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Repair Guide: Common Issues and Fixes

Brand Model Fault Detailed Problem Solution By
SONYKV1948R
Ch 14 would not lock, adj t202 and t203Ch. 14 would not lock up on a cable co. using the hrc cablesystem, all other channels operate properly.
SONYKV1947R
Picture distortion, replace ic501Total loss of vertical sync.
SONYKV1945RS
No color, replaced bpt, t301No color.
SONYKV1945RS
No uhf q008 shortedWould not receive uhf channels.
SONYKV1945RS
Incorrect tuning, replaced x003No channel indicator (blank), no tuning of signal. voltageson ic001 and ic002 were all wrong. servicer had changed both chips andchecked the clock freq. of ic001 cl1 with a counter, 400khz. when clockwas finally checked with a scope pp v was only 0.5v
SONYKV1923
No picture, has sound, replaced c516No picture, just sound.
SONYKV1922
Picture noiseThree inches wide bar at right side of screen top of bottomonly on hbo cable channel and only at customer's home only on thisparticular unit, other units tried and work fine. servicer blamingcable co. found 150pf capacitor between q512 collector and gr
SONYKV1915
Picture distortionOne and half inches of top of picture is black.
SONYKV1912
Tuner locked on ch 2Tuner locked on channel 2.
SONYKV1910
Picture stretching after warm upPicture stretches vertically after about one hour operation.
SONYKV1512
DeadThis unit initially appeared to have a shorted sg613 and2sc867. upon powering up the set with a dc supply it was noticed thatthe waveforms were irregular. closer examination revealed r522 hadchanged in value.
SONYKP7220
Keystone, replaced d5313, d5312, q5537Keystone effect on all three tubes. pix normal at top butnarrow at bottom.
SONYTV790
H picture distortionHorizontal frequency changes after short warm-up.
SONYTV123
No pictureQ502 runs red hot for about one week and then fails, causingno raster.
SONYKX1901
V foldover on the bottomSevere foldover on bottom.
SONYKV2648R
Gray bar on the screenGray bar very dark on left side and becoming lighter lookingtoward right side of crt.
SONYKV2647R
Jailbars, poor ground on "s" boardJailbars present on left side of screen more pronounced onthe higher channels. found poor ground on s board opposite the groundingposts from the tuner.
SONYKV2647R
No vertical sweep, replace rv2206No vertical sweep. voltage at ic501 pin 11 should be 6.3 vdc.actual reading was 2.2 vdc. found vertical hold control had an 8000Ωreading center tap to case at all times.
SONYKV2643R
Vertical line on the picture, remount q701Vertical line appears in the center of screen on brightscenes. found q701 installed wrong at factory. c was connected to e.b was connected to c and e was connected to b.
SONYKV2602
Picture blanking, adj jerrold cable box, vari-loserWhen using models with 30p chassis on cable systems thatscramble the pay channels (by removing the sync pulses at the head end andreinserting them thru a converter) the sync is sometimes compressed tooclose to blanking. this apparently reacts with the k