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 F
awz i I
brahim star
ts an ew series thatw i
ll pro
a
n in-depth account of the opera t
ion a nd c on
trol
o
f plasma d isplay pane ls
. P art 1d escr
ibes t he
c
onstruc
tion and basic operat
ion o f aplasma -pixel
d
isp
lay p anel and t he drive r equiremen ts a nd
t
e
chniques u sed

F
o
rm any d ecade st he CRT h ad amonopo ly a st hed i splay r
ed, g reen a nd /orb l ue o utpu ts asr e quired . T he o pe rating p rin-
d
evice f or TV , c ompu te ra nd o thera pplica tions. T h
i s s i
tua - c
iple o f ap la sma c e
ll i sc lo sely r ela ted t ot hat o ft he s imp le
t
i
on h as now c hanged , w i
th t h e CRT b eing c hallenged b y n
eon l i
gh t s ou rce. Ith a s l ong b een k nown t hat certa in m ix-
f
l
at-pane ld isplay s( FPD s)o fv ar
iou s t ypes. T he two m ain t
ures o fg asse s
, such a sn eon , h e
lium a nd x enon , b reak d own
t
ype sa ret he l i
quid -c rystal d isp lay ( LCD ) a nd t he plasma -dis- t
ob ecome p lasma w hen t h ey a re s ub jec ted t o as uffic iently
p
lay p anel ( PDP )
. CRT s r ema in t he mo stc ommon t ype o fd i
s - h
igh v o
l tage . T h
is i sk nown a s ap lasma d ischa rge. I na ddi-
p
lay i nu se f o
rc on sume r TV a pp lication s, a nd c ontinue t op ro- t
i
on t oe lec trical c onduc tion , ap lasma d ischa rge c onve r
t s part
v
ide v ery g ood p ictu res a tl ow c o st. B utt h eirw e
igh t a nd b ulk o
ft he elec trica l energy i nvo lved i n
to e l ectromagne tic r a d
ia-
b
ecome p rohibitive w ith s cr een s izes a bove a bou t 36in . LCD s, t
i
on , i n
clud ing UV a nd v isib le l i
gh t. S ee F ig. I .T his e fect i s
which a re used f orl aptop a nd n ow d esk -top P Cs and m any u
sed i n am atrix ofc el
ls t hat a re c on trolled b y arrays o fr ow
r
ecen t TV mode ls,a re n orma l
ly u sed f ors mall tom ed ium s ize a
nd c olumn e l
ectrode s and a r
e moun ted b etween t wo g lass
s
creen s
. P la sma t echno logy i sf avou red f o
rl argerf l
at s creen s, p
late s
, a tt h
e f r
ont a nd b ack .
f
ore xamp le TV d isp layso ve r3 6in. T
he m a
jo rd rawback o f as imp le p lasma -d ischa rge c ell is
PDP t echno logy i sb ased o n t he lighto utpu tc reated b y h igh - t
he f act t hat t he li
gh te mitted i st he f amiliaro range g low o fa
v
oltage g low d ischa rge s w ho se d imen sion sa re int he 1 00/rm n
eon s ign. T oo vercome t his, a nd p roduce ar ange o fc olou rs,
r
ange .T he se prov ide t hep ictu ree lemen ts( pixe ls
) i nt hed is- t
he i n
side s o ft he p lasma c el ls are c oated w i
th p ho spho rs that
p
lay. V isible l i
gh ti se mitted f or am onoch rome d isplay , b ut w ith emit re d
, g reen a nd b l
ue l i
gh t when a ct
iva ted . S ee F ig. 2 .
acolou rd isplay t heu lt
rav io let( UV ) p hoton se mi
tted b yt hed i
s- Modif icat ion s have b een i ntroduced t os imp lify c onstruc-
c
ha rge sa rec onve rted t ov i
sib le p hoton s b y r ed, green a nd b l
ue t
i
on , r educe c ost and i ncrea se t h
e b righ tnes s
. T he r esu l
t i sthe
p
ho spho rs. S ot heg asm ixtu r e u sed t op roduce t hed ischa rge s c
o-p lana rc ell i nw hich t wo e lectrode s
, c al
led s ustain a nd
mustb e ef i c
ien ta tc reating UV p ho ton s: x enon i sgene ra lly s
can , are p laced i nt he s ame p lane i nstead o ff acing e ach
u
sed ,i n am ixtu re w ith a nothe rr areg as s uch a sn eon o rh elium . o
the r
. S ee F ig . 3 .At hird e lec trode , k nown a st he d ata o r
The c oncep to ft he pla sma d isplay p ane l isa ctually q uite a
dd ress e l
ec trode , c ontrol s t he dir ec tion o ft h e m ain d i
scha rge
o
ld, b ut i th a
sb ecome as eriou sc ompe titort o CRT s a nd o t her —pe rpend icu la rtot he pa ralle l elec trode s. Thi s elect rode i s
t
echno log ie sf orl a
rge s cr een s ino nly t he l ast few y ea rs —a sa a
l
so u sed t oa pply v ideo d ata t ot h e c el
l, h ence i t
s n ame .
r
esulto fi mprovemen ts i nl um inou s ef ic
iency , c ontrastr atio, The t hr ee e lectrode s a re moun ted o n t h
e f ront a nd r e
a r
l
i
fet ime a nd thee lectron ic d r
ive r s r equired . T his art
ic le w i
ll g
lass p late s. T he d ata e l
ec trode i so n the r earg l ass p late w hile
c
ove rt hec onstruction a nd o pe ration o f ap lasma p ane l a nd t he t
he s can a nd s ustain e lectrode s are o n th e front p la
te . B eing a t
d
r
ive r e quiremen ts a nd t echn ique s. t
he f r
on t, t he s can a nd s usta in e lect rode s are m ade o ft r
an s-
p
aren t m ateria l
. T he d ivision b etween t he cells c onsis ts ofa
T
hep
l
asma p
i
xel
s b
arrierr ib: t his preven t s a dja cent c e lls f r
om a ctivating e ach
E
ach p
l
asma p
i
xel i
sba
sed o
n t
h
ree d
i
scha
rge c
e
lls t
h
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the r
.

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ow e
lec
trode d
ie
lec
tric

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as

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arr
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lasma
d
ischa
rge

p
hospho
r c
olumn e
lec
trode

F
ig
. 1
:The b
asic p
las ma d
ischarge F
ig
. 2
:Ob
tain
ing ac
olou
red l
i
ghto
utpu
tby UV a
ct
iva
tion o
fphospho
rs.

D
r
iv
ing ap
l
asma c
e
l
l
T
he re a re t h
r ee stage st od r
iving ap lasma c ell, see F ig. 4 :( 1
)
s
e
to ri n
itialise ( a
lso k nown a se rase); ( 2
) a dd r esso rw r
i te; and A
lum
inium
(
3)d ischa rge o rs u s
ta in ( also k nown a sd isp lay )
. b
ase
T
he c ell i si n
it
ia lised b y r emov ing a ny r e
sidua l c ha rge t ha
t
S
can
may r ema in f rom ap rev iou s drive c ycle.T his i sa ccomp lished
Da
ta e
lec
trode
b
y a pply ing a n in
itia lise /se t pul se b e
tween t he susta in a nd t h
e
e
lec
trode
s
can e lectrode s. S ee F ig. 5 .T he r esult i s as tartd ischa rge , the
g
as i nt he c ell becom ing i on
ised . This s t
a r
t d ischa rge i sn o
t a
Sus
tain
f
u
lly -fledged d ischa rge , a nd v ery l i
tt
le e mis sion o ccu rs.
e
lect
rode
O
nce t hec ell hasb een c l
ea r ed and s et, t he nex t s tage i st o
d
eterm ine w he theri ti st ob e t urned o n t op roduce al i
gh to ut
- C our
p
ut.T his d epend so n t he p ic
tu r e conten t.T o s e
lec t ac el
l f ord i
s- p
hosphor
c
ha rge, ap osit
ive -go ing p ulse i sapplied t ot he d ata e lect rode
a
nd an ega t
ive -go ing p ulse t ot he scan e lect rode . T his i st he D
ie
lec
tric D
ie
lec
tric
w
rite s tage . I onsa nd f ree e l
ect ron s arec r eated , cha rg ing t he
d
ielectric a round t hee lec t rode s. T he c harge i sk nown a s a' wal
l
c
ha rge': i tprime s t hec ell f or af u
lly-fledged p l
a sma d ischa rge F
ig
. 3
:Bas
ic p
ixe
lce
ll s
tructure (
one c
olour
).
a
tt hef o
llow ing s tep.
T
he n ex t s t
age i st op roduce t he fu
ll d ischa rge a nd t hus l i
ght
emission . T hi s isa ccomp lished b y apply ing as u s
ta in p ul se
I
n
it
ial
ise -
> Wn
te S
usta
in
b
etween t hes can a nd t he s ustain e lectrode s. T he p u
l se i so f
p
ola r
ity ( n ega t
ive -go ing ) s uch t ha
t i tadd s t ot hee xisting w al
l
c
ha rge.A s ar esult ap la sma d ischa rge o ccu r s and, w ith i t,e mis-
s
ion o ft he r elevan tc olou ro utpu t. The p ulse s are a t ah i gh f r
e-
q
uency , i nt he region o f2 00kHz . • A
ddress p
ence > 4--Sus
tain p
er
iod — >
T
his p lasma d ischa rge r eve rse s the p o
la rity o ft he w all
c
ha rge. N ex t, b y app lying ap o sit
ive -go ing s ustain p ulse Sub-he
id pen c
e
b
etween t he s can a nd s usta in e lectrode s, as econd p lasma d is
-
c
ha rge o ccu rs,r e
ve rsing t he w all charge. T his p roce s sc ontin-
u
es, w ith d ischa rge s o ccur ring a tt h
e n ega tive a nd p o si
tive F
ig. 4
: T
he t
hree
-phase p
ixe
lce
lld
rive c
ycle
.
p
eak so fe ach s us
ta in p ulse , se e Fig. 6.P ixel b righ tne ss i sdeter-
m
ined b y t h
e n umbe ro fs ustain p ulse s app lied t ot he e lectrode s. V
s

I
fthe c ell i snots elec ted f ore mission d uring t he w r
ite p hase
t
her e will b en ow all c ha rge a nd ac e
ll d ischa rge w ill n ot b e D
ata
s
ustained , e ven w hen t h e s ustain p ulse s a re a pplied .
T
he p ro ce ss ist hen r e peated , s t
art
ing w ith i n
itiali sation .

T
h
epl
asma p
ane
l
Ap l
a sma p anel consist
so f am at
rix ofc e
lls arranged i nr ow s S
can
I
n
it
iate
/se
t
(
l
ine s)a nd column s
. E ach r ow o fc e
lls h as as ustain and as can p
ulse
e
lectrode b us while each column o fc ells isu nde r
lined b y a B
etween s
usta
in
d
ata/add ressb us
. The e lectrode s ar
e p rotected f rom UV b om - a
rd s
can Wr
ite p
ulses
e
lec
trodes
b
ardmen t, which w ould limit t h
eirw orking l i
fe, by a n i
nsulat
-
i
ngd ielectric t
hata ctsa s ap rotect
ive c oat. T h
is c reates acapa c
-
F
ig 5
:Bas
ic p
ixe
l d
rive p
ulses
.
i
t
ive r eactance inseries with t hec e
ll
. A part from a ct
ing a sa
c
urrent l imi
ter
,t he reactance i scrucial t oforma tion o fthe w al
l p
rotective dielect
ric coating asbefore. F
inally am agne s
ium -
c
harge,a ct
ing as at empo rary m emo ry tos toreo ne-bit v
ideo o
xide o vercoat isa pp
lied overthe front gl
assd ie
lectr
ic t opro-
d
ata. t
ectt heelectrodes f r
om d i
scharge.
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lt b y fi
rst moun ting t hed ata elec- The ce
lls a r
eo fd iferent s
izes depending o n t
he phospho r
t
rodeso n the r
earg lass
. Ap rotective d i
electric c oat
ing i sthen c
olou r
, with t h
e blue cel
ls widera nd th
e redc el
ls narrowe rthan
a
pplied. R ibs ar
ec reated asc o
lou ra rea di v
ide rs
, a nd colou r t
heg reen cells. The reason fo
rt h
is asymme try istoc aterfort h
e
p
ho spho rsa re a
dded t ot he cel
ls t h
us f ormed .T ran sparents can d
if e
r ent eficiencies oft h
e phospho r
s. This asymme tric
a
nd s usta
in e l
ectrode sa re m ounted o n the frontg las
s, with a a
rrangemen t has th
e d i
sadvantageso fi n
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ame ' o
ne-b it plane t e
chnique '
. Ao ne video d ata bi
ts e
lects the
c
e
l l fo
re mission, and aw a
ll charge iscreated . Az ero vi
deo
d
ata bit wi
l l not se
lec t ac e
ll and no w a
ll cha rge willb e f
o rmed.
S
us-t
a
in
p
u
lses Once al i
ne ha s been add re
ssed, it
ss can e lectrode vol
tage i s
k
epta t an ega t
ive l evel known a st h
e base -w r
ite v o
ltage, V bw,
f
ort he rema ining d urat
ion o ft he a
ddress p er
iod . This isnece s
-
s
ary toa void p rema ture discharge oft he ce
l l
s, k nown a s aself-
e
rasing discha rge, w hich w ould remove t he w a
ll charge
. T he
s
ustain bus i skep t at as mal
l negative voltage k nown ast he
s
ub-wr i
te v oltage, V sw, d ur
ing the address p eriod.
F
ig
. 6
:Discharges o
ccur a
t t
he p
osi
tive a
nd n
egat
ive p
eaks o
fthe At t
hee nd oft he add r
e ss per
iod o u
t-of-pha se 5psec pulses
s
usta
in pu
lses
. a
re fed toa l
l t h
e s u
stain a nd scan el
ectrode s f orthe simul
tane -
o
usd i
scha rge/display o fa l the se
lected cells.
c
os
ta nd r
educ
ing l
i
fe t
ime h
owever. B
ox-shaped c
e
lls a
r
e u
sed
t
oprovide al
a
rge
re fec
tive p
hosphorsur
face
. S
cann
ing
W
i th aCRT l i
ne s c
anning a nd l i
ghte miss
ion t ake p l
ace simu l
-
D
r
iving aP
DP t
a
neou sly. W ith ap lasma p anel h oweve rs canning , int h
e f o
rm
Asd esc r
ibed e arl
ier,d riv ing ap la sma c el
l i nvolve s at hree - o
fa ddressing t he pixel ce
lls
, t akes p l
ace sequen tial
ly l i
ne by
s
tage c ycle: i n
i t
ialise, w r
ite a nd d ischa rge . When a pplied t oa l
i
ne , ap roce ss that'
s separate from t heactual e mission ofl i
ght.
PDP, t het e
chn ique i sc alled A dd res s D isplay S epa rated ( ADS ). T
he l attert akes place d ur
ing t he sustain per
iod , w hen al t h
e
Cel
l s ar e add re ssed i ndiv idually l i
ne -by -
line t hen, i n as eparate s
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ng. T he 3 52U s eemed a n i deal t es
t k
nob . Ift his w as notp o ssible, t
he d
ard, w ate r-ba sed m u
ltipu rpo se
b
ed f ort hep urpo se —b utb y t h
is p
roje ctw ou ld b e ata ne nd. But f
i
llero ft het ype u sed f orh ou seho ld
t
ime i t
sl o ud speake rh ad b een c on- e
xp erience g ained i nm ak ing a d
eco ra t
ion ,e . g
. P olyfilla.T his
s
igned t oa no the rs et! r
eplica w ould h elp with o therv in- p
roved t ob e s urp r
i s
ing ly s ucce ss-
Irecalled f rom e arly s ales l i
tera- t
age r adio a nd TV s etr esto ra
tions. f
ul
. Wa ter-ba sed ' wood f i
l
le r'
t
uret hatt hee xte r
io rd esign o ft he A
st h e wave change s wit ch had a would n od oub tp rove t ob ea n
s
etw asd istinc tive ( see h eading s
imila r 1/4in . (8mm ) shaf tt othe a
ccep tab le s ub stitute. T he mou ld
p
hoto )
, p articu la rly t he t u ning k nob v
olume c on trol, Ia s
sumed t hatthe would b e a' nega tive 'f o rm o ft he
i
nt hec en tre w ith i t
sd omed g old s
hape , size a nd d e
sign o ft h e s
ur- o
rigina l k nob , w ith t hec avitie s
t
r
im .T he o the rt wo c ont rol s w ou ld v
iving k nob w ould prov ide ap a
t- s
tand ing p roud . Id ecided make i t
h
ave b een r ece ssed i nto t he s i
de so f t
e
rn f or mou lding ar epla cemen t
. i
nt wo h alve s
,t hec ircu larr earp or
-
t
he plastic c ab ine t, volume /on -of f When aw avechange s w
itch is t
i
on a nd t h ef r
on ts ection w ith i t
s
t
ot her ighta nd t he w avechange o
pe rated c on side rable s t
r ess is i
nden ta t
ion s.
sw
itch t ot he l eft
, b utt he l a
t
te rw as o
ften a pplied t ot he st
em o ft he Ab arrie ro fp etroleum j e
lly w as
m
i s
sing . c
on trol knob . S ot h
is i s ac ommon smea red o ve rt hee nt
ir e s u
r face o f
L
ittle s ervice d ata i sa vailab le. p
oin t w her ed amage o ccu rs
. t
hek nob t ob e r eproduced . As ec-
No Trad er s hee t s e
em s t oh ave Moder nf ibr egla ss a
nd p olyester o
nda ry b arrie ro ft h
in, a bso rben t
b
een i ssued , b utt hec ircu itd iagr am mate r
ials a re d urable b utc anno t t
i
ssue p ap e r( e
.g . t o
iletp ape r) w a
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(
see Fig. 1 )i si nt h
e 1 956 -7 v olume a
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r ength o fthe t
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a
pertu rew ould r ema in, see P hoto But t here w er e i mpe r
f ection s —
1
.F inally,l o opso fw ir
e w ere m
inu t e h o
le sa nd j agged e dge s.
i
nserted a tc onven ien t p oints to T
he se w ere m ade g ood u sing f i
ne
f
aci
litat ee asy w ithd r awal. wet
-and -d ry p ape r
, f i
l
ling w he re
Once i th ad h ardened , the m ou ld n
ece ssa ry. Is t
rong ly a dvise t ha
t
f
ort hef r
onto ft hek nob w as se pa- y
ou m ake t his ag radua l p roce ss,
r
a
ted a nd fragmen tso ft i
s sue p ap er v
iew ing t hec asta td if er entt ime s
werer emoved . It hen f ound i tn ec- u
nde rv ariou s lighting c ond itions.
e
ssary t oa low s ome h oursf ori tto L
ike w rit
ing , p a
in t
ing a nd s culp-
d
ryf u
lly b efo rea t
temp ting f urthe r t
ure
, t o day' s su cce ss m igh tc ome t o
work. Meanwh ile theb ack o ft he b
e se en a st omo rrow 'sf ailu r e
! T he
k
now w asc oa ted w ith b arrierso f a
temp tt oa chieve p erfection i s
p
etroleum j el
ly a nd t i
ssue p ape r
, e
xceed ingly t ediou s. C omp rom ise
a
nd al ayero fw a
te r-ba sed f i
l
le r i
s
,w i th p atience , al i
t
tle mo ree asi-
wasb uilta round i ti nt he same w ay l
ya chieved !
a
sb efo re
. As p reviou sly m entioned , Ic on-
Photo 2s how s theo rigina l s
idered i tbet tert os l
ice t he s ha f
t
F
ergu son 3 52U v o
lume /on -of fc on- f
rom a nothe rc on trol k nob r ather
t
r
ol k nob a nd t he m ould s m ade t
han r e p
lica te t heo r
igina l. I ft he g
lo
ssy f
i
nish
. S
ee P
hoto
s 4a
nd 5
. Photo 1
:S haf
t
f
r
om i t.T he q uali
ty o ft h
ec as
t ( the c
ontro l s p
ind le i st op ass i nto t h
e a
ttached to t
he
mou lding f
or t
he
n
ew k nob )d ep end so nt hato ft he b
ody o ft he n ew k nob , i ts hou ld b e Tun
ing cont
rol t
r
im
n
e w wavechange
mould. S ome a dditiona l f i
l
ling,c or- smear ed w ith p etroleum j e
lly , T
he t r
im a tthe centreo fthet uning sw
itch k
nob.
r
ect
ion a nd s moo thing w e re needed . i
nserted t hrough t he n ew s haf tt hen k
nob w as cl
early e s
sen t
ial tot h
e
i
n
to t he knob , toe nsur ec orrec t a
pp earance oft he set
. I twa s s
pe -
M
aking t
h
eca
st p
o s
ition ing —p art
icu la r
ly w hen t he c
ia
lly s haped into as hallow ,coni -
Once a na cceptable m ou ld h ad s
pindle h as a' flat'
. Ad i
su sed c
a
l ' dome ' inbrigh tb ronze org old.
b
een c reated, both h a
lves w ere p
oten tiome te r iss uitable f ort his Idecided t oexp er
imen tw i
th p oly-
c
oated w ith petroleum j e
lly. T his p
ropo se . e
s
te rf i
llertop rovide as ubst
itute.
t
ime,t i
s sue pape rw a
s n ot used . I At h
in l aye ro fp olye ste rw as As heetofp aperw as la
id acro ss
t
hen m ixed s ome p olye sterf i
ller u
sed t oa t
ta ch t he n ew s haf tt ot he t
he surface oft he innert uning k nob
a
nd i mpa cted itinto each h alf — n
ew k nob . O nce t he f i
llerh ad h ard- a
nd s cored toi nd
icate t he ri
dge t ha
t
f
i
rm ly
,t oa void airp ocke ts
. T he e
ned, t he spind le w as r e
trieved a nd d
efine st h
ec i
rcum ference o fthe
t
wo h a
lve sw ere then b rough t t
hee n t
i re a ssemb ly w as i nsp ected t
r
im . When t he p aperw as removed
t
ogethe ru nt
il thef i
llerh a
rdened , p
r
io rt ob eing p ainted —w ith a t
he ridge w as out
lined i ni nkt h
en
whereupon at ago n the loop so f mode lling e name l oft he c orrect c
uto ut. Fi
llerw as used tof orm a
w
ires epa rated them ( the r
e w as h
ue, i nt hisc ase m auve m ixed w ith t
ough d ome on th e paper
. T hi
s w as
s
ome r i
sk oft he m ould sb eing f rac
- d
ark b r own . T he e name l t ended t o c
ontou red, us
ing s andpap e
r, pr
io rt o
t
u
r ed)
. In ow h ad ak nob t ha
t w a
sa f
low o ver mo s
to ft he r ema in ing b
eing s prayed w i
th b ronz e pa
int.
r
easonab le facsim i
le o ft he original i
mp er fection s, giving as moo th, T
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: T
he c
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or t
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L
3 n eeded t ob ec aref ully resetf or
o
ptimum r esults. O nce t his w as
a
chieved ,C 5 and C 14 w erea d
ju s
t-
e
d foro ptimum r ecep tion o f BBC
R
ad io 4a t1 98kHz ( 1
,500m )
.
P
hoto 2: T
he o
r
iginal F
erguson 352U vo
lu me/on
-of
f
w
et-and
-d ry pap
er. A
lthough th
e The componen t s
, i n
cluding t he
c
ontro
l knob a
nd the moulds t
aken f
rom i
t
.
f
i
nish was notthe o
rig
inal mir
ror e
lectro
ly t
ic c apa cito rs, al s e
emed
o
ne, i
tprovided an a
cceptab
le add
i- t
ob e ino rder, bu tr e p
la cemen to f
t
i
on tothe tun
ing knob. t
hea udio c ouple rC 24 p roduced
s
ome i mprovemen t. P resumab ly the
B
o
ck a
nd b
o
ttom c
o
ver
s o
r
ig inal capa c
i torh ad f al
len i n
B
a ck a nd bottom c ove r
s w erec on- v
alue. C ouple rC 25 w a
sa l
so
s
i
d ered o bl
iga tory,t oprotectt he r
eplaced, asa ny l eakage w ould
r
eceive ra sw ell asf ort hes afety o f d
estroy t h
eo utpu t v alve.
p
otential users.T he o r
iginalsw ould Replacemen td ia
l l amp s pro-
u
ndoub tedly h ave b een m ade o f d
uced as ub s
tan tial i mprovemen t in
d
ark b rown f ibreboa rd,e mbo ssed t
he performance —t hey p rovide the
w
ith t heF ergu son l ogo ins i
lve r.A mains neutralc onnec tion t oc has-
r
easonab le sub st
itute w ould h ave s
i
s, i nparallel w ith t herm istorX 2
.
b
een af orm o fd r
illed h ardboa rd An ew UCH8 1 v alve f urther
k
nown a speg -boa rd.T his n ow e
nhanced t he s e
n sit
iv ity.
s
eem st obe i mpo ssible too btain
h
oweve r. Sot he
re w as li
t
tle a l
terna- I
nco
nc
lusion
t
i
ve t os haping as heeto fstanda rd Il
i
emeasure
sou
tlined a
bove made
h
ardboa rd tof i
tt hec abine t
,t hen a
n o the rw ise w o r
thle ss piece o f
d
r
illing h olest ofacili
tate free a ir e
qu ipmen t usab le a nd p resen table.
P
hoto 4
: T
he n
ew wavechange sw
itch k
nob when p
ainted
. c
i
r culation. S
im i
la r mou lding t echn ique sc ou ld
Surp r
isingly , the new c ove r s b
e u s ed f ort he r epl
ica tion o fo the r
P
hoto 5
: T
he n
ew k
nob f
i
tted t
o t
he r
adio
. s
eemed n e
ithe rs upe rf
luou s n o r i
t
em s —n od oub ts mall k nob sf or
u
gly. Ad edica ted r es
tor erw ould TV r eceive rp re setc ontrolsc ould
h
ave s coured t he w orld fort h ec or
- b
ec rea ted s imp ly f rom ac lay
r
ect ty pe, bu
tt he set seemed h appy i
mp res sion, p rov ided a lowance i s
w
ith w hath ad b een m ade f ori t
. made f ort h
ec on trol s p
ind le . S ome
p
re sen tation p arts m igh t also b e
T
h
eel
ec
tron
ics made i nthis w ay.
Ope rat
ion o ft h
ec ircuit isf airly Rep lacemen to ft hed ial l amp s
s
imp le. V1( UCH8 1) i s atr
iode - i
nt he 3 52U a lso p roduced ap l
ea s-
h
eptode t ha
t's used aso scilla to r
, a
nt s urp rise w hen t he c has sis w a s
m
ixe ra nd fi
rstI Fs t
age . The f ol
- r
efitted i nt hec abinet. B ecau se o f
l
ow ing UBF80 ( V2) i st h
e s econd t
hei rp osi
tion o n t hec ha ssis, Ih ad
I
Fa mpl
ifiera nd detecto rw hile V 3 a
ssumed t hatt hey w ere simp ly
(
UCL83 ) isthe audio a mplifie ra nd i
ntended t op rov ide s t
ray l igh t
o
utpu tv a
lve. t
hrough t he o ute rt uning s c ale. I n
One oft hedial lamp s w aso pen- f
act t hey a lso l i
ghtt he w hite,
c
i
r cu i
ta nd t h
eo thero ne bl ackened . t
ran slucen tr im o fth et uning k nob ,
T
he HT s upply att h
ec athode o f p
roduc ing av e ry attractive g low .
t
hec ontact-cooled rectifier WI The s e
th ad c ertainly c ome t ol i
f e!
s
eemed t ob e about righta ts ome The re i s ap roblem w ith
1
85V . Butw hen Is witched t o LW i
n volvemen t i n ar e
sto rat
ion p roj-
r
ecep tion there w e
r e simply r ather e
ct s u ch a st his —o ne b ecome s
p
oo r MW s i
gnals! a
t
ta ched t ot he s et
. I t
'se x tr eme ly
Af
term uch investigation Ic on- u
nl ike ly t ha
t t his o ne w il
l b e c on-
c
luded t h
at the fr
ont-end a l
ignmen t s
igned a nywhe re o thert h an t h
e
must h ave been d i
sturb ed. MW s
he lf u sed t oe xhibit a nd d emon -
n
eeded a djustmen t —i np articu lar s
trate m y vintage r eceive rs! •

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ty M494B 1
h
oard, which plugs in
to the m a
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ro l
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. Ar eplace-
i
nfronto ft he s
car
ts ocke
ts. Y ou have to ment
,o bta
ined f rom S EME ,cured the fa
ult
.
r
emove t h
e p owers upply
, w h
ich i stot h
e T
he c ustome rw as v
ery pl
eased, and sow as
r
earoft he chass
is,tog etatt h
is board. The I
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ee he
rg et
ting used to
p
roblem w a
s with th
e wire li
nks att heearth t
he l
atest w idescreen se
ts wi
th the
irc ompl
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p
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ontrol
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nks with af ib
re-t
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is ac
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ult
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t
alian S
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tal
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ck a n
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ta
lian Sky D igital receiver. Hec ould g e
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his TV/VCR c omb i unit
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ta
lian pi
ctu res and s ound o n his TV s et
,
b
e ba
sed ona n Orion c has
sis
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sing the scar
t s ocket, but hec ouldn 'tg et
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hecks showed thatt he li
ne ou
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ansis- t
he si
gnals tog o round t h
e r e
sto ft he
t
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rcui t
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i s h
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lian
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tuat
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rt h
ec ause
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isca se S
ky b ox didn'th ave R Ff ac
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ties.
t
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ive rtr
an sformerw asd ry-
jointed. Iwas aboutt ogive u pw hen 1s po t
ted an
T
he cure wastor eplace th
e tr
ansis
tora nd o
ld, r
edundan tG rund ig analogue r eceive r
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r
e
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he se r
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rough t he 'd ecoder'
.
a
nd hitt h
ee nd stop. The v o
l tages int h
e B
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p
owe rs upply were al pre senta nd c or
rec t
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ll Ist
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l h ad t odow a
s tot une i nthe
a
nd Iw asa boutt og i
ve u pw hen Ic ame DVD /VCR r ecordera nd get thatg oing
a
cross wire li
nk W984 ,o ne e nd ofw h
ich r
ound the hou se asw ell
.
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ad neve rbeen soldered. T he s y
stem h ad
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rough m echanica l H
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ly. A
p
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e gula
to r
s IC951
a
nd IC952 h ad been r e
soldered on ap rev
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harp VC MH60 o
uso ccasion. Butt hey were inf a
ct the
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ob e c
ause oft h
et rouble. The cure wast o
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em s
, butth eo wnero fth
is one r
emove t hem b o
th, clean th
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or-
wanted itrepai
red. Itappea red tob edead, o
ughly and then resoldert h
em .
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hough t hedrum w as spinning . When I '
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t
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cked! Itw a s soon apparent There wer e two problem s w i
th t h
is huge
t
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ult
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de oft he powe rsupply u
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005 T
ELEV
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65
 S
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is
T
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as sed t o modu le 5( AV / scart). (
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ly N ineties D
iv ided d own s ound I F —6MHz p
ro ce sso r 1 0105 ( TDA8432 ) w h ich
a
nd w as u sed i ns eve ral c hassis (mono FM ),6 .
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eave sa tp i n 5.T he 6MHz FM a
nd t he TDA2 170 f ield o utpu tc hip
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ound i sf edt ot he FM d emodu lato r I
OIC 1. T he r e i sa l
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l s t
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LX4500 , L 5500 a nd LX5500 ; types c
hip 1C2 ( TDA2557 ) w hile t he d
isp lay modu le t hate nsu r es s tab le
3
16X a nd 3 26X i n Mode ls 6
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n- sc reen d isplay s unde rn o -signa l
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rn oi sy- signa l c ondi tion s. T he
3
6XX i n Mode ls L S3500 a nd C
olou rd ecode rm odu le 2 i
dea i st op reven t noise d i
s tu rbing
LS5500 . A n Xi nt he mode l n umbe r r
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tm od - t
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tt e
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c
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c
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l a dju stmen tst ot he I
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base s: t he s etc an b er otated v ia gun c ut-of fa nd b alanc ing ( auto The rea r et wo v ersion so ft his
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gna
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5V i nput a tp i n 5o fp lug P 804 : The i dea i st oa low t h
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20 °W . A s n oted t he s atellite i si na n i nclined o rbit a to ve r2 °,
w hich m eans t hat y ou m uste i
the rp ick t he r igh t time o fd ay f or
a
cce sso ru se ad ish w ith a n a dditiona l a ctua to ra rm f ori nclined -
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rb itt rack ing . I t
' s m uch e asie rt op oin ty ou rd ish a tt he A tlan t
ic
Bird 1s lo t( 12 •5° W ) a nd c heck t he 1 - 11 •2GHz s pec tr um , p ar-
t
icu la r
ly f rom 1 730 h ou rs UK t ime w hen t he r e giona l BBC TV
s
t udio sa r ep repa ring f ort heire ven ing m agaz ine p rog ramme
insert s
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o re xamp le o nt hee ven ing o f Ma r ch 2 4 h o rizon ta l p ola r
isa -
t
ion p roduced UK I -6590 E lstr ee l i
ve f rom L uton A irpo rt a t
1•185GHz a nd UK I-705 BBC S ?? a t1 •167GHz , w hile v e r
tica l
pola r
isa tion p roduced G iga T EL UK I-7?? a t1 -045GHz , UK I -
827 N ewca s
tle a t1 •050GHz , BBC L eed s UK I-??? a t
1
•055GHz , UK I-845 Manche ste ra t1 •06 1GHz , S copu s NET
T Ea t1 •067GHz a nd TXP B 4 CH Fa t1 •072GHz , a l t ran s-
mitted w i th t h e usua l BBC d igital p arame ter s ( symbo l r ate
4
, 226 ,F EC 7 / 8). U nfo rtuna tely f ull s erv ice i den tifica tion s w er e
nota lway s v isib le, b ecau se o ft he i nabili ty o fm y r ece ive rs t o
s
how l eng thy t ext i den ts. MPEG -2 a nd t he 4 :2:2 v er sion w e re
both i nu se . O the r BBC u plink t ruck s n oted h ave b een UK I-30 1,
-
398 , - 705 , - 888P I, - 903 a nd - 109 1P 1.
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t lan tic B ird 1( 11•106GHz H , S R 2 0, 145 , F EC 3 /4) p roduced a A
tlanta c. 2v
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lsat WI (10°E
).
DOS -TV Q & A p re sen ta t
ion a t1 900 h our s —DOS -TV i st h e
US D epa rtmen to fS tate f eede rf rom t he F oreign P r essC en te r.
Que stion s w er ep honed i na nd c a rried o n A udio 1s tereo a nd s
ho t him, thej udge a nd a nothe rc our to fficia l
. H e m ade o ffi na
Aud io 1mono L ,t he a n swe r
s f r
om t h e DOS b eing o n A ud io 1 s
tolen c ar
, h av ing pistol-wh ipp ed t heo wne r
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s w a sc aught
m ono R . n
ex t day —t he re were l i
ve r e po r
ts f rom o u
t side ac ou rthou se
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P GA g olf t our namen ts a re ar egu la rf eatur e v iat heG lob eCa st t
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th F ide l C as
tro w as w hee led o u
t t om ake av e
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mu lt
ip lex d uring t he UK e ven ing s. I nm id Ma rch c hanne l 3 s
peech , last
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t
ran sm i
tted t he P GA H onda C la ssic f rom t he M ira so l C oun t ry a
nd o uto fh is s peech t hroughou t thee ven ing .
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lub , P alm B each G arden s, F lo r
ida —r a
the rw arme rt he re t h an On the 2 1st t he
re w as ano the rs choo l m a ssac re. St uden ta nd
h
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tJ eff We ise h ad s natched h ise x-po l
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rand fathe r
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, t hen s hot h im a nd h is p artner. T hus
r
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itled 4 6664 . T he J ohanne sbu rg c on - a
rmed , h ed rove ap i
ckup t ruck t oR ed L ake S choo l w he re he
c
ert, i ns uppo rto fA id s f und r a
is ing , r a n f ors eve ral h ou rs a nd s
hot as ecu r
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t
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urned t he gun o n him self
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a
ppea r ed v ia E u rop e*S ta r 1( 45 °E ) a t1 •607GHz V ( 5,632 , Chippewa r ese rvat
ion , a n isola ted r eg
ion n eart heC anad ian b or-
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ind s can h ad a lso r ung u p d
er. O n the 2 2nd t he F BI c onduc ted a n o n- site p ressc onf erence
1•525GHz V , G lobeCa st A fr-TV , af avou red G lobeCa st f re- a
nd s hooting - sequence u pda te. L aterp res sc a
l l
s w e re a tt he
q
uency . B ut w hen Ic hecked a f
te rs a ving i tinm emo ry i th ad FBI's M inne so ta HQ i nS t
. P au l
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na l d rama tic sigh ting w a
s
c
lo sed d own , a sh ad GCA 1 a t1 •5 16GHz V ( GCA 1 = p
resented o n t he 23rd, w i
th l i
ve p icture s f r
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lobeCa st A f
rica 1 )
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acked o i
l r efine ry atH ouston , T exa s, asf i
r emen f ough t tos ub-
Wh ile f eed h unting d uring t he l a
te a fter noon o n t he 1 9th I d
ue t he resulting b laze. A t le ast f ourteen r efine ry w o rke rs had
h
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(
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i
nte resting w ith RTE LON HBR a t1 •137GHz V , RTE SMUZ
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he i n
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equ ired w hen s cann ing 8 01 b ecau se o ft he prox im ity o ft he p
le ofy ea rs
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tellite enthu s
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/feed -hun t e
rt os can
p
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. Ih ad a djacen t -slo t ' b
leed -ove r' asa
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lf l o
cating
f
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e s e
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rogramme n ame , t he variou s P ID s
, t he fr
equency a nd symbo l
d
u ring Ma rch . O n Ma rch 3T he G loba l F lye rl anded a tK an sa s r
a
te ( SR )
. F ew i fa ny such s e
ts d ivulge t he F EC , b ut know ing
C
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gna l wi th o n
ly t he frequency a nd th e S Re ntered for
wer e l i
ve p ictu re so f ap olice c ha se, f rom an ew s h e
licop te r s
earch. T his p oint w as m entioned i nN ick H a r
ro ld 's r e
view o f
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somewhe r e i nt he U SA" . Ag etaway c arw as b eing p ur sued b y t
he Fo r
tec b lind -
sea rch r eceive r range i nthe A pril i s
sue. Seve ral
u
pwa rd so f ad ozen p olice c ars. When i te ven tua lly s lowed , b
l
ind -sear ch r eceive rs are n ow a vai
lab le, inc
lud ing t he
p
ul led o ve ra nd c ame t o as top i tw as i mmed ia te ly s urrounded Manha t
tan r ange t h at
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ibu ted b y E urosat. C heck t he adve r
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b
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lice . W indow s w e re b roken a nd t he o ccupan ts w e re t
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semen ts inW hatS atel
lite a nd D igi
ta lT Vfors ou rce s and, for
d
ragged o ut a nd j umped o n t hen t aken i nto c u stody . J ust l i
ke i n e
quipmen t i nforma t
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1.180GHz . So Iw ould w antt os ea
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th
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telsat W2 ( 16°E) Iw ould w antt oc heck 1 0
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UK : Al ocal TV n ew s se
rvice istoo pen inc entral UK t h
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lly wood Oscars f
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utumn , providing c overage oft he f
ol
low ing a reas: Sh
rop sh
ire,
Coventry/Wa rw ickshire, Stoke/Staf
fordshire,
Herefordshire/Wo rcestershire and Birmingham . E ach local TV
a
rea will shadow t he BBC l o
cal rad
io service. T hi
s experimental
TV service wil
l b e accessed by using the red button on a
r
emo te-control unit
, and w il
l provide upt ote n minuteso fcon-
t
i
nua l
ly u pdated new s. Ifthe pi
lot se
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troduced g radual
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t
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ronic w ork shop .Y etm any e ng inee rs ofi mmed iat e
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eb oard, k nown a s s
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fu nu suald igi
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fec t
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Samsung 28 W8VDE ( KS3A -P e
rh as an adjustmen tr ange o f± 12dB i n
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lips 29PT828 (
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he c omp laint with t h
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t g
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no uro p
in ion t hise xce llentq uality 2 9in. was nob lue, though s ome b lue did bleed Ifound thatt he follow ing s e
tu p
4x3m ode lh asb een v ery rel
iable . Inf act t
hrough i np a
tche s o n c ertain s cenes
. T he worked w ell
: 100Hz — 2dB ; 3 00Hz — 6dB;
u
pt on ow w e've h ad o n
ly t wo inf or RGB o utput stage s a reo n t he CRT b ase l
kHz — 2dB; 3-3IcHz + 2dB ; 1 0kHz — 4dB.
r
epa i
r, thep r
oblem i nb oth c a
se sb eing p
anel, w here three TDA6 10 1Q I Csa re T
hi sco r
respond s with t he f o
llow ing num -
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nterm i
tten tf i
eld s cann ing c aused b yd ry- u
sed t od rive the t hree g un s
. I C503 i st h
e b
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o
in tsa tt hef ie
ld o utpu tc h
ip I C7260 . S o o
ne t hat provide s t h
e b lue d rive. Check s 5
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when t h
iso ne c ame i nw ith comp la ints h
er e proved t hatt her e w as ap roblem , and
a
bou ti n
te rm i
tten tc losing t o ah orizon tal c
leared t het ube ofb lame . Sony KVX21TU ( AE1 c hass is )
l
i
ne a nd s w
itching o fa tr andom as imilar P
i n 3o fI C503 i st he b lue d r
ive i n
pu t
. T
hi s s e
tw ou ld r u st
le u pt hen s h ut d own .
c
au se wa ss uspec ted . T
he v oltage h ere w as at2 V
, w hi
le the T
he m ain s s upp ly h ad t ob e l eft s witched
B
utt het r
oub le t h
is t ime w asq uite d i
f- v
oltage s a tth
eo the rt wo c hip s
, IC50 1 o
fff o
rs e ve ral m inu te s b eforet rying
f
erent. Aft erv arying p er
iod so ft i me the a
nd I C502 , w ere a t3 -8V. When Ic hecked a
gain . O ne xam ina tion If ound t hatR 822
p
icture w ou ld startt oc l
o se inv e
rtically w
ith t hec ircu
itd iagram If ound t h
at which p rot ects t he l ine drive rs t
age a nd
a
nd e qually f rom t het op and b ot
tom , t
here's a1 00 W r esistor, R 5 13, between R802 w hich p rotec tst hef ield o utpu t
l
eaving a bou t4 in. o fs canning.T he p ic- p
ins 9a nd 3t op rov ide f e edba ck. Itw as s
tage w e re v is
ib ly d istressed . T his s ug -
t
urew ould t hen o pen o u
tf u
lly and c lose o
p en-circuit. Ar eplacemen tr e
stored n or
- g
ested t hatt he s eth ad b een r unn ing i nan
d
own f u
lly a bou to nc e as econd u ntil the mal colou rs
. o
ve r-vo ltage c ond ition f ors ome t ime .
s
etw enti nto thep rot ection m ode a nd s hu
t The e quivalen tr esistor s int heo ther R522 ( 100kQ ) i nt h
e f eed t ot he HT
d
own . T he c ause o ft hef aul
tw ast r
aced t o c
hanne ls a re R503 ( red) a nd R 508 (
+B ) p rese t RV50 1 c hecked o ut OK b ut
t
hed rive s ource, w hich i so n ageome try (
green). A .J. s
putte red w hen i tw as resolde red , s ug -
p
ane l ca
lled DDP . C he ck s int h
is a r
ea g
esting t hatt he re h ad b een e lec troly te
r
evealed t h
at a2 2V r efer ence v o
ltage ,a t T
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p
in 2o fJ 13,d ropped t oa bout9 V i nthe No p owe rw ast he c omp lain tw i
th t h
is was f ound t oh ave a n E SR o f7 5Q .
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aultc ond it
ion . T he f au l
ty c omponen tw a
s f
a
irly n ew 2 1in. s e
t. When i tw ast es
ted B
efo r e f i
tt
ing ar e p
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e
t
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rea w ith awe dge o fp ape rt i
s sue s oaked
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ich i so nt he m a
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ted t roub le i nt h
e l i
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nr ewo rk f l
ux.
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utpu t st
age, a nd If ound t ha
tt he RV50 1 h ad g one h i
gh -resis tance a nd
l
eaky. A.J . 2
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istorQ 40 1 w as was r epla ced , a long w i
th C 518 ( 0
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ho rt
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t, p robab ly b ecau se thed river 5
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ft he l ine d r
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(
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hass
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l
so g one h igh E SR . F inally If ound t hat
T
he o wne ro ft his3 6
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tted t he set t
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ne o utpu tt ran sfo rme rh ad s hort ed
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f
aul
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tt heT oshiba t echnica l w ebsite t os ee if s
tock n o. 1 -1
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would s ome time ss how f rom c old ora f
ter a
ny o therp roblem s w er
e k nown . a
bly p riced s o Id ecided t of i
to ne —t he
t
hes eth ad b een r unning for as hort time. T
he reporto n this f a
ultr ecommended c
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tso ft he pic
tu re w ould t
ha
t f or areliable r e pa
i rT 401 s hould b e c
ommon f ru st
ra tion f ors ervice e nginee rs.
f
r
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ne s while otherp ar
ts r
emoved f rom t he b oard t os crape a nd re- T
he i nduc tance o ft he prima ry w ind ing
r
ema ined n orma l
. When t he set wa s put t
i
n i t
sl egs
. B ec aref ul how y ou g oa bout was 3 -483mH a nd t he Q1 7
-5 a tl kHz .
o
nt estt he pictu rer emained p erfect until t
h
is. When Iu n solder ed 1 401 w i
th b raid N ote t hatt here i sa l
so as tandby HT
t
het h
ird m orning . The trouble t h
en a
nd t r
ied tol i
fti tout i tw as s t
ill he
ld p
rese t
, RV60 1. T hey b o
th n eed t ob e s e
t
s
howed u pf r om c o
ld . The picture w as s
ol
id t ot h
eb oa rd. S o Ig ave i tag entle u
p—fo r 1 35V a tT P9 1.
p
erfect i nt he c entret h
ird oft he screen r
ock a nd, t
om y h orror, the u pp erp art In orma lly f i
t HR LOPT s a s Ih ave
b
utt het opa nd b ot
tom s ection sc onsisted s
napped a nd t ore a way t wo o ft h
e w ind - c
ome t ot ru stt hem o ve rt he y ea rs. T hey
o
fs t
ationa ry h orizontal li
ne s
,j usta si fthe i
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adouts, l eaving t he b ottom p art a
re a vailab le a t ar ea sonab le p rice f r om
l
i
ne f requency w ass l
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ly o ff
. O vert he f
i
rm ly f i
xed w ith ar e
d g lue. Ie ven tually Wiltsg rove . M .J .A .

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om men
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he p
rospects f
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s
ie O nion sd i dn' t lo ok toop leased a sh ee l
bowed t he mented," they 're sparkl
ing c lean asi tis
.D id 'em m ys el
fo n
ly
s
hop d ooro p en. " I'm g iving t ha
tl i
t
tle s wine o ne m ore y
esterday —f orn owt!"
c
hance "h eg row led. "You o ugh tt os eethes ta
teo ft heb aker'sw indow su pthe
Ilo
oked t hrough t heg lassd oo ra nxiously t os eew ho h ew as r
oad" Is aid,j erking m yt humb o verm y shoulder. "Talk about
t
a
lking a bou t
,b utt her ew asn oo ne t ha
tc lose. "Wha t'se ating n
eeding ac l
ean . ."
y
ou? "O ssie, Ia s ked. H
i se yesn arrowed . "Gotta go"h esaid ash ef l
ew o ut
.
Het wi tched h i
sm ou th t owa rd sh isr i
ghte a
ra nd s wit ched o n "There'sn ob ake rupt her o
ad" P aulc ommen ted. " The one
t
hes wee tests mi
le. " The w if e'sS ony. O nt heb a ck se a
th eb e. who w ast her
ec losed t
eno rm orey earsa go. Shop w a sd emol-
F
etch ' imi n
,w il
ly ou? Y ou're y ounge rt han I,a nd Ig ot at e
rrible i
shed t om ake w ay forther o
undabou t
."
b
ad foot." H et w
i tched h ism outh a gain and s wit ched o fh is "Quites o" Is a
id.
sm
ile.A sh e
' sf if
tyo dd a nd r e
ckon s Il ook y oung er
, Id ecided h e The set
, Mode l6 6GS62H ( GA 10 chassis
),w a ss t
uck i nst
and-
was OK . b
y. Ac he ck o nt he BUH5 15D l i
ne outputt r
ansistors howed t h
atit
Meanwh ile P aulh ad p opped o utt oh i
sc art oc ol
le ctt he wass hort-circuit. We've h ad thef au
ltb efore
.Q 602 ( 2SK2843 )
ofending i t
em ,w hich t urned o utt ob e aS ony m inih i
-f i Mode l g
oe ss hort-circuita sw e
ll. It
'sb estt ofi
t ah ef
tierh eatsink,with
HCD -CP 10 1. p
lenty ofc ompound ,a nd y ou'l
l f i
nd ad r
y-jointa tC 619.T hisis
"Wha t'su pw ith i t
?" Ia s ked h im. t
heb asic c ause oft hetrouble.
"
Stubbed i tagain sto urs tep "h er ep
lied. Once w e'd f o
llowed t h
isp ro
cedu ret hesetw orked al ri
ght.
"
The s et
,O ss
ie" Is a
id g en t
ly. We p u
ti tasidet ow a
itforE d'sr e
tur n
.
Hem oved h i
sm ou th a gain a nd s w
itched o nt hes mile." Y ou
c
ould p os s
ib ly ju s
ta bou th ea ri tify ou w asa na ntw hatc raw led A phone c a
ll
i
n
to t h
es peake rt h
ing" h es a
id . J
ustt hen thep hone r a
ng . "
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atB ulger'sT elev is
ion?" af ema le
Im ad e an otea nd b usied m yselfa tt h
eb attery stand u ntilh e v
oice d rawled.
d
eparted. "Mo reo rl e
ss"P aulr epl
ied.
P
auld ecided t ot ack le t heu ni
t. O ssie had b een r i
gh t
. I fy ou li
s- "W e
ll look hyah. O urs e
t'sq uaite dead. It
'sb iga nd hevai
,a
t
ened a tf u
ll v olume y ou c ou ld ju s
ta bouth ea rs ome s ound . g
ood w an,L oew eX elo s.O n
lah p retty fl
ashing l i
ghts
. O hh,a nd a
"We've h ad i tbe fore w ith t h
is mode l" P aulc ommen ted. " IfI t
i
cking n oise. Need s omewaan t oc ol
lecti t
.C an y ou come n ow?"
r
ecal
lc orre ct
ly t h
ec au se w as at ransistori nt hem uting c i
r cuit
. I "Thatw asL ady Lloyd -Cranb rooke" P ault o
ld u s
," only pe r
son
musth ave m ade an ote o fi ts omewhe re
." i
nt h
e sep art
sw ho ta
lk s li
ket ha
t. L ocal m agistrate
. C er
tainly p u
ts
Heh ad .T he t ran s
i sto rw a sQ 330 a nd,i na ddition t of i
t
ting a y
obsi nt h
eirp la
ce."
r
eplacemen t
,y ou h ave t or epla cew i re li
nk JW370 w ith a4 70Q "Betterw atch outt hen when y ou c a
ll" S t
even c ommen ted.
r
es
istor. O nce t h
i sh ad b een d one the u ni
tp roduced n orma l s ound. "
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lo s
, it
'l
l w eigh at on
. We 'd b et
te rb oth g o
."
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atert h
ey returned with th eg i
ants e
t
,a nd i tto
ok a lt h
ree
AS harp GAIO o
fu st og e
t ito nt otheb ench. Itw as Mode l5 38 1Z W ,theo ne t h
at
S
hort
!) alte
rwardsSteven humped i n aSharp TV setfrom E
d c
osts ab omb .
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igg'sc a
r. E
di sawindow cleaner. D
rivest h
e la
rgest BM W I'
ve Ther ew asn os t
artu p
,w i
th t h
er eda nd green L ED so na nd a
e
verseen. t
r
ipping n oise every ten seconds. We d ecided t oi s
olatet h
el ine
"
Look atthest
ateofy ou
rw indows"h ec ommen ted,"you o
utpu ts t
age and t r
ya gain.T h
i sm ad enod ifer ence,s ow es tar
ted
c
ould have '
em sp
arkl
ing clean al t
het ime f
orjus
tt wen
ty q
uid a t
oc arry outc hecks int hep owers upply
. O ra tl e
astP auld i
d.A f
ter
we
ek. I'm su
reyou could aford th
atratherthan have 'em d
i
rty!" c
heck ing q u
ite af ew thingsh ef ound t h
atR 622 ( 820k0 )w as
P
aul lo
oked a
tthew indow s
. "No need fortha
tE d" h
ecom - o
pen-c ircui
t. It
'so nt hep r
ima ry side. Onc e ar e p
lacemen th ad

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een fi
t
ted t
he setw orked normally
,w ith ave
ry g
ood p
ictu
re v
isi
ted u si nS pain
. " Ch r
istma st ime u s
ed t obet heb usiesto ft h
e
i
n
deed. Hec ouldn
'tf ind a
nything el
se amis
s. y
ear"h ew r
ites," bu tt hisl a
sto ne b roughto n
ly ac ouple o fcall
s.
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'll b
ep lea
sed" s a
id St
even ,"even t
hough y
ou l
ook li
kea Af r
iend w ho i sal
so i nt h
et rade found t h
er eason when h evis
ited
c
r
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. Probably le
ty ou ofw i
th acaut
ion and ac
oup
le ofcop- t
hel ocalr e
cycling c entre
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ip o verf
low ing w ith used
p
ersforthep oorbox." s
e
t s
. P r
eviou s
ly h e'd d one good b usin e
ssr econd i
tioning l a
rge and
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ep
lied
," l
et
'sgetiti
nt h
ev an w
ide screen se
t sh eh ad f o
und a tt het i
p. N ow,b ecause n ew sets
i
none go
,s ha
ll we? " a
res oc heap,p eople a red ump ing w ork
ing s e
tsa nd b uying new
And oft h
ey struggled w
ith it. o
nes."
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've also had aw elcome e mail from m yo ldf r
iend S teve
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ils B
ee ching. Wha th ed oesn'tk now a boutse rv
icing camco rdersa nd
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ve h ad ah efty w ad o fe ma i
lst h
ism onth —t h
ank s! v
ideo c amerasc ould,a sthey s a
y,b ew r
itten o nth eside of ar e
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ll. Am an c
urrent. Inhisl a
teste mail h
em en t
ion sa na ncientR evox a udio
w asd riving u p as teep a nd n arrow m oun tain r oad w hen a na t
trac- t
aper ecorderh ed e cided t ot a
ckle a f
te rreading m yrecentr efer
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t
ive w oman c ame d riving t owa rd sh im i na no p en-topped c ar
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ncet o aGrund ig TK830 .
t
h ey p assed ,s h el eaned t owa rd sh im a nd s houted " pig". " B
it ch" "
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tu ses 10
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e" h es a ys
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i
ll w o
rk sw e
ll
. I
h
es houted b ack a nd ,a sh er ounded t heb end ,c rashed i nto a n t
r
ied t ochange ac hip i ni tbutc ouldn'tg ett h
rough t heh otg lass
e
no rmou sp ig i nt hem idd le o ft her oad. I fo n
ly m en w ou ld l i
sten, t
h
ing. I tunplugged h oweve r
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.T he se old
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h
ing sd on'th ave e nough l e
g so nt hem f o
rm yt a
ste
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e r
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ioned t ot hee ditort hee no rmou sk indne s s t
oom any high v ol
tage sf l
ying a round t h
em ."
a
nd h elp fulne sso fr ead erso fou rm aga zine. " It
' sl i
ke belong ing t o I
'dn everk nown m uch abou tR evox t aper ecorders,a nd could-
af r
iend ly c lub " Ia dded . H ea g
r eed,a nd s a
id i tw asp ar
to ft he n
'
tf igureo ut w hatt he" hotg las
st h
ing" w a s
. " Here
's ac lue"
p
lea su reo fh i
sj ob. Iw onde rh ow m any r e
ad ersa pp reciat et hat S
teve repl
ied," t
hey w ork byt herm ionic e miss
ion,a nd s ome p eo-
J
ohn a nd T es sa a lone o r gani set hee dito r
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l
er emembe rt hem a sv a
lves!"
f
r
i end ly l i
ai son w ith t hem any r egula rc ontribu to rs? I tdoe sn't
h
appen b yc hance ! Y
ou've b
een wa
rned
!
Tor etur no nce a gain t om ya ncientS ony P S-LX50 t u
r ntable,I Het hen to
ld m ea bou th isa temp tst or e
pa ir a2 6in. L CD TV s e
t
h
ad b ecome c onvinced t hatt herew a
sn os uch t h
ing a s am anua l. w
ith ar e
dl e
ve l in
stead o ft hecorrectb lack l eve l
. " The LCD i s
Sony i nI r
eland d ecla red n ok now ledge o fi tto as upp liert h
ere d
r
iven b yf ourd if erential-d r
ive p a
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