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Sony Repair Guide: Common Issues and Fixes

Brand Model Fault Detailed Problem Solution By
SONYSL2000
No play or record, shuts downBrake solenoid would energize or turn on. solenoid and q602got hot. base of q602=12, c=5.5v. q602 is a pnp transistor. the cbleakage kept it on. q604 was open.
SONYXR70
Intermittent displayDisplay int. especially when first turned on. radio freq.display would blink in and out with the clock display. fm led would bevery dim then with time become gradually brighter. radio display wouldstabilize and radio come on. found irregular low outp
SONYCDX5
Would not load discThis unit would not load disc. due to operating pressures thee ring wore out the groove in the shaft for the locking e ring. the lock-ing ring groove is completely worn out.
SONYKV25XBR
Muted raster and sound.Ic1501 was shorted and r1552 was open. this was a very dif-ficult problem to troubleshoot because there was no raster at all and thesound was muted. the rgb and sleep leds were also lit. with all thesesymptoms you could be led to the system control ci
SONYSL2710
W&f and poor capstan lockupCapstan wow and flutter, with transition from cue and pause toplay not smooth. capstan would speed up and slow down several timesbefore locking. on sl-2710 #11456 it was noticed that c29 and r110 wereremoved from the ss-19 bd. sometime after production
SONYCCDV8
S/m correction (q716, cp9 board)Wrong p/n in s/m, page 159. 8-729-122-23 is incorrect.8-729-122-63 is correct. -hq comments: the ccd-v8afu s/m (page 162) incorrectly lists q716 as8-729-126-23. as with the ccd-v8, the correct p/n is 8-729-122-63. wewill issue a s/b shortly.
SONYWMF15
No audio outputNo audio output. measured dc voltage at pin 13 ic303 was 0.8vinstead 2.95v. found q302 defective (open base and emitter).
SONYD7S
No playUnit will not play. found fop would slide along shafts.opening bottom cover found above part broken. sample is being forwardedfor your inspection.
SONYCDX5
Broken doorFound ref. no. 232 missing and ref. no. 227 (pg 49 right doorretainer) inside machine. door retainer was loose and jamming loadingoperation.
SONYSTRAV560
Poor am/fm sensitivityUnit had poor sensitivity on both am and fm. cpu would lock upon some of the functions.
SONYD5
Sled does not returnWhen stop button is pressed power turns off, but sled does notreturn to its rest position.
SONYCFS55
Missing part numbersMissing part numbers. -hq comments: part numbers are as follows: lever, fwd button 3-561-837-00 lever, stop button 3-561-838-00 lever, rew button 3-561-856-00 lever, pause bu
SONYFD2A
Poor focus, broken land on d2 boardUnit has no focus and adj. has no effect. found broken landon d2 board. hole for adj. of rv803 seems to be drilled out so much thatit is cutting off the foil pattern i have checked out. fsc report seeingseveral with same problem.
SONYXR33
Part # for rubber connectorCar stereo dist needs this part fisch and kc says it isnot available. what is available to use? -hq comments: part number for ref. #54 is 3-326-010-01. we will issuea s/b.
SONYKV2670R
System control lock-up, replace x-101 ceramic oscTv has hv with ear next to speaker. there is noise fromspeaker. but there is no brightness and using the power switch on frontof tv or remote hand unit the tv cannot be turned off, clock at pin 1ic103 less than half the amplitude given on the circuit d
SONYKV2670R
System control lock-up, perform procedure for no vipTv has hv and with ear next to the speaker there is noisefrom the speaker. but there is no brightness and using the power switchon the front of tv or remote hand unit the tv can not be turned off.
SONYSTJX205
Am tuning interval st-jx205/jx520St-jx205 is in the 9khz am tuning mode. no procedure in thes/m for changing the am tuning mode to 10khz.
SONYBMC220
Right half part of picture is greenOn pb and e-e (with jig), right half of screen appears green.left half okay. disconnecting chroma on jig gives good b&w picture.found 8-pin socket for the saticon tube was damaged electrically. wig-gling socket caused problem to appear and disappear.
SONYKV2783R
(s) in sound, adj rv-830 on "x" boardCustomer complained about (s) in sound.
SONYCCDM8U
Tape transport jammed (no mechanical movement)Tape transport sec jammed unit totally inoperative. dis-assembled entire transport sec to find gear b damaged teeth sheared off.plastic gear meshed with metal gears. ls chassis had to be removed whenchassis was not in ready mode due to the damaged gear