on capacitors and diodes in series within horizontal circuit, ESR check on pincushion board (stand up) board next to this horizontal heatsink and scoped the board and adusted two pots for width and pincushion, it works as it should be.
Sigh!! Pulled the schematic out and checked voltages on IC482 (TA75558S), Two pins looks bit off. Pin 6 is solid 9V and it is fed via resistor divider directly from the flyback HV and the ground. The other pin 2 on that IC is slightly higher. Q480 collector should be
150V, I'm getting about 98V, base is about .7V, should be .5V. The B+ is 125V as it should be.Only one cap I'm suspicious about is the pincushion board (DPC, PB3235) located CD11, the schematic calls for 10uF 100V in part listing and the schematic agrees but the replacement cap was in it is
100uF 250V. I pulled out a replacement capacitor, and I'm not comfortable with using that new cap because the silkscreened outline of capacitor is larger than the new capacitor I have here.I do get paraola and ramp waveforms feeding DPC (pincushion board)
When I adjust the pincushion pot on DPC, I can get paraola deeper or shallower, width pot can make whole waveform riding on speific voltages move up and down.
On pic with width pot, can change width no problem but pincushion seems to effect very limited, except it acted like bowed trapazoid which this chassis does not support. :)
I"m stumped.
Cheers,
Wizard