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In This Issue :
Ali Obaid (L) & Bill Deitz (R) Check out ESR Meters
Cont. on Page 3
February Meeting 1
After the fine meal, we migrated over to
Panasonic CT27SX58 2
look
at
a
collection of ESR meters that members
CET Teaser 4
had
been
asked
to bring with them.
Tech-Tips 4
24 Magnavox Combo 7
Computer Illiterate 10
Chief writer Joe Sopkos. Laws
Meeting Info 12
The Coffee Law Teaser Answer 12
As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee,
your boss will ask you to do something which will
last until the coffee is cold..
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Newsletter Hotline !
Got A News Item ?
Tech-Tip ? Correction ?
Please Contact:
Joe Sopko, 216-381-1140
jsopko112@aol.com
OR
Ron Purkhiser,
352-666-4773
rpurkhis@tampabay.rr.com
POETRY CORNER
Fig.1
The
10J106
Today's Lovely Open Verse poem involves an Old Gentleman - a Panasonic CT27SX58. This
gentleman was carried in by another Vintage Gent who brought in the Chassis Only. Good thing that I am a Pack Rat Extraordinaire
and still have my RCA 10J106 Test Jig so that I could Service him. I Tied his arms & Legs to the Test Jig and began to have my way
with him. Since the set was supposedly Dead I began by tickling his SMPS with a Voltmeter.
That revealed the absence of Raw B+ on the Drain of the SMPSs FET, and it was
easy work to find that the FET was shorted and the 1.5 ohm - 7W Surge Limiter resistor was
open. But that is not the subject of this column. The intent of this column is to show how I
have been Faked out, so that it doesnt happen to You! After restoring Power to the chassis,
the Screen lit up - but there was No Vertical Sweep.
Fig.2
Oh Pshaw! I do so hate it when that happens! You fix one problem that it came in
for, but then have another unrelated problem. I reflowed the solder on the Vert.Sweep IC
with no success, ESRd all the caps in that circuit, and then sat down and had a good Cry
because none of this helped even a single bit! I was ready to Surrender when I finally
opened a schematic and looked closely in that vertical circuit. (See Fig. 3, Page 5) Can you
see it? Look closely at those yoke connections on that chassis!
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NESDA of Ohio
State President
Bob Lowe, CET/CSM
440-247-7391
State Vice President
Tim Murtz, CSM
440-232-5620
State Treasurer
Rich Uminski, CSM
216-641-9470
Sencore CA55
Tenma
EDS
State Secretary
Joe Sopko, CET
216-381-1140
Directors
Jim Mancuso
330-467-0777
Jeff O'Connor
724-775-7123
Newsletter
Joe Sopko, CET
216-381-1140
Dick Smith
Dick Smith
Creative Electronics
The main part of the meeting was to look at a Powerpoint Program of training that had been presented
at last years NPSC by the TPA NEW. Each person at that NPSC class was given a memory stick
with that presentation on it showing VIZIO LCD & Plasma products. Viewing the PPT Here in
Cleveland meant that we didnt have the Words that were spoken in that class, but the person who had
been at the NPSC class tried to remember some of them and went through the PPT slide by slide
showing products from the last 3 years. The Technicians here in Ohio did some brainstorming while
the slides were being shown and called out our own words to discern what the slides were telling us
and telling tips and fixes that they had encountered. Between all of us, we managed to come up with
what the creator of the PPT was trying to get across. This was a good exercise in forcing us to THINK
and REASON. It brought our level of training on VIZIO products up from Zero to Something
even if we had to Do It Ourselves. Listening to the variety and depth of the suggestions being shouted
out proved that ALL of us are smarter than ONE of us.
Ron Purkhiser
352-666-4773
DISCLAIMER
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9V
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#258740
Tech Tips
Mits TV, Model VS4543
Problem: Dead, relay clicks
Fix: Replaced the following, IC900, STRM6811, IC901, SE130N, and PC900,
ON3161R.
RCA ATC010
Problem; Set shutsdown a few seconds
after powering on.
Fix: Found bad solder on video cable from
the main board to the CRT socket.
RCA ITC222
Problem: Set wont come on, but pulses a
few times.
Fix: Replacing D1201 fixed the set.
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The Adventure
of the
Maligned Magnavox
It was a dark and
stormy night that found Sherlock Ohms, the worlds foremost consulting detective, and
myself Dr. John H.Watts-on
locked against the winter storm into our rooms at 221B Baker
Street. London doesnt often suffer winter storms, but this one
seems to have been transplanted by the Jet Stream from Cleveland,
Ohio. We hear from our American cousins that they have had a
hard winter on that side of the Atlantic. Whatever the cause, The
windows in our flat were shut tight against the wind and that also
sealed in the cloud of smoke being produced by the Abominable
Shag Tobacco favored by my friend Sherlock Ohms. Why he ever
chose those Weeds dipped in Camel Dung, Ill never know but he
says that it stimulates his mental processes and they were needed
now as he hunched over the carcass of a 24 Magnavox TV/VCR/
DVD Model MWC24T5B.
A Conundrum is it, Ohms? said I, inquiring into his
progress. No, Watts-on replied Ohms, Its a Magnavox, and is
proving to be a tough nut to crack. The Blighter is Dead Dead as
a Rock Dead as a Mackerel Dead as a Doornail Dead as any
other similes you might care to make, and it does not appear to be
any of the usual suspects. He smiled at his little play on words
and blew another cloud of noxious smoke from the depths of his
Meershaum.
Of course, youve checked the fuses, and surge limiting
resistors And I imagine that youve also checked for shorted
Horizontal Output Transistor and Bridge Rectifiers as well.
Thats Elementary, my dear Wattson, puffed Ohms through his cloud of vapor.
A School child would have done that. I am
about to give the device a good visual inspection, he said as he pulled out the Fresnel
Lens of his pocket magnifier, given to him by
Kim Wagner of Encompass fame. This lens
is worth Ten Voltmeters, Watts-on! One may
carry it in ones pocket and expand ones
view of circuit boards at will. And he proceeded to do exactly that, progressing across
the Circuit Board with his nose no farther that
an inch from its surface. At Least he cannot puff that accursed
Pipe with his face so close, I muttered to myself as he conducted
his visual inspection.
Whats That? Did you say Something, Watts-on asked
Ohms, proving that his eyesight was matched only by his hearing.
Then he exclaimed A-Hah! Look There Watts-on, pointing to
a small round rubber disc, about 3/16 in diameter laying very
close to the surface of the circuit board. Do you see it? He continued. There are two tiny leads protruding from that rubber disc
Less I miss my guess, those are the remains of an Electrolytic
Capacitor that has blown apart.
So they
were. Although
further scrutiny
disclosed some
small bits of
paper
from
within the capacitor strewn
about the interior of the cabinet, no trace of
the body of the
capacitor could
be
found.
What a Revoltin
Development This
is said Ohms.
C1625, D1619
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1.
In the next menu that pops up, Select the CUSTOMIZE Tab
(picture 2
2.
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FINALLY, the Last of the 4 Menus comes up where
you can scroll across pictures of Icons until you find
one that strikes your fancy. I Chose a lovely eyecatching Five Pointed Star that would stand out in the
directory of my Thumb Drive.
4.
When you click the Star, it becomes Highlighted, then
when you click OK and Apply a couple of times,
the folder on your desktop is replaced by the star that
you just selected.
SO, The hard part is over. You have an empty new folder sitting on your desktop,
with a star for the Icon, and a filename of 00 DID YOU FIND THIS DRIVE. The next thing you have to do is put a phone number
in it so that the guy who finds your thumb-drive can call you. You DONT want to put any personal information in there, like your
address (stalkers, Burglars, identity theives, you know) Just your Phone number so that the guy can call. Were going to keep this Simple
and use Notepad because maybe the guy doesnt have Word or any other word processor program. A Notepad file should be able
to be read by ANYONE.
4. Click the START Button at the bottom-left corner of your screen, Click
RUN, then type in notepad, and hit enter. The built-in Notepad thats in
every computer will open (Bet you never used it before didnt even know it was
there, huh?) Type in words to this effect Use Capital Letters: DID YOU
FIND THIS PORTABLE DRIVE? PLEASE CALL JOE SOPKO 216-3811140 THANK YOU
Naturally you would use your own name and phone number, but you get the
idea. If this drive was VERY important to you, like maybe you have your
entire Porn Collection on there, you might say REWARD!.
5. When you have your desired words typed in there, Click File in the Top-Left corner of Notepad, and select SAVE AS so
that you can type in the file name for this file of contact information and tell it to save it in your empty new folder with the star icon.
When you type in the filename, use CAPITAL LETTERS to type in OWNERS CONTACT INFORMATION, and notepad will
automatically save it as a .txt file that should be able to be read by anything.
So, Aint that Great? Some guy finds your lost drive, sticks it into his computer and the
directory comes up that looks like THIS with a Big Eye-Catching star at the top that says DID
YOU FIND THIS DRIVE and when he clicks that he sees a file that says OWNERS
CONTACT INFORMATION. Hope hes Honest enough to call.
www.nesda-ohio.com
where you can see them in greater clarity and in full living
color
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