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Repair Guide: Common Issues and Fixes

Brand Model Fault Detailed Problem Solution By
SONYTAM50
Unit dead, does not respond to any button - all lights offUnit is dead. does not respond to any button. none of thelights turn on and no beep is heard.the micro ic-3 had all the right voltages, except for ic-3/pin 8 which waslow instead of high. found that the time stamp ic-10 had no supplyvoltage.
SONYCCDTR5
Dew and rec (vtr) light stays on, camera video flickersDew light and vtr rec light stays on and camera videoflickers. dew and vtr rec light do not affect vtr functions.
SONYKV2780R
No pincushion, replace r-1514Unit had no pincushion correction. collector of q-1501 had dcbut, no waveshape. there was signal present at pin 3 of ic-1502 and atone side of r-1514.
SONYKV27HFR
Vertical rolling of picture, replace r-527Checked the signal of ic-301 pins 47 and 48 found the synclevel at pin 48 was rounded off. checked surounding components and foundr-527 had increased in value. i also checked c-520.
SONYCFSW303
Wrong part numbers in manual for motorsThe service manual has the wrong part numbers for the twomotors m-471 and m-481. the correct number for m-471 (deck b motor) hasbeen verified, but not for m-481 (deck a). the error seems to be only inthe later service manual which contains the aep mode
SONYSTRAV910
Error in schematic and parts list for q-721The schematic and the parts list show this transistor as apnp, 2sa1841. in reality this is a npn, 2sc-1841 in the set. please explain is this an error and should a correction be made? -hq comments: the service manual has a misprint. if you reference
SONYKV27TS22
Intermittent video blanking, replace reg ic-601As the ac line voltage would fluctualte, the video wouldbecome blanked out in an area that would vary in size and shape. the135vdc line never increased over 117vdc. note: the blanked portions ofthe video would take weird sizes and shapes.
SONYKPR4600B
No last channel memory at turn on, replaced q-308 and d-339No last channel memory at turn on. also the set wouldintermittently come on with a de-tuned picture or possibly a weirdcombination of numbers in the channel display area. we noted the resetvoltage to pin 7, ic-001 on m board never got over 1.5vdc and a
SONYWMAF62
No displayNo display. tape worked. radio had static on am and fm, andvdd was at 0v.
SONYWMAF62
No fm, staticVco was ok, am was ok and stations would scan on display butnot lock in on fm. on known station you will get static. ic-101 allvoltages were ok. ic-001 pins 1, 2 and 4 were low. i had this problemthree times in three months.
SONYKV32CX10
Purity, aperture grill came off, replaced crtAperture broken lose.
SONYKV27TS25
Poor picture, crtMeasured low emission.
SONYKV27TW70
Poor picture, low emission crtMeasured low emission.
SONYKV19TR20
Arcing, crtInternal arcing.
SONYWMAF58
Part number missing for battery tubeThere is no part number listed in the s/m for the batterytube. -hq comments: part number is 3-351-508-01.
SONYWMAF54
Part number missing for battery tubeThere is no part number in the s/m for the battery tube. -hq comments: the part number is 3-351-508-01.
SONYKPR4110
New "e" boards defective, -18v shorted, tokyo has correctedOriginal e board had a hole burned in it. customerpurchased a replacement board which did not work. two other replacementswere tried. in each case the board had the -18vdc line shorted toground, via a jumper. by removing the jumper the set would come
SONYKV32XBR70
No picture, ik related troubleshooting tipAs you may have noticed, when servicing this and other unitsusing this particular ic-301, rgb lines at the ic level are blanked any-time the c board is disconnected. the main reason for this blanking isa cathode current detect line (ik). when the unit
SONYKV32XBR65
No picture, troubleshooting hintsAs you may have noticed, when servicing this and other unitsusing this particular ic-301, rgb lines at the ic level are blanked any-time the c board is disconnected. the main reason for this blanking isa cathode current detect line (ik). when the unit
SONYKV32XBR50
No picture, troubleshooting hintsAs you may have noticed, when servicing this and other unitsusing this particular ic-301, rgb lines at the ic level are blanked any-time the c board is disconnected. the main reason for this blanking isa cathode current detect line (ik). when the unit