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Normal MUTE operation operates correctly, Just "on" and "off" have the "POP". Checking IS20(11) the audio output it was discovered that capacitor When the set is turn on the is a "POP" in the audio CS202 was missing from the board. Replacing it with a 47mfd@50vdc cured that occurs each time the set is turned on. the symptom. Unit has no color in any input. Tuner, composite, When monitoring Pin 14 tech found the B+ voltages to be unstable. Problem or S-video is in black and whit only. This was caused by a defective CV002 a 100mfd @ 24vdc electrolytic Part # condition can be intermittent 256801 If one were to closely listen to the initial start up of this SMPS at plug in there Unit will not turn on. No standby or main supply. was not any small chirp of the switching power supply. Checking the soft start Nothing shorted in the primary of the power resistors RP006 & RP007 we found that RP007 was open. Both resistors are Unit has loud pop in left speaker as soon as the TV 120K@1/4watt.Part # 220644. supply is plugged in. Low pitch whine from power supply. TV will not turn on. Tech replaced IS200 After further checking with the speakers disconnected there was 16 volts and the TV turned on but the tech did not connect measured at the speaker wires for the left speaker where the right speaker was Placing volt. The supply on variable isolated power supply we discovered the speaker plug. But after reconnecting the under 1 the powertrouble wasacaused by a shorted CS211 a 1000mfd@25vdc, the 201162 speaker the set popped in d the set shut off. pn#supply would run at 55 VAC in the stand by mode. But if the AC supply was increased to 60 volts the Secondary B+ at DP80 was in excess of 136vdc. Unit is dead. Further checking finds DP027 Investigating deeper into the secondary of the power supply the tech found shorted. Nothing else was shorted. Replacing the DP63 breaking down. This apparently caused a failure in the feedback diode and reapplying power again shorts DP027 reference for the regulator to run at the correct voltage. Replacing DP063 part# again. 243844, and DP027 a 27v zener diode 244835corrected the trouble. Unit has the main power supply voltage 19, 13, 126 vdc. However there is no B+ to the IR receiver TR005(E) has no 5 volts. Neither does the Base, but the Collector has 6 or the EEPROM IR001(8) volts.Zenor diode DR001 is shorted. Diode is a 5.6 vdc zenor. Part # 215488 Checking the presence of Red Green and blue drives, at IB001(7,8,&9) located When changing the channel, the picture tears. This on the CRT board, the tech found the both red(9) and blue(7) were normal, but was has a Magenta raster. Green for several hours the green(8) was nearest to VCC. Problem was a leaky DB071 part # 230757. Unitobserved after the set was on CRT cathode and when near 200 vdc running at the channel is changed. The horizontal Replacing the diode cured the symptom. I have had two RCA 27V530 televisions with the frequency will drift down to approx. 14900htzcommon intermittent shut I didn't in the order or wait for the connector so in both pin I cut the 15000htz. This is enough to cause the horizontal Startingwant toHorizontal VCO section of IV001 which iscases17, Tech downto appear, by the raster (fluctuating) connector off and soldered the threethe horizontal in. the changing the channel, lines preceded and cause the picture to "tear". noticed by touching CV006 locked leads directly to By board.The problem shrinking from the sides. One of them replaced still existed so then cut out horizontally of length out of the leads and This happens very consistantly after onI for several the picture willIstill drift about two inchesthough. Tech changed CV006 the EWM board several resoldered them to the EWM TV.Thanks date BOTH units are Ohio. hours of run operation. months ago and seemed to (256858) and this repaired theboard. To this To Mark in Northeastworking be ok but the problem came back. Thompsons web normal with NO changes in raster size or shutdown occurring.This leads me site indicates possible corrosion at connector to believe that the cables either were bad internally or the extra length was BL103 on the EWM board so I tried cleaning them creating some capacitance and being near the IHVT might be picking up with no luck. They suggest ordering the connector interference from it...I would think this fix should work on any ITC008 Monitoring the to the Pierson to fix the problem. chassis.Thank G2Don tech found the voltage was running at 388 vdc measured with a Fluke 77 and a high voltage probe adapter. 1000 to 1.When Unit has an intermittent condition of the brightness the raster was bright the voltage would raise up over 410 vdc. Disconnecting getting too bright where retrace lines are seen. the CRT socket we found the voltage was still erratic. Tech condemned the Reducing the G2 voltage temporally solves the flyback. After replacement the G2 voltage stabilized.Part location LL005 Part trouble but it will return in a few hours. # 262342 Checking the G2 voltage at the socket we fount hat it was only 5 volts. TV has High voltage, filaments, deflection, and Removing the CRT socket did not improve that reading. With the TV Off the sound but no raster.Rasing the G2 voltage has no G2c resistance was measured and fount it was just under 820K. Removing the effect capacitor CB001value is a .01 @3KV part number 257975 The tech opened DL062, board coordinates for this is U11. Locatedjust left of the flyback as viewed from the back of the set..This diodemonitors the pincushion output transistor.It will shut down the horizontal drive at TL061. Unit shuts down right after turn on. Unit has problem was a defect in the pincushion circuit. Recommend replacing vertical and horizontal sweep. pincushion board Part #263370. Tech fought this symptom for hours. Without correcting. Resoldering the Pincushion area did not solve theproblem. I had tech hard wire the Unit has intermittent E/W shaking just before the Pincushion board to the main chassis. Remove the connector BL003/BL103 unit shuts off. and hardwire both ends of the cable. This solved the shutdown symptom.

Unit has intermittent shutdown. Unit may play for several hours then it will shutdown. Sometimes customer notices that the horizontal sync or looses stability

DefectiveCV006 pn 256858,CV007 pn 244072. These devices are in the 1600fh VCO PLL filter circuit. Components are SMD devices and the symptom was aggravated by heating and freezing. Both devices were replaced at the same time so it was unclear which one actually caused the trouble. When monitoring Pin 14 tech found the B+ voltages to be unstable. Problem was caused by a defective CV002 a 100mfd @ 24vdc electrolytic Part # 256800 After checking B+ and confirming they were OK it was then time to check the Data and clock. The tuner NH001(4) was missing the clock signal. It was low. RH003 was cracked. It is a 2.7K located at 2W on the main circuit board. Part Further checking the tech found that the stronger the signal the lower the noise # 256762 factor was. Scoping the tuner NH001(1) the tech found that when the horizontal lines were the worst the AGC line at the tuner had random spikes and sawtooth waves. They were over 1.5 v pp. We ESR'd capacitor CH008 and found it to be over 100 ohms of ESR resistance. Replacing the 4.7mfd@25vdc cured the symptom.

Unit has poor horizontal and vertical sync. This condition can be intermittent Unit has no reception.. All snow. All B+ to tuner are normal. AGC voltage is 5.5 vdc no matter what channel we tune to. TV has random horizontal lines of noise video in the tuner mode only. The composite and component mode are perfect. Sound is normal in all modes.