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Cable channels
Our cable system just went 100% digital. Except for announcements regarding the change over on several analog channels there is no more analog programming. I have a 2008 Samsung flat screen set in...
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Electronics Store in Orlando?
Is there a good used electronics and perhaps computers store in Orlando Fla? Visiting there in January. Got to keep the hobby alive :-)
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looking for schematic of Fujion F-1000 RDF
[repost to s.e.r] There hasn't been a posting to s.e.r from AIOE in a month, so it looks like he's blocked the group to everybody. Somebody was trolling s.e.r from there a couple of months ago....
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Motor question
I'm too tired to reason this out; does anybody know: Can a motor designed to run off 50 Hz successfully run off 60Hz? I dimly recall that motors designed for one frequency will operate safely on the...
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Opening Archos 5
Was wondering why there are no videos on opening an Archos 5 on places like YouTube? Battery replacement on a huge number of different devices is addressed on an equally gigantic number of similar...
 
Wifi tv outputs
Are there any Wi-Fi TVs with output that I can then send to another TV? In the models I"ve looked at, the only outputs are optical and IR-blaster, , and I suspecit they can't be converted to something...
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Nakamichi DVD-15
You used to be able to buy a CD with a brush on it (really!) that would wipe dust off the lens. It could not, of course, remove impacted schmutz. Unless you smoke, or the player is in a dirty...
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StagePass 300 Yamaha
Greetings folks Has anyone yet got to the bottom of the StagePass300 intermittent sound problem which seems to be endemic with the units these days. Sound cuts out intermittently, although the leds...
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Toshiba p30 laptop power problem
Tbh I'm not really expecting any solutions other than "replace the mainboard" but I'll ask anyway in case someone has fixed the same problem... Short version: Toshiba P30-144 laptop. Mostly this thing...
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PC power-on troubles
The PSU and mobo are a couple of years old, but previously tested good. They've been in storage, and I just put them in a new case. 5v standby is good. Power switch works and is in the right place....
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Unusual Marshall amp fault
Considering all those personal names of testers/inspectors labelled inside. a 1962 from 2003. A history of blowing fuses then would work for months then blowing again. Is there a name for them , the...
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Unusual keyboard fault
This made me laugh. I have a Korg SP200 digital piano in for repair that had a block of 8 keys not functioning. Took the offending keyboard PCB off to find the notes would work if the scanning lines...
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Flashing LED on old Quantum HDD PCB
I have an old 5.25" Quantum Bigfoot CY6.4 hard drive which I want to use in an old PC. It was working some months ago when I hooked it up to a USB adaptor on a Ubuntu PC and backed up its contents....
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Onkyo TX2500 mk II
I have an Onkyo TX2500 mk II receiver that I'm hoping to fix up for a friend, which is not working properly on AM or FM. Tuning to AM gives low frequency oscillation, and a cursory inspection shows...
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Calibrating Wein (Honeywell) WP1000 Flash Meter
Anyone have info on adjusting this device? I have the owners manual, but that does not cover the multiple adjustments inside the meter. Using it to test a bunch of flash tube operated rifles and...
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