CE Tech Tips — July 2015

CE Professional Tech Tip Sharing

July 2015

**NOTICE**

Due the danger and complexity of electronics repair, the following shared
technical tips are intended for professional reference only. Please refer to
manufacturer’s recommendations as Encompass does not guarantee the accuracy,
reliability or safety of this information.

Hitachi TV, 46UX12B

Reason for Service: No customer convergence adjustment from the on screen
display

Solution:  Replaced IC-1501 and ZD-1501.

Panasonic Plasma TV, TH42PX75U

Reason for Service: 
Dead, red LED flashing 8 blinks

Solution: Replacing the SS board
fixed the set.

Philips TV, 
50PFP5332D/37

Reason for Service: 
Dead

Solution:  Replaced SSB; used 3139 268 09052.

Pioneer TV, PRO-118

Reason for Service: Picture washed out and pulled up from the bottom of
screen

Solution: Repair solder
connections on connector boards between power supply and video boards.  Especially check H-Sync connection.

RCA CTC169

Reason for Service: Vertical distorted, squeezed in from the bottom, a
little fold over

Solution: Replaced yoke
return cap, C4503.  2200/35V

Samsung TV, LTN1795X/XXA

Reason for Service: 
Green LED blinking; if you leave it plugged in long
enough it may come on

Solution:  Found two bad caps on main board next to IC23.  C21 & C22, 10uF/16V

Sony TV, KDS-70Q006

Reason for Service: Lamp goes out after it is on for a minute or so.  Sound ok, green LED flashes, but no
code.  Lamp comes on after a minute or
so. Symptom then repeats.  Lamp was
replaced a few months before this problem.

Solution: Replacing the lamp
again fixed the set.

Sony TV, KV-1326R

Reason for Service: Dead

Solution: Replacing C614
fixed the set.  22uF/250V

Toshiba TV, 50H81

Reason for Service: 
When set first turned on, picture ok, but then
immediately starts jumping and shrinking vertical and has vertical lines through
it.  Touching the DPC board stopped
it.  Tapping the board made it worse or
shut it down. 

Solution: Intermittent
connections on pins for this board, twist them slightly and reseat.

Zenith TV, E44W46LCD

How To: Reset the lamp
timer

Solution: You need a
105-201M service remote.  Press the
“in-start” button, then press 9 or scroll down to lamp replace.  Press the enter button.