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Repair Guide: Common Issues and Fixes

Brand Model Fault Detailed Problem Solution By
SONYSL3030
Blanking bar ghost and christmas tree effectThis unit had a problem with a blanking bar ghost and christ-mas tree effect in the picture through the tuner on e to e mode only whencable signal was connected. the picture was good on a regular antenna.
SONYKV25XBR
Button part numbers missingThe part numbers for the aux/ant and the cable on/off switchbuttons are not in the manual. the two above mentioned buttons are notpart of the switches and do not come with the assembly #63p/n 4-374-151-01. i need these two buttons (rush). -hq comments
SONYEVC8U
Counter does not workCounter does not work.
SONYCCDV8AFU
Unit shuts down in ff or rewWill ff or rew for about 100 on counter, then unit shuts off.
SONYXR740
No displayUnit had no display, no scan down, no #6 position.
SONYCCDV8
No color recordingNo color in e-e or recording. playback of pre-recorded tapesok.
SONYSLHF400
No pix only noise in scanAfter warm up in the scan mode picture breaks up. playbackfine.
SONYKP5020
Missing resistors cause overscanA new g board was installed to replace a cracked one. the newboard caused the unit to be overscanned by about 20%. we found theproblem to be caused by missing resistors. these were r814 and r815 inthe 110v regulator. this caused the b plus to be exce
SONYKPR4110
Wavy lines in background, replaced the screensDuring scenes with a white or light solid background thereappeared wavy lines in the picture. at first the problem appeared to beelectronic in nature. however when removing the back and shining a fairlybright light on the back of the screen it was poss
SONYKV1972R
Grainy picture, adj aft t203 and replace ic201Picture was slightly grainy and sound on ch. 11 was intmtlydistorted. we found that the aft up was continually active.
SONYFD2A
Scalloping on lower third, replaced ic851After the set had been on for about 30 - 60 minutes the lowerthird of the screen developed a scalloped appearance which gradullybecame more severe. we found the problem to be ic851.
SONYKV25XBR
Horiz. output shortsThe unit came in with a shorted horiz. output. a replacementtransistor shorted immediately. the flyback was tried with no success.we then ran the unit with only 55v on 140v line. this was accomplished bydisconnecting the control winding on t652/ga bd
SONYKV1943R
Poor horiz sync on weak stations, replaced rv501The unit worked fine on strong signals. however, whenreceiving a weak signal the horiz. sync would be poor. we at first lookedat the ic, but the problem turned out to be rv501. it was very noisy.
SONYPSLX510
Thump in sound when tone arm movesWhenever the tone arm would move horiz during normal play,there was a thump in the sound.
SONYTV520
No sync scrambled pixNo sync scrambled pix.
SONYKV2643R
Etc (electro thermo compensation) coil not neededThe new replacement crt: a67jhg01x (8-735-453-05) does nothave the etc coil on it. should the coil from old crt be removed andinstalled on the new crt?
SONYEVS700U
Replacement of ft-3b boardOriginal board in unit (1-615-713-14) has cn6 using 7 pins.replacement board from stock (-11) has 6 pins on cn6. are theycompatible? -hq comments: connect pins 4, 5, 6 of cn6, ft-3b board to pins 1, 2, 3of cn108, pc-15c board. using a jumper, connect
SONYKV1957R
Unable to tune in video, leaky cp003Unable to tune in vc voltage, sometimes set would lock upon indicator nl003, but video would change on some of the channels thatvc was tuneable.
SONYSTRS5
No part # - station preset labelsPlease supply part # for am and fm channel/preset inserts. -hq comments: the numerical labels for the station presets are ref. #149(page 38 of s/m). p/n is x-4874-006-0. kcp does not have any stockcurrently. if you order them, kcp will order them fro
SONYCDP102
TroubleshootingComplaint was (disc will not spin). verified problem. founddealer had replaced bu-1 no help. focus search waveform at pin 21/ic201was about 0.8vp-p. found c206 leaky and replaced. now pin 21 was 2vp-pbut still focus coil was not moving up and down