Thought I had this little 9" TV working, but another even tougher problem has popped up. After I originally fixed the set, I ran it for several hours without any problems. Unplugged it and closed up for the night. When I plugged it in and turned it on the next day, the volume was stuck on full blast. I replaced the an IC which serves as the audio OP, volume control, and mute; I also checked for bad caps and cold solder, and measured the voltages on the IC to make sure they were correct. Set works great for a few more hours, again I unplug it and close up. Once again, the next time I power it, the sound is full blast. I only have one more IC left, and I'm not installing it until I know what the underlying problem is! A note about this set; when switched to radio, it uses the same audio IC. The IC is powered by a separate power supply, not from the TV flyback. What am I missing?? BTW please see my previous post "Yoke Replacment" for info about the previous repair.
TV keeps blowing audio IC
Jun 10, 2005
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maybe static charge of crt to speaker or chassis. Check crt grounding if ok and speaker is close to crt run a ground to the speaker frame useing a resistor maybe 1 k.
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Did you check the voltage of the power supply at the IC?
Yup, 12V dead on just as the specs dictate.
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That's what I'm wondering too, since it only seems to fail on powerup. I will check that out.
Did you check the voltage at powerup too to make sure it doesn't spike? Unlikely but possible.
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