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AIWA AD-F810 3-Head Tape Deck
Hello, all. After not using the subject cassette deck for several years I decided to use it (with a computer) to convert a number of cassettes to mp3s. Previously this deck had been trouble-free (I...
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Need Source for very very very small 54 pin connector
I've searched all over and come up empty for a source for a small connector I need. This connector is similar to that used to connect cell phone LCD displays to the phone circuit board. It has 54...
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Arcade monitor has intermittent Blue
Although I'm no expert, I'm trying to repair the monitor inside an arcade cabinet. It's a Selti 22.0244.2. The problem is a low blue on the screen, that from time to time will flash "good" just for a...
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Video Interferes with Audio
I have a MacBook Pro that I use as an Entertainment Center. The video out is connected to an Analog TV by a mini-dvi -> S-Video adapter. The audio is connected from the Mac's earphone output to the...
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Fiery epoxy ... !!
A few weeks back, I bought some two part rapid epoxy in a twin syringe arrangement, from the local 99p shop - and very good it is too, if you can stand the smell. Today, I needed to have some of it go...
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Re: Composite video from Compaq Armada e500.
At 2011-05-05 1:48 pm Paul Jeroni wrote in "You must connect the shields, the waveforms on the scope are all noise." OK. With the shield of the scope lead connected to the shield of composite output...
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Huge Radio Electronics Auction (Wall NJ, 07719)
Annual InfoAge Radio Electronics Auction Saturday September 10th 2011 Huge Radio/Electronics Auction conducted by The New Jersey Antique Radio Club and The Radio Technology Museum at the InfoAge...
 
Dark strip on LCD...
TV is a Polaroid 42" 1080p LCD, model TLX-04244B. It was purchased on 11/28/08, at Wal-Mart, with an extended warranty. It has developed a horizontal dark strip, about 3 inches wide, about 1/4 of the...
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LCD TV backlight stays on
When the set is powered-off, the backlight on my 5-year old 19" Westinghouse (LTV-19w6) LCD TV no longer shuts-off. When the set is unplugged, the backlight (of course) shuts-off. It stays off when...
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RCA 25" TV Dead After Power Outage
Gentlemen, I have a 25" RCA TV, model #F25651BL / Chassis #CTC177AG. After a power outage due to a thunderstorm, my set is now completely dead. It was plugged in but not on at the time. I don't hear...
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Tips How to Reinstall P4 CPU & Heat Sink or Separate P4 CPU from Heat Sink?
Have a Dell 2350 that removed the P4 CPU & Heat Sink. Thought they would easily separate but did not and both came off together with the CPU lever locked. Have not figured out how to reinstall with...
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OT: exploring inside an LCD backlight area
For a laptop if different in a TV. Is there a specific name for those sheets of diffuser/refractor plastic. Look like a conflation of "straightened" Fresnel lens and stationary image of TV picture...
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tv vertical deflection problem MAGNUM PT2 chassis
Should have been an easy repair, this. TV is a mid 90s MAGNUM 5520 VT, PT2 CHASSIS . A supermarket (german Aldi) special I believe. It came to me a couple of years ago with sound but no picture....
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Heathkit QM1 Q meter
I picked this meter up the other day. It came from a school lab and appears to have been taken care of. It also has the original external factory supplied calibration coil as well. I have been able to...
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OBIT: Tony Sale almost one-man-band Colossus computer rebuilder
Tony Sale obituary Computer scientist behind the rebuilding of the wartime code-breaking Colossus Tony Sale, who has died aged 80, was responsible for rebuilding the second world war Colossus...