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| Make | Model | Symptom | Problem | Solution | By |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SONY |
TAAX500
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Fractured ground lug | With the volume control set at minimum there is an imbalancein the sound level and static in one or both channels. | ||
| SONY |
STRVX550
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Missing part number in manual | No part number for fm tuner in s/m. fm tuner number isa-434-402-9a. | ||
| SONY |
STP75
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Defective control upc - ic603 | This unit did not light any display segments and there wasno tuning. a check of - control upc - ic603 revealed that the ic wasinoperative. | ||
| SONY |
RS30
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Short on secondary of t901 | No power. spring connector was bent towards pc board,shorting to ground the secondary of t-901 (power trans). | ||
| SONY |
PSLX500
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Audible noise | Low level thump or rumble like noise is heard when everhorizontal drive motor moves tonearm. | ||
| SONY |
PSF5
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Instructions in manual | Page 17 of service manual, in order to perform verticalbalance and horizontal balance we recommend using a 70mg, a 245mg anda 315mg weight. servicer has asked if we have a p/n for these weights. -hq comments: use the following number of washers to get | ||
| SONY |
PCMF1
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Defective ic531 | Sound breaks up (muting) on e to e and on playback ofprerecorded tape. found vco drifting. found no dc change at output ofic531 pin 1 although input to pin 3 was changing. | ||
| SONY |
MTL10B
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Defective q511 | All functions inoperative. unit had been worked on by dealerand microprocessor had been changed (ic502). found that there were nokey scan pulses to pins 30/31/32 and ic502. | ||
| SONY |
M205A
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Defective panasonic cassettes | I have had several instances of erratic or non-operation ofm205a at the pittsburgh fsc counter. in all of these, the customer wasusing panasonic mc60 cassettes. replacement with sony mc60 cassettescured all problems to satisfaction of customer. | ||
| SONY |
ICF2001
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Defective ic201 | The am was very weak and only strong stations could bleedthrough. we found the problem to be caused by incorrect bandswitching.we found ic201 to be putting out the wrong commands. | ||
| SONY |
ICF2001
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Defective filters q32/q51 | The fm muted above 89.20mc. am worked fine we found the pwmnot being properly filtered out of pll-1. | ||
| SONY |
CFS99
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Substitute part was smaller | Substitute part was smaller. -hq comments: late production cfs-99s used a larger gear (an) identifiedby p/n 3-579-641-00. please make a note in your s/m. | ||
| SONY |
CFS45
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Replacement part is smaller | Replaced tape transport with x-3570-050-1. found motor switchnot being activated due to arm on brake lever being too short to reachswitch. transport p/n x-3570-050-4 has correct length arm. | ||
| SONY |
CDP701ES
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Dead unit | The dead unit had ic108, ic109, ic110, ic801 - shorted.ic108 was physically melted, with a hole in the chip. we can duplicatethe problem by shooting c218, c214, c138 to ground for a fraction ofa second. | ||
| SONY |
CDP101
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Fusible resistors r390 and r391 | Door opens slow. r390 and r391 was charred and ic304 wasreplaced as precaution. | ||
| SONY |
CDP101
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Defective crystal | 1) disc motor would run at power on. 2) no loading orchucking operation. 3) sometimes pause and play, leds would light.4) sometimes drawer would open partly. | ||
| SONY |
XR85
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Loading drive belt stretches | Loading drive belt stretches and belt will slip. when thebelt slips the cassette will not load. | ||
| SONY |
XR85
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Incorrect part number in manual | A tech. ordered a volume control (r/n 502 in the s/m) by theparts number 1-228-735-00 but he received the part 503, instead. | ||
| SONY |
WM10
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Cold solder joint on flexible board | Unit stopped rewinding or fast forwarding several secondafter pressing rew or ff button. found cold solder on the flexible boardbetween s901 and r634 as indicated in the diagram. | ||
| SONY |
TCK88B
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Unit out of adjustment | Dealer complained of gross wow and flutter. verified problem,measured 0.6% jis weighted. |