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Sony KV-20XBR Question

I have a 25 year old Sony KV-20XBR TV that's been darn near perfect over a quarter of a century! Amazing... last week,...
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posted by w9cw
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by w9cw

Reflowing a BGA?

I bought a Thinkpad X31. Fails video memory test and the image looks like it's in 8-bit color mode. Pushing hard on the...
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posted by spamme9
15 comments posted 15yrs posted by spamme9

Quality Rubber Belts Source

Hi, I have an Aiwa Z-L500 stereo in my living room that I had worked on more than once for the same problem, replacing...
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posted by jaugustine
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by jaugustine

Damned cable companies!!

Recently we were notified by our local cable provider that they will be eliminating the present analog service and goin...
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posted by captainvideo462009
12 comments posted 15yrs posted by captainvideo462009

Dos commands ( ver. 6.2)

I just installed a Dos program on my primary master drive thats running under Windows 98 and I would like to copy the e...
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posted by captainvideo462009
8 comments posted 15yrs posted by captainvideo462009

Mains transformer failure

Originally put down to powering 2 ohm rather than 4 ohm speakers but had survived 3 days of running like that. A short...
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posted by diverse
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by diverse

Roland Cube 30x, 2008

Phones/rec out socket. It is implied in the user manual but can anyone verify from experience, more exact details. 1/4...
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posted by diverse
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by diverse

Power Wheelchair Controller Hacking

Has anyone here tried this? I'd like to find some information on how to do it, schematics, etc. They all seem to be pro...
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posted by nelson
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by nelson

Cordless phone battery pack

I've a RS 5.8ghz cordless phone with a dead battery pack: D-AA600BX3 DC 3.6V 600mAh Replacement battery-packs at DC 3.6...
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posted by puddingDOTman
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by puddingDOTman

Convert Tuner to Batteries?

Would like to convert a component AM/FM Tuner to batteries. Was told about the Sony Tuners with System Control that are...
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posted by kenitholson
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by kenitholson

Converting 1960s Fender amp for 240V UK use

Of course the owner wants it to be as original as possible or at least retrievable. I've convinced him that a fully bon...
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posted by diverse
25 comments posted 15yrs posted by diverse

Word Perfect 5.1 for Dos

I presently have a computer that has a hard drive with Dos 6.2 as an operating system. I use Word Perfect 5.1 for all m...
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posted by captainvideo462009
22 comments posted 15yrs posted by captainvideo462009

No remote control? Fixable?

My Philips DVDR, model DVDR3576H (160 GB), only 3 years old, stopped responding to my remote. Replaced the batteries. N...
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posted by NOPSAMmm2005
9 comments posted 15yrs posted by NOPSAMmm2005

Recording time

I need to record the time a device (say A1) is switched on (nice if it records the time the device is switched off). I...
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posted by ecp_gen
3 comments posted 15yrs posted by ecp_gen

Transformer overwind

Hypothetical as enough space for a second Tx this time. Open construction toroid Tx mainly 45-0-45V 400 watt and 10 tur...
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posted by diverse
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by diverse