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Sony Repair Guide: Common Issues and Fixes

Brand Model Fault Detailed Problem Solution By
SONYKV2649R
Dark picture, open r541 and shorted c531Dark picture, slight retrace lines. no screen voltage tocrt g2.
SONYKV2647R
No color, replace ic-501Picture was dark and also had loss of color. scoping ic501pin 15, horizontal sync pulse was only 6 vpp - should be 11vpp. i haveseen other sets that displayed intermittent dark picture or change of hueonly. all are related to ic501 sync output. the s
SONYKV2647R
Vertical bars on the screenThis unit had several vertical bars on the left side.
SONYKV2647R
Mechanical damage, q601 leadLeads of q601 are breaking due to mechanical stress. duringmanufacture, the leads are being stretched tightly before soldering.as the heat sink flexes during shipping, the leads break.
SONYKV2643R
H flagging on the top of the screen, replaced ic501This unit had slight horiz. flagging at the top of the picturewhen using the still/slow features on an sl-2700. all other modes (offair, cable) worked fine as did other betamax and vhs power supplys. the onlyproblem was with the still/slow features on the sl
SONYKV1952RS
Dark picture and retrace lines, shorted c548 and open r555Dark pix-retrace lines very faint. no screen voltage tog-2 of crt.
SONYKV1945RS
Sound distortion, replaced leaky c116Intermittent, uncontrollable sound. remote inoperative.indicator light on at all times. all manual functions worked fine exceptpix and sound.
SONYKV1930R
Picture distortion, replaced ne701 on "c" boardWhen the brightness and contrast controls are turned up(max. beam current), the picture intermittently flashes and produceslarge horiz. dark lines. we found ne701 on the crt board to be the cause.
SONYKV1913
DeadThis unit initially was found to have a shorted regulator,regulator driver and power module. after replacement we found the b+ tobe low, about 105v. we found neon nl601 in the power supply to be thecause.
SONYKV1713
Snowy pictureIn the last 2 months the tuner was replaced three times,found c217 cap leaky. pix would go to snow.
SONYKV1510
Part's compatibilityWhen subbing the 1-463-109-00 tuner with the 1-463-132-00,the channel indicator numbers go down when they should go up and viceversa. -hq comments: replace the original tuner. in addition you have to orderdial drums from kv-1511: s/m page 32, p/n 4-31
SONYKV1205
Intermittent shut down, replaced q509Found q509 (hv protect) breaking down. replaced q509.
SONYFD210
No picture, resoldered c653This unit had no picture and received fm stations instead oftv freq. a quick examination of the power supply revealed that the 14vand 40v (tuning) lines were very low (6v). we found the connection onc653 to be poor. this is the coupling capacitor betw
SONYVTX1000
No tuning operationWould not tune any channels. vc voltage to tuner remainedhigh. no pulses out of the ic001.
SONYKX2501
Intermittent shut down, replaced hv blockIntermittent hv shutdown.
SONYKX2501
No picture, replaced ic1201. r668, and r676This unit had a washed out picture with no control of pictureor volume. also unit had no audio out.
SONYKV2654R
Shut down, replace q501 and q502If set was turned on with 120vac, horiz. output would shortout within 2 to 3 seconds. removing collector b+ off horizontal outputi was able to bring set up to 120vac and observe the driver output. foundwaveform to be distorted, should look like a squar
SONYKV2649RX
Bad reception on cableIf the cable signal coming into the distribution amplifierbeing used by the dealer is disconnected and reconnected, the channels onthe kv-2649rx come back extremely detuned, and can only be received if youaccess another channel and the set is ok. -hq co
SONYKV2649R
No power and tuning operation, shorted d021 on mt boardUnit could not be powered off nor any channels changed,display locked on channel 11, reception was normal.
SONYKV2648R
Buzz in audio, adj aft and sound ifBuzz on some channels in audio.