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e h ome n e two rk w ill d istr
ibu te i
t.
y
ear s
,a nd w aso ne oft he m ain d r
ivers s
low, dia
l-up in
ternetc onnect
ions tof a
ste
r Many c ompan ie s see t h
e h ome o fthe
b
ehind t heD 2B (Digital D a
ta B us
) ini
tia- b
roadband l i
nks
. Although t h
e UK c urr
ent- f
utu re asb eing c entred o n ad ome st
ic s erv-
e
r
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l s tored i g
ita lc ontent. Philips
t
h
ink s th e bestd evice t ou s e fort h
e pu r-
p
o se i s ac onsume re lectron icsp roduct, s ee
b
elow . B ut P C c ompan ie s s u
ch a s
Mic roso fta nd I n
tel think t h eh ome c om -
p
ute ri sthe n a
tu ra
l produc tt ou s e
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t
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ieve st h att hed igi
tal s et
-
t
opb ox c ou ld e volve t ob ecome ah ome
g
ateway t hatd oest h
ej ob, w hile Sony a nd
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T
he SBC
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ital Mul
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les
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nclud
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nd J
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ha
t Ph
ilip
sa nd Sony
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therc ompany
t
ha
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echnology,
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ave f
ormed ajointven
ture t
od evelop a
nd
l
i
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chnology.

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he s econd m ajorc omponen ti s ah ome
n
etwo rk. P as
ts ys
tem s have u sed l ead so r
p
owe rl
ine t e
chno logy ,t he latte rb ased o n
u
seo ft hee lectric m ains w ir
ing . B utt here
i
sn ow mo re i n
teresti nt he us eo fw ir eles s
n
etwo rk s yst
em s ba sed o n t he I EEE
8
02 .11 s tanda rd, w hich i sb eing m arke ted
a
sW iFi. O ne standa rd, 802 .
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round f ors ome t ime , and m any p roduc ts
u
se i t
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he
s
ame a so therd evice s s uch a sm icrowave
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ven s)a nd h as am ax imum d ata rate o f
1 Mb i
ts/sec, t hough i np ractice t h
e r ate i s
o
f
ten l ess than h a
lf t h
is. T he o pe ra
ting d i
s-
t
ance i sa bout 1 00m i ndoo rs
, a boutt hree Mode
l42PF9965 wh
ich w
illi
nclude P
ixe
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t
ime st hisd istance o utdoo rs.
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kely t o s
uch a s TV s ets
, DVD p laye r s
, l i
gh ting
b
ea dop ted i nproduc ts ind ue c ourse. T he a
nd s ecu r
ity s ystem s. L ike a n intelligen t
8
02 .11a s tanda rd h as am aximum d ata r ate r
emo te-con t
ro l hand set, ith a s ab uilt-in
o
f5 4Mb i
t s
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ank o fc on trol c ode s f orm any mode ls
b
and . I nr ea
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ion s h oweve rt he a
nd b rand s. N ew p roduc tc ode sc an b e
d
ata r a
te i sa bouth alf t h
is figu re. T he e
ntered m anua lly. I tc an a lso r e
ceive a nd
8
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anda rd u se st he same d a
ta r ate d
isplay w eb p age s, s uch a sn ew sa nd
a
s8 02.11a b uto pera te s int he 1 4GHz weatheri nforma tion .
b
and , i nt h
eo ry prov id ing ag r eaterd eg ree T
he D esXcap e ( see h ead ing p ho to) i sa
o
fb ackwa rdsc ompa tibil
ity w ith 8 02.11b w
ireles sf lat
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at g ive s the
d
ev ices. u
sera c cesst ot hec onten tso f aP C's h ard
d
r
ive a lmo st anywhe r e int he h ome .
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onne
cted H
ome p
roduc
ts Dur
ing o ne d emon stration P hilip s
P
hilip s' new C onnec ted H ome p roduc ts s
howed h ow t h
e S BC -LM4005 r eceive r
i
nclude t he D igita l Mu lt
imed ia R ece ive r c
an b e used t od isplay t he c onten tso f T
he S
trea m
iu m Mode
l MC1250
, aW
iFi
-
Mode l S BC -LM4005 , w h
ich i nco rpo rates J
PEG f i
leso n aTV s e
t's s cr een, w ith t he e
nab
led h
i
-fis
yste m t
hat c
an r
ece
ive
WiF i t e
chno logy t oe nab le i tt or eceive r
eceive rc onnec ted t ot he TV s e
t v iaa i
nternet r
adio a
nd o
n-l
ine a
udio f
i
les v
ia a
med ia data f rom aW iF i-enab led P C that c
able. T he l ogical p rog r ession w ould b e to b
roadband w
ire
less l
i
nk.
a
ctsa s as tore a nd i n
te rnet l i
nk . T he b
uild W iFi i n
to t he TV s e
t i t
self. H ow
d
ecoded d ata i st hen f edt o ah ome TV s et c
lose a re w e tos ee
ing s uch ap roduc t in T
echno logy . As tanda rd PAL d isp lay c on-
o
r ah i-f
is y stem . T he S BC -LM4005 c an t
he stores? P hi
lip s w ouldn 't s a y
, b utd id s
i
sts o f6 25 l ines w ith 1 ,024 p ixelse ach .
h
and le av arie ty o ft y pes o fm ed ia d ata c
on f
irm t hat itw as " inve s
tiga t
ing" t h
i s P
ixelP lusc an i n
cr ease t he ve rt
ical r eso lu-
f
i
le s, including MP3 a nd J PEG . I tcan a lso a
pp roach . Itm igh t w ell be t h a
t a l f uture t
i
on b y up t o3 3 p erc en t
, t o8 33 l ines, a nd
h
and le m oving v ideo d a
ta f i
le s i nt he TV s e
ts a bove ac ertain s cr een s i
ze w il
l d
oub le the h orizon tal r esolution t ou pt o
MPEG -1 a nd D iVx f o rma ts
. T he l a
tte r h
ave W iFi t echno logy b uilt i na ss tanda rd. 2
,048 p ixel s
. T his i sach ieved b y u sing
u
se s MPEG -4 c omp res s
ion , w h
ich i ncrea s
- T
he c onve rgence o fc onsume re lectron ics i
n
te rpolation t e
chn ique s thatc a
lcu late t h
e
e
st hec omp r ession b ye ight t ime s inc om - a
nd c ompu te rt echno logy a lso r a
ise s t he l
um inance v alue b etween p ixels. Mo tion -
p
arison w ith MPEG -2 . I t
's often d esc r
ibed q
ue st
ion a st ow hethe r CE p roduc ts w ill p
redic t
ion s of
twa re i sa dded t os moo th t he
a
st he MP3 o fv i deo. N ote t hata sy ett he b
ecome m ore l i
ke c ompu tero nes, w ith t h
e o
n-sc reen a ct
ion . P ictur eq ual i
ty i sa lso
SBC -LM4005 c anno tb e u sed t ov iew n
eed f orc onsume r
s t or epla ce o ru pg rade e
nhanced b y d oubling t he fi
e ld rate t o
MPEG -2 v ideo f i
le so rf a
s t
-mov ing , graph - t
heire quipmen t f a
rm or e re gula r
ly t han 1
00Hz .
i
c
s -
in ten sive g ame s w ith ad ome s
tic TV t
hey d ow i th t h
ei rc u rrent TV s etsa nd Im ustc on fess t hat some o ft hese p seudo
s
e
t. VCR s. B utP hil
ip s think s t hatt he new h
igh -definition s ystem s h ave l e
ftm e l e
s s
The P Cc an b e u s ed i nt he n orma l w ay '
conve rgence p roduc ts' wi l
l b ec lose rt o t
han i mp ressed . B utt he P hil
ip s' s ystem i s
while t he Dig ital Mu ltimed ia R ece ive ri s CE item s t han t oP Cs —a nd t h
i s include s o
ne o ftheb est I've s een, b o
th w ith l i
ve
i
nu se, having m ul
tita sking c apab ility. T he t
he w ay i nw hich t hey w ill b e o pera ted. b
roadca s
ta nd r eco rded ( VCR o r DVD )
r
eceive rr ema in sp ermanen tly l inked t ot h
e material. Y ou c an s w
itch P ixe lPlu so ff
PC,p roviding i nstan ta cce sst oP C-ba sed T
elev
ision s
hou ld y ou f i
nd t hat itp roduce s di gital
med ia a tany t ime w ithou t t h
e n eed f ora ny T
he b i
ggest new s i
nt his y
ea r's TV r ange a
r
tef a c
ts w ith s ome m aterial
. P hilip s p lans
s
tart-up o rc onnec tion p rocedu res. I t
so u
t- i
st h
at Phi
lips isin
teg rat
ing i t
sP ixelPlus t
oi nclude P i
xe lPlu s wi th s ome o fi t
sp las-
p
utc onnecto r s include c ompo site v ideo , S t
e
chno logy into many f l
at-scr een sets, both ma TV s etsf i
r s
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ital. LCD a nd pl
asma . P
i xelPlus i sone o fa 3
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ip si sa lso t ol a
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umb e
ro ft e
chnolog iesd esigned t op ro- P
hilips u ses a n exter nal TV t une r/con -
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ide, by u
se o fdig
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ch - n
ecto rw ith i t
sp lasma d isplay s. T his i s
t
em t hatc an r e
ce ive i n
terne t r adio a nd o n- n
iques, hi
gh-de f
init
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tu re q ual
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om k
nown a sa n E -box , and a c
ts a s ac omp lete
l
i
ne a udio f i
l es v ia ab roadband w irele ss s
tandard-def
in i
tion m ater
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lud ing f ours cart
l
i
nk . i
nclude Sony's Digital Reality C reation- i
npu ts, with c omponen t v ideo i npu ta nd
The i Pronto i s aw ir elessc on trollert ha
t Mult
ifunction,T oshiba's Dig ital Frame PC i nput
. I t
sf ea
tu r es include A ct
ive
c
an b e used t oo p erate av ar
iety o fi t
em s S
can a nd JVC's Digital Image S cal
ing Cont rol
, w ith a n a mbien t l i
gh t s
e nso r

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eco rd ing s and s ett het ime r
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trol picture
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lips P
lu s+ c an i nt his w ay p rov ide u pt os e ven
i
stoe xtend the r
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ay so fp rog ramme i nfo rma t
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s
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st
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p
rocessing and fours car
t sockets, with i
ng ab utton . T he s y stem i sfre e
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p
rovis
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an s -
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nput
s. m
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tw ith d igita lc ab le o rd igi-
t
a
l s a
te llite s i
gna ls.
DVD d
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lopmen
ts Ano the ru sef u
l f e atu re i sD i sc Manage r
,
P
hilip sh asb een o ne oft he m ain promo t
- which p rovide s o n- sc reen i n
fo rma tion o n
e
rso fcon sume r CD reco rde rs and h ome t
hec on ten tso fe a ch r eco rdab le DVD d isc
DVD r ecorde rs. The company , al
ong w ith (
i
tw o rk s with u pt o1 ,000 d isc s
). T he
S
ony a nd ag roup ofP C m anuf acturers
, i
nfo rma tion i sstor ed i nt h e re corde ri t
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d
eve loped DVD+R W , a n ' unoff
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laimed t o emp ty s pace a vailab le i n ad isc f orm ak ing
h
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an t heo ff
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he DVDR80 c an a utoma tica lly n ame e ach
b
urner which c
an b ec onnected t
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nd DVD -R W ). According t oP h
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ome 7 0c ompan ies now s uppo r
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lip s showed t wo o the ri ntere sting
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t screen, s
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t
hata rec ompa tible w ith th
i s fea
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lay t hec on tentso f aJ PEG f i
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afety test
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lec t r
ic ity a t Wo rk R egu lation s s
crew t erm inal b lock sa ren ot
1989 ( EA WR )
, ( 3)T he a
ccep table . Cutl ead ss hou ld i d
eally
e
quipmen t isa lega
l requiremen t Managemen to ft h eH ealth a nd b
er ep
la ced o rs ho r
tened t or emove
Saf e
ty a t Wo rk A c tR egu la t
ion s t
hej oin.T aping i sa ccep table
i
nthe UK . Ian Rees provides a
1
992 ( H&S WA ), a nd ( 4)T he whe r
eo nly t h
ec ove ri si nvolved.
p
ract
ical g u
ide o n how t o carry o
ut P
rov ision a nd U se o f Wo rk S
elf-ama lgama ting t ape m ustb e
Equ ipmen tR egu lation s 1 992 . u
sed s hea thed wi th t ough h ea t
-
t
h
is type of wo rk. Detai
ls of a Today 's c ode so fp ractice h ave s
hrink s leeving. A pp roved B Sc able
t
es
ter d es
ign for the constructor e
vo lved f rom t he i n
te rpr etation o f j
o
ine rst hati n
corpo rate s t
rain -
relief
t
he se r e gula tion s. Wh ile t hea cts c
lamp sc an a l
so b eu sed. In-line
w
il
l fol
low i nPart 2n ext mon th a
rec lea ra bou tw ho i sa ffected a nd p
lug s and s ockets s hou ld b e
t
hei ri ndividua lr espon sib il
ities, a
pp roved t yp es
, a nd m ale live
y
ou m igh tb e s u rp rised t of ind th a
t c
onduc to rp ins m ust n o
tb ee xpo sed
t
he re i sn om ention o fr egula r when u np lugged.

E
l
ectrical sa fety t e
st
ing , i
nspec tion / check ing o fe lectrical
common ly r eferred t oas s
y stem so rk eep ing r eco rd s
. (
2
)C heck fo
rc or
rectc able clamp
por
tab le a ppliance t es
ting Ast hek ey t oa l
lt h
is,r egula t
ion 4 r
e
tention attheplug o requipment.
(
PAT ), i san ' i
nf erred' l egal (
2)o ft heE lec tric ity a t Wo rk T
he o u
tercable sheath should b
e
r
equ iremen t( see b e
low ) i nt h
e UK . Regu la tion s 1 989 s t
ate s
: " As m ay f
i
rmly h e
ld inthe st
rain-re
lief
A
lthough e lectrica l safety t e
st
ing b
en ece ssa ry t op reven td ange r,a l c
l
amp o ft h
ep lug
/so cket
, w i
th no
h
asc ome t ob et hough to fa s s
y stem s s hal lb em aintained s oa s i
nne
ri nsula
tion/wires showing.
a
pply ing t op o rtable a ppliance s t
op reven t
, s of ara si sr easonab ly
o
nly, i ta l
so c ove rsf i
xed p
ra ctica l, s uch d ange r". T h
is (
3)C heck foro verheating or
i
ns
ta llation sa nd s ystem s. r
egu la tion t hu s i nfer ss ome f orm o f d
amage t othee quipmen tc as
ing,
Compan ie s
, b usine ssesa nd p
reven t
ive m ain tenance ,t od etect i
ncluding l o
ose orm is
sing covers
.
i
ndividua lst hat i gno reo rn eglect f
aul ts i ne qu ipmen ta nd s ystem s T
he u sers hould notb ea b
le to
t
he n eed f ori nspec tion a nd t e
sting b
e for et hey b ecome d ange rou s
. t
ouch l i
ve partseven i ftheorig
inal
c
an r eceive h eavy p enaltiess hould P
r even t
ive m ain tenance i nturn d
esign a l
low s th
is
. I t
'so f
ten
t
hey b ec aughto ut
. T he H SA c
all sf ors c hedu led i n
spec tion a nd p
os s
ib le
, fore xamp le wi
th old
r
eco rdsa bout at h ousand p eople a t
esting . F ur the r, i thasb een r
adiantf i
rest hath ave widely-
y
eari nt he UK w ho s uf
f er s
urm ised t h at s ome f orm o fr e
co rd s
paced g r
id g uards.
a
cciden t
sa tw o rk i nvolving e lectr
ic k
eep ing i sd es irab le t ok eep t r
ack
s
ho ck s
, w ith some t hir
ty f a
talit
ies. o
ft hep ro ce ss. A nd s oo n. (
4
)C heck f
ord
ir
to rwater
Thi sa r
ticle p rov ide s ag u
ide t o The refo r er u
le si nt hef orm c ode s c
ontaminat
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ftheequipment—
t
he p ractice ofe lectrical s a
f e
ty o
fp rac tice h ave e volved t oe nsur e t
hecasing c
an b
ecome li
ve i
fdamp
.
t
e
sting a si tapp lie st op ortable t
hats ystem sa re ' main ta
ined ' to
a
ppliance t est
s i nt he wo rkshop , or c
omp ly w ith t hes pir
ito ft he (
5)C heck tha
ti n
spection/
test
ing i
s
t
ou sed , second -hand o rr epaired l
egi s
la tion . u
p-to-da
te.
e
quipmen tt hat's o ffered f ors a
le or Three ' l
aye rs' o fi nspec tion a nd F
aul
ty equipments hould be
h
iree t
c. t
esth ave b een i nco rpo rated i n
to the r
emoved f rom u
se and boldly
c
ode so fp r actice . T hese a r
e( 1) l
abel
led "faul
ty donotu se".
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egu
lat
ions u
se rc heck s, ( 2)f orma l v isua l A
partfrom al o
go ff au
lty
work i
nspec tion a nd ( 3)f orma l f u
ll e
quipment, norecord oft h
ischeck
Ihe H eal
th a nd S a f
ety a t Wo rk A ct i
nsp ect ion a nd t est. p
rocedure isnormal
ly m ade.
1
974 h asb een w ith usf orn early
t
h
irty y ears
. Among sto the rthings, U
ser c
hecks F
orma
l v
i
sua
l i
n
spec
tion
i
tsta
te st hata l
l pe rsonsa tt he
ir E
a ch ind
ividual use
rise xp ected t
o T
hi s is aformal, s c
hedu led
p
lace o fw o rk have ad uty o fc are c
arry outh i
s/he
ro wn v
i
sua l i
nspec t
ion t hat s
hou ld b ecarried
f
ort he health and s afety o f i
nspection oftheequipmen to r o
uta tr egulari n
te rvals by a
t
hem selves a nd ot hers. O vert he s
ystem b eforeus
ing it
.Simp le '
suitably tra
ined ' pe r
son . The
s
ucceed ing y earsf ur
therl egis
la t
ion c
ommon s e
nse ri
des a
pply, w h
ich p
erson c once rned s hould have
h
asb een i ntroduced , toc ove r s
hou ld b
eb acked upwith s imple s
ome b as
ic w rit
ten i nst
ruction so n
s
pecific cond it
ion st h a
ta pply i nthe i
nstruc
tion son whattol ook f o
r. t
het ask tob ec arr
ied o uta nd h ave
many, v a
ried w ork situation s. T
he m ain checksa r
easf ollow s: b
een t r
ained t ok now w hatt ol ook
The o r
igin so fc urrente lectr
ical f
or
. Ar ecord o feach i nspection is
p
rocedu resa nd pr act
ice s i nthe UK (
1
)C heck f o
rd amage t ot
he supply n
orma lly m ade.
a
ret ob e found i nf ou rm a
in s etsof l
e
ad insu
lation. Sheath
ing scuff
s I
na ddi
tion t ot hep reviousc hecks
,
r
egulations. T hese a re( 1)T he a
r
ea cceptable prov
ided th
e t
hef orma l in
spec tion s hou
ld
H
ealth a nd S afe
ty a t Wo rk A ct i
n
sulat
ion ofi nnerconductorsi s i
nclude t h
eo pening o f 13A s quare-
1
974 ( HS W A ct), (2)T he n
otvis
ible. Simple tap
ed j
ointso r p
in plugse t
c. toe nsur e
:

3
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l
amp
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f s
cheduled t
e
sts,pe
riodsand
t
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ecable s
heath
. p
rocedure
s. The
se cl
asse
sarea
s
f
o
llow s
:
(
2)S a
tisfactory ti
ghtw iring
t
ermination,w ith i
nsu
la tion C
las s0:O bsolete
. U sually o
ld
r
unning rightu ptot h
et ermina
l e
quipmen t/appliance sw ith me
ta l
(
wir
ing i ns c
r ew t
ermina ls can c
asest ha
ta ren ote ar
thed . S
ho ck
r
e
lax and l oosen wi
th p rolonged p
revention rel
ieso n bas
ic
u
se)
. i
nsu
lation. Such e quipmen tshou ld ,
d1

n
otn ormally b eused w ithout
F
ig. 1:(a
) Doub le-box s y mbol indicating a Class 2
(
3
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rrec
tpo
lar
ity a
nd w
irec
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lou
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onversion t oClass 1 ,excep
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l iance. (b
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hree
c
oding
. s
pecia
lc ircum stances. d
ashes, indicating equ ip ment fed fro m as eparate
l
ow -vo
ltage s ource (50V o r l
ess). (c
) S eparate low
-
(
4
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ctplug -top f use r
ating. C
lass0 1
: Same a sClass0 . v
oltage s ource t
hat c o mplies with BS3535
T
hi sisl Aupt o2 40 W,2 A 240- E
arth
ing isprovided butt hesupply
4
50 W ,3 A450-700 W , 5 A7 00 W - c
able h
asonly t wo c
o r
es.T he pl
ug
1kW, 10A 1-2k W , 1 3A 2-3k W . may h
ave noe ar
th pin. Such
N
o te t
hatsome e qu ipmen t/system s e
quipmentshou ld no
tn ormal
ly be P
ortable
: E as
ily moved wh
ile
a
r
es ub
jecttos urge sa ts wi
tch -on. u
sed wi
thoutc onversion toClass 1, p
owered,e .
g. to
aster
, k
e
ttle
,
C
heck m anufactu rer's ra
ting p l
ate e
xcept u
nders pecia
lc ircumstances
. v
acuum cleanere t
c.
o
ri n
struc
tionsf orc orr
ectf using.
F
usess hould b
eB S1363 /A sta C
lass 1:A napp l
iance with Hand -held
: P or
tab
le e
quipmen t
t
ypes
. e
xposed m e
tal/cas
ing, d
esigned tob e u
sed w
hile he
ld in
i
ncorpo
rating ac i
rcu
itp rotective t
heh and,e.g. ha
ird
rye
r, so
ldering
(
5)Fuse-holde
rc ontact
ss hould be c
onductor( CPC )tha
t's earthed. i
ron
,d r
il
lg un.
c
lean a
nd hold t
hef u
se tightly
. T
he supply le
ad has th
ree c ores
,
P
anel-mounted fu
se-holde rs must i
nc
luding as a
fety-ea
rth term inated Movable: I
t
em s weigh
ing 1
8kg or
h
ave li
ve powerconnected t othe w
ith asu
itable ear
thed plug e tc
. l
e
ss, f
i
tted w
ith wheelsorfe
et, e
.
g.
t
i
po ftheh o
lder
.T h
isp reven ts w
elder
s, tumble d
ryers
, f
l
oor
a
nyone who remove s afuse m aking C
lass2: Ad ouble
-insulated p
ol
ishers
.
c
ontac
tw ith ali
ve-s
ide c ontact
. a
ppl
iance, wheregreatca re h
as
b
een t
aken inthe manufactured S
tationary : I
t
em sweighing 1
8kg
(
6)C heck t hes u
itabili
ty o fs upply d
es
ign toiso
late li
ve par
ts. The a
nd mo rea nd n
oteas
ily moved
,
c
able toc a
rry t h
ec urr
en t( up to s
upply l
ead ha
st wo co
re s
. A e
.g
. w a
sh ing mach
ines,
7
00 W 0 .5mm ,7 00 W -3k W 0 .75- d
ouble
-box symbo l
, see Fig
. 1(a
), r
ef
rigerators
.
2
-5mm )
. C able
sm usth ave d ouble s
hould b
ev i
sible o
nt hec as
ing.
l
ayerso fsuitable i n
sulation. If F
ixed
: I
t
ems fi
xed i
nplace,e.g
.
u
sed,c oloured o u
te rs heathss hould C
la ss3 :E qu
ipmen ts uppl
ied from l
a
thes
, b
o
ile
rs, s
pace h
eate
rs.
b
eb lue for2 40V,y el
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ail
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ter
-re
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quipmen
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l
eadss hould ideal
ly h ave a ne ar
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ote xceed 5 0V. Ab ox symbol
a
rmou red m eta
ls heath. Class 1 w
ith three vert
icald ashes, se
e Fig
. Ex
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eads: A
lltypes
,
a
ppliancesa nd s y
s tem sm ustbe 1
(b), shou
ld b ev is
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nc
luding mu
lti
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ta nd
e
arthed via adedica ted c onductor c
asing. The p owers upply should s
uppr
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ypes
.
c
able. c
on fo
rm t oB S3535 a nd ca
rry th
e
s
ymbo l shown i nFig
. 1 (
c)
. S
chedu
les
For ma l f ull inspect ion and T
able 1se
tso u
t ag uide t
o
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stem sar
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so r
e
commended i ntervalsfo
r
T
he t h
i rd l evel ofs chedu led c heck s c
l
assified bytype
s w h
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n
sp ec
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nd te
st
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tcan be
i
nclude sa l thef orme ra nd a dds c
onjunc t
ion wi
th cl
assa nd u
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, r
ev
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ghto fexperience
.
h
igh-vo ltage i n
sula t
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ef
ine t heper
iod between
b
ond ing /sc reen tes
t s,w h
ich h ave to i
n
spe ctionsand t
est
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oweve r. C ompe tence c an b e E
lec
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afe
ty i
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ty w ith t est
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eg r
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tency i nvolved ,
0
3
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isw o rk i so f
ten c ontracted o ut
.
I
t
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e
l
ec tr
ica le quipmen tc lassification
f
ort e
stp u rpose sb eforet het ests
t
hem selve sc an bec onside red.
5
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1 1
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lass ificat
ion o f
S
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t o
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igned
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ttom i sfo rt hes hee tn umbe r S
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a
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ster's s igna ture. Im ake e
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ma
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t r
ie s inp enci l as Ig oa nd I
fyou w ish tos e
ll
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p
ho tocopy t hec omp leted s hee t( s), e
l
ectricale quipmen ti tmu sth ave
g
iving t hec ustome r ac opy a nd b
een safety tes
ted. S crapped
l
a
)
k
eep ing as e
tf o rm yself. e
quipmen ts hould b em ade
I
nspection /
te stl abelsc an b e i
noperable, e.g
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ing t he
b
ough tr eady m ade o rp rint ed o fft o ma
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ad o f
fa tt hea ppliance
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ou ro wn d es
ign , u sing A ve ry- style b
ody ord isman tl
ing i t
.A uction s
l
abels and aP C. A s am inimum t he n
orma l
ly o fferfors ale electrical
5
00V DC
s
ource l
abels shou ld i nclude t heu nique i
t
em st hath ave been PAT t es
ted .
E e
quipmen tn umbe r, t h
ed ate o fl as
t Wi
th b oota nd pr
iva te s a
le sa nd
t
e
sto rr etest,a nd t hei n
itial so ft he s
a
le sfrom s econd -hand s hop sa nd
t
e
ste r. T ake t hea dvan tage t o v
iaclassified adve rt
isemen tst he
a
dve rt
ise y ourf i
rm o n b oth t he e
quipmen ti smuch l essl ikely t o
F
ig. 3
:P AT tests. (
a) l
abel sa nd t hef orm s. h
ave been t es
ted.T hereh ave b een
The earth-bond ing test Iusually c orrec ts imp le f aults, s
om e w e
ll-publicised p rosecu tions
s
et-up. (b) The l
i
ke c hang ing f use st ot hec orr ect o
fs e
cond -hand s hop si nm ya r
ea
i
nsulation test set
-up . r
a
ting o rr emak ing j oints, a s Ig o, b
yT rading S tanda rds,w ith l a
rge
(
c
) T he continu i
ty test making n ote s int h ec ommen t
s f
i
ne sfore a
ch item t hatw asf ound
s
et-up. c
olumn . I 'm o f
ten g iven t hej ob o f t
ob e unsafe.
r
epai r
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jec ted i tem s
, w hich
-
t
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=
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tb ack into s e
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ice a f
te ra Wi
th equipmen ta nd system st h
at
s
econd PAT t esta nd t her eco rd i s a
redes
igned t ob ep lugged i n
to the
u
pda ted ( hence t hep encile ntrie s )
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inss upply,thet e
st st ob ecarr
ied
o
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ec lasst h
e
O
the
rcons
ide
rat
ions e
quipmen tfal
ls in
to. B efore any
(
C
) Variou sc ommon -sen se c
hecksa r
ec arr
ied o ut
,e quipmen t
o
bser vation ss hou ld b en oted mus
tbed i
sconnec ted ori sola
ted
d
uring a ni nspec tion a nd d rawn t o f
rom t
he m ainssupp ly. We 'll t
ake
r
eco rds k eptd epend so nt he t
hea t
ten t
ion o ft hea pp rop riate e
ach c
lass inturn
.
c
ompany . S ome k eep i ndividua l p
erson f o
rc o rrective a c
tion . I t
r
eco rd sf ore ach a ppliance o r s
hou ld b ep ossib le t oi so
la te C
las s 1 :E a rth-bond ing t estsa re
s
ystem , other sh ave j us
to ne s heet a
ppliance se asi
ly , s o c
arr
ied o utf ir
st, s eeF ig. 3( a). 1 0V
t
hatc ove r
se ve rything. Many a re s
wit ches /
socke t s s hou ld n otb e AC o rl essi su sua lly a pplied
k
epti ns pread shee tf orm i n aP C. h
idden o ri n acce ssib le ( beh ind b
etween t hee arth p ino ft hes upp ly
S
eve rale quipmen ts upply d
esk so rf il
ing c ab ine t sf or p
lug a nd t hee xpo sed c onduc tive
c
ompan iesc an s upply bl ank ( f
ree e
xamp le )
. L ead s s hou ld b ed res sed c
asing o rf ixing s crew se tc
. o ft he
t
oc opy )f orm st h a
ta res uitable f o
r away t op reven tt hem b e
ing t r
ipped a
ppliance o rs yst em . Am in imum
p
ho tocopy ing . O ry ou can d esign o
ve ro rs nagged b yp as sing t r
affic. c
urr ento fb etween 1 .
5 -2 t ime st he
y
ou ro wn form t os u
ity ou rn eed s. T
igh ts trung -ou tl eadss hou ld b e f
use r a
ting ( up t o am aximum o f
The h eading sf orm ine a res hown a
vo ided. E xten sion l ead so nd rum s 2
5A )i sp assed f ora bou tf ive
i
nF ig . 2.T he a rrangemen te volved c
an o ve rhea t ift h ey a rel eftc oiled s
econd s. T he r esu lt
ing r esistance o f
g
radua lly, tob ea ssimp le a s while draw ing p owe r
. A dvice o n t
hee ar
th p ath i sc alcu lated a nd
p
os sible i nt he lighto fe xpe r
ience t
hed ange rou su se o fm ain s c
hecked a gain stt hec able d iame te r
g
ained a ctually d o
ing t hej ob. T he a
dap tors s hou ld b eg iven , a
nd l ength. B ond ing r e
sistance o f
f
orm i sp r
inted o n as ingle shee to f e
spec ially w her e s e veral a re a
bou t0 .
1-0 -55 2i se xpec ted .T ake
A4p ap er
, p ortraits ty
le. E ach s heet p
lugged t o gethe r. c
aren ott oc au se af lash b ur nw hen
h
asf if
ty e ntry l i
ne sa nd i s On indu strial s i
te st heu se o f t
het e
stp rob eo rc l
ip c onnec ts w ith
n
umbe red a cco rding t ot het o
ta l s
uitable i sola t
ion t r
an sfo rme rs w ith adeco rative s urf ace. D on ote xtend
n
umbe ro fs hee ts ( 1of2 , 2o f2 10V t o o
ls i so b
l iga to ry. t
het e
stb y m oret han f ive s econd s.
e
tc
. )
. T
he d ange ro fl iqu id s pillage i n
to Heating t hee arth c onduc torw i re
The f i
rstc olumn c arries au nique e
lectricale qu ipmen ta s ar e
su lto f c
an d amage i t
si nsulation . Al esse r
n
umbe rt hat
's a s
signed t oa p
ra ct
ice s su ch a sp utt
ing c up so r t
estc urren ti su sed w ith l ow -cu rr ent
p
articu lara pp liance a nd i slogged p
lan tso nc ompu te r mon ito rse tc. c
lass 1e quipmen t( I Te tc.)
.
o
nt hel a
bel a t
ta ched t ot he s
hou ld b ep ointed o ut
. P oo r
ly Having e stabli shed t hatt hee arth
a
ppliance .T he s econd c olumn p
o s
i t
ioned e quipmen t( ine nclo sed b
ond i ss a
ti sfac to ry,t hen ex ts t
ep i s
i
ndica te sthea ppliance t yp e (fan, s
pace so rt ooc lose t ow alls)c ou ld t
oc a r
ry o uti nsu la t
ion c heck s, s ee
k
ettle, e t
c.)
. N extc ome st hec la
ss it c
au se o verhea t
ing a nd r equ ir e
s F
ig. 3 (b)
. As imp le c ontinu ity t est,
b
elong st o. N orma l l o
cation a
l
te ration. C ove red v en tilation s
eeF ig. 3( c), i sd esirab le t oe nsu re
i
ndica te s whe rei tisused ( office, g
r
ill so ne quipmen tc an c au se t he t
hatt h
ee quipmen to rs ystem i s
k
i
t chen , work shop ,e tc.)
. T her e s
ame p roblem . sw
it ched o na nd i t
s ma in sf use i s
f
ol
low f ourt i
ck -o rc ros
s -boxe sfor F
inally, b ewa reo fe qu ipmen tt h
at i
n
tac t. F ort hei nsula t
ion t est5 00V
V
is ( Visual i n
spec t
ion )
, I n
s h
asb uilt-
in c onta c to r
so rr e
lay s i n DC i sa pplied b e
tween t hee arth
(
Insu lation t es
t), E th (Earth- t
he m a
in s s upply . As tanda rd a
nd t he l i
ve /neu tralp ins( s ho rted
b
ond ing t e
st)a nd OK ( r
e sult
, i
nsula t
ion t estc ar ried o utw ith s uch t
oge the r
)o ft hes upp ly p lug.
p
ass /fail)
.T he c ommen tsc olumn i s e
qu ipmen tw ill e xtend o nly t ot he I
nsula tion r es
istance b ettert h an

3
96 May 2
003 T
ELEV
ISION
 T
able 1
:Gu
ide t
o i
n
terva
ls f
or e
lec
trica
l i
nspec
tion a
nd t
est
ing
T
ype o
f bus
iness F
or ma
l v
isua
l c
heck I
nspect
ion and t
est

E
qu ipmen t h
ire B
efore a
nd af
ter r
e
turn B
efore i
ssue
Const
ruction B
efore u
se one month E
very t
hree months
I
ndustria
l B
efore u
se t
hree months E
very 6
-12 months
O
ffice
/low risk D
epends, s
ee be
low D
epends, see b
elow

Equ
ip ment/use User v
isua
l F
or ma
l v
isua
l I
nspect
ion and t
est

B
a t
tery o pera
ted, <20V No No No e
xcept class 1supply/chargers
L
ow -voltage (<50V) cl
ass 3 No No No e
xcept class 1mains-supp ly u
nit
I
T( co mputer re
lated) No 2
-4 years C
lass 2 n
o, otherw
ise 5y ears
C
lass 2 (not hand-held*) No 2
-4 years C
lass 2 n
o, otherw
ise 5y ears
C
lass 2 (handheld t) Yes 6 months/year No
, o
therw ise 5years
C
lass 1t Yes 6 months/year 1
-2 y
ears
Accessories§ Yes 6 months/4 years 1
-5 y
ears (depends on type of equ
ip men
t)

*
Pho tocopiers, f
ax mach ines e
tc
. tha
t are r
are
ly moved.
tFans, desk lamps etc.
#Ket
tles
, floor and v
acuu m cleaners e
tc.
§Mains leads used with the a
bove equipmen t a
nd s
ocket mains e
xtens
ions
.
Source of i
nformation, HSE docu ment INDG236 1/99 C250

2MQ ise
xpec
ted wi
th as
-new and P
ro fe s
sionalt es
ting c ompan iesw i
ll S
ome a r
e not suitable becau se they
5
00k0 wi
th l
onge
ri n-
service f
lash t e
sto n
ly w hen as igned c
an't maintain a5 00V t e
rm inal
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quipmen
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oltage o n lo
ad d uring thet es
t. To
t
hec ustomert ot a
ke into accoun t c
heck w hethe rt hey can, fi
ta
C
las s2 :O nly a ni n
sula t
ion t e
sti s t
hep ossib
ili
ty o fd amage t othe 5
001(Q r e
sistorb e
tween t he
r
equ ired w i
th c l ass 2e quipmen t e
qu ipmen t. t
e
rm inalsa nd m easuret he vol
tage
a
nd s y stem s. A gain,t hee qu ipmen t T
he t estiscarried outa sfora n a
crosst h
i sr e
sistorw h
ile thet es
ti s
o
rs ys tem m ustb es witched o n. i
nsula t
ion test
,b ut Ik V isapplied i
np rogress, us
ing ah igh-
T
he i nsula t
ion c heck ( a
t5 00V DC ) w
ith c lass 1and 3 kV w ith class 2 i
mpedance v oltme ter( >
10MQ ).
i
sa pplied b etween t he l i
ve/neu tral e
quipmen t. Leakage c u
rr ent
sa r
e T
he r e
ading s hou ld bec lo
se t o
p
ins( sho rted t ogether)o ft he mon itored
. Ap assl evelo fle
sst han 5
00V . Y ou m ay b esurprised to
s
upp ly p lug a nd a ny expo sed 3mA i sexpected. f
i
nd t h
at some o ldo rcheap m e
ter s
c
onduc tive s u rface oft h ea pp l
iance B
ecau se o
ft hed ange ro f ma
in ta
in at estv oltage of2 00V o r
o
rs ystem . In sulation o fb ettert han e
lectrical s
ho ck t obystande rs, a l
e
ss.T his isb ecause o ftheh igh
7MQ i sexpec ted w i
th a s-new s
egr egated and f enced-of farea i
mp edance o rp oo rregulat
ion o f
h
ou seho ld app liance s( BS3456 ), s
hou ld b ecreated forf lash te
sting. t
hep owe rs upplie sthey use.
h
and -he ld t ool s (BS2769 )a nd IT P
rom inentw a
rning n otice stok eep
e
quipmen t( BS EN 6 0950 )
. N ew o
uts hould bep osted a round it. N
ext mon
th
l
um ina ries( BS4533 )a nd m ains- Id
esigned m yo wn P AT t e
ster
o
pe rated e l
ec tronic equ ipmen t T
este
quipmen
t s
ome t ime a go a nd h ave
(
BS4 15 )p asse sa tbettert h an 4MQ . Aw ide r ange o fdedica ted t e
st s
ubsequen tly u sed i ton ar egular
With a l t hea bove t ypes,o l deri n
- e
quipmen ti sa vai
lab le f rom b
asis
. I t
sfe a
tu resa re: Cla ss 1e ar
th-
s
ervice e quipmen tp asse sa tb et
ter c
ompan ie s like R obin,E dgcumb e, b
ond c heckst ob elow 0 -1Q
t
han 1 MQ . S
eawa rd a nd A yo
. B a s
ic e n t
ry -
level (
maximum 2 5A a t6 V AC )
; ITe tc.
PAT t estersf o
ru se b yn on- e
ar
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ield )b ond t es
tt ob e
low
C
lass3:N ocheck s
,o thert h
an t
echn ica lp eople starta ta round 0
.
1Q ( 0
-1V DC a t1 00mA )
;
v
i
sual,ar
en ormally requir
ed. The £
200 . T hey t end tob eg o/no -go l
i
ve/neu tra
l c on tinu ity c heck to
p
owersupply s
hou ld car
ry the t
ype st hatp rov ide li
ttle c
onfirm t hate qu ipmen t iss witched
c
or
rectsymbol and B S3535 rat
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im ination w i
th p rob lem o
n and t he fuse i s OK , greatert han
ma
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eatitas aclas
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quipmen t
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jec tion so ccur
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001cQ ( 9V DC );e a r
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nd t h
ey c an'ta lway sb eu sed with l
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I
Te quipmen t. A ttheo t he re nd of (
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sts
F
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ash t
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F
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ing i scontrovers
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anc ing , h ighly automa ted ma
in s socke t
. Ap iece o f
b
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ompu te r
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ice e
quipmen to ft hist ype w ould c o
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weaken thei n
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aga round £ 1,000 . S of
twa r e is i
nexce sso f£ 250 , s oi t
's w ell
g
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ters a
vailab le t oi nterface t hem w ith a wor
th t he time t aken t ob uild it
,
o
ften incorpo rated in modern PC,t hough t h
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ind ing so nt he LOPT .T herei sa lso a
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de o f i
t
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t
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ft d
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ake sa bou tt h
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ly m en tioned ,
s
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nough f o
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ec aused b ye xce s s
ive HT . B u
tt herea re
o
ne o nt her ightb eing t heD olby P ro -Log ic e
stab lished . S o,e ven i fy ou h ave a o
the rc auses: c heck f ord ry-jointsa tC 601
b
oa rd. Mo stf ault so ccu ro nt hem ain P CB p
ro te ct
ion o rI 2C fa ult,y ou c an f i
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nt he EW m odu lato rc i
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h
oweve r,s os erv ic ing i sm uch t hes aine whe the ra l i sw elli nt h ep owe rs upp ly. p
rob lem )a nd C 6 13 i nt hel i
ne sc an c ir
cuit
.
whateve rt he mode l. The m ostc ommon p owe rs upp ly f a u
lti s Q506 (2SD239 1) i st he EW m odu lator
T
he c has s
i sc an b ew ithd rawn a nd e
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roy t hel i
ne
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rol HT r e
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sr e
se rvo ir
p
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ive) side. Ina ddit
ion to the ma in
p
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te rr emov ing t hes cr ew , and u ndo c
apa citorC 720 .T he c ulp r
i ti st he
microcont roller chip IC1001 t here's a
t
hev a r
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se
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terr ead st heE EPROM a nd
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C707 c
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2
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6V
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8
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D
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valanche w
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ne timeba se s
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hould b
e c
onnected
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npara
llel w
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s s
ho wn
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2)Protect
ion. Pin 95o fthem a
in
1
00 1
70V
2
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P
art n
o. i
s RH
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. m
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lerc hip I CI0 01 swi
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e
s
ettos t
andby w hen i tg oe
sl ow.Q 606
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e
D
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1
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5
V mode ifth
em a
in s peake rsa r
eu nplugged .
C
721
0
.
1 o C723
470 1
: 2200
R
747 (
3)Pin 1 o
fI C80 1
, Vpro
t,bl
anksthe
2
k7
o 3
5V 1
0V ROB dr
ive
sw hen thef
i
eld f
l
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ul
se i
s
6
8n
m
iss
ing ordi
storted.

e
1
6V
R
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L
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4
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2o fIC801 appearst o mon
ito
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20k
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i
ne fl
yba
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ia
100 az
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.
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5
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9
k1
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C705 i
ndica
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5
0
726 C
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6 o 0 0 0
9
n
oted w hen I
C801
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ck and d
ata l
i
nes
12V 2
2n w
e redisconnec
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th
isi sth
e VDP3120C2
1
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C).
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lts
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ns t
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=
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he Hout 'o
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rmanen t.N o
l
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I
C706 t
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ound p
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.

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shesfou
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imesthen ag
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so fai
la s ar e
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torci
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heF ET f
aul
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fC 613 b e
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ive Q
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ticu
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utit
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c
ome sf rom IC503 ( BA 10393 )
.T he w
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so c
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aul
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a
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of i
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ive
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lty.
t
her
ew asn o EW d rive toI C503 from p i
n n
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er e
sto fthec i
rcui
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is
3
2o fthe VDP3120C2 c h
ip IC80 1.T his c
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ly onI 2C b
uscontrol I
ncon
clus
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c
hip wasf aul
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ffer
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hisconc
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o
nly afew o hm sb etween p in3 2a nd most
ly inc omponen tchoice. Many oft h
e d
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ith th
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et
s. I
c
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. s
urface-moun ted trans
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su sed inthe h
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rma t
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llbeo fhe
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omponen t sI've needed arel i
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bout achassi
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,butw hen y
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t
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itoria
ln o
te: Ad etailed ar
ticle onthe
measu red atpin 4o fI C501 (
TX 1786).T he (
1
)W i
th aw ork
ing s e
tt h
et ime ta
ken from c
i
rcuit
ry used inthisc ha ss
isa nd fau
lt-
o
there nd isconne c
ted to afl
yback s
witch
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le being h
eard is f
i
nding proceduresi sb eing prepared byth
e
g
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atd evelop s a+25V pulse atth
e a
pproximately th
rees econd s
.T he S
harp TechnicalT eam a nd w
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so s
equence ofo pe
rationsi sasf o
llows.T he s
hor
tly.N otethatt h
erea re s
everalw ire
p
rovide st hefield protec
tion (
VP rot)p u
lse s
upply f
ort heprima ry si
de microcon
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i
nkst ha
tg oo pen-circuiti nthee ventof
i
nputa tpin 1 o fI C801 (VDP3120C2 )
. c
hip
,r e
sete tc
. isestabl
ished.T he main e
xcess
ive currentf l
ow i nthecircui
t
Mostf ie
ld faultss eem tobecaused by p
owe rsupply isthen switched on
, c
oncerned.

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sb een t hatt hey ar es e
ldom v
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lp ful wo rth r epair
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t
or e
ade rs. t
hem a way .T he circu i
try i nt he s mal
l Ano the re xcellen tp roje ctw a
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reb e
tte r
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in b oard t e
nd st o t
heS ep temb er 1 993 i s
sue .T hisp iece o f
R470 i s mon i
to red. P in 1i sa lso used t o b
r eak b e cau se of ap la
stic suppo rti nt he t
estg eari sused i nc onjunc tion w ith y ou r
c
he ck f ore xce ssive HT v oltage a nd for c
en tr eb enea th i t
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en o
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crap . h
elp i th asp rovided .T he I psa lo
s
upp ly f ort her e
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nt hee ven to fe xce ssive HT c urrento r a
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irw ebsi
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lso h ave g ood c u stome rt r
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tseem st h
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tching ) Lette rsp age i ntheF ebrua ry i s
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t
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thamp ton, tow hich Roge rB unney ref
erred, look unlike
ly t osur
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tch-of f
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tf rom theeconom ic problem s
,o f 10V t e
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lable,h e
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s
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h
om e-c inema s ys tem . T he f a ults ymp tom
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t
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ny o ne o ft h em .
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t
ia
l o utpu ts. T he se o utpu ts a re mon ito r ed
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tert he worse- SD2 10EE a nd S D2
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st he f
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r
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as as p
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lue,r eading 950kQ,
s
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th
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ap es
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ther ' t
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2W high-stabi
lity)
,w hich islocated s
upply,t hed rivert ran sforme rsf orth el i
ne i
sab adged T axan o rv i
ce v ersa? I .F
.
i
nward so nthe P CB from U 501. I tw
ill o
utputt ransis
to ra nd t heB +c on t
rol
u
sually have doubled i nvalue
.T he IC MOSFET a nd t h
ef r
ame o utputI C
. Pro ject LM1 764
u
sual
ly s urv
ives. A.R -W . Th
i si s aPhil
ip s
-de signed c hassis with When t his m onitorw a
ss wit ched o ni t
s
aTO220 MOSFET a nd at hree-terminal p
owe rs upply i mmed iately s hu td own . As
He w
let
t-Packard DeskJet r
egulatort hata recl amp ed t ot he rea
r t
hel eadsf o rthe l i
ne o utpu tt ransistorare
640C p r
inter me
tal bra cket/heatsink . T hese c omponen ts s
olde red i nto eyele ts, u nsolde ring t hem to
I
've had torep
la ce th
ea ctuatorswitch, u
sually w earo utt heirs o
lde rj ointsa sa c
heck i tw asg o
ing t ob ed ifficult.
p
artn o
. HP IC289060078 , inq u
ite af ew r
e
sulto ft h
erma le xpan sion. A lthough t he F
u r
the rmo r et h
ec ha ssisc ons truct
ion
o
ft h
ese print
ersr ecent
ly . It
's aplast
ic s
o
lde ring o nb oth it
em sl o oked OK ,t hey made i tvery a wkwa rd t og eta tthe
s
l
ide b a
rt ha
tb reaks,a nd i ssometime s w
e r
ei n
cluded i nthe ' soldert r
an sfus
ion '. t
r
an si s
to r's moun t
ing s c
r ew t oremove i t
.
f
ound rat
tling i
nt heb ottom o fthec ase. I
.F
. A
tten tion w ast her efo ret urned t ot h
e
T
he job can bed one withou td i
sman tling p
owe rs upply a nd t heB +r egu lator.T hese
t
heprinter
,b uti sm uch mo reeasi
ly d one Tests a fter dead ma ins f use c
hecked o ut OK , s oQ 813 ( 2SC5251) h ad
t
hefir
s ttime wi
th t hec ase removed. T he T
his mon ito rw asm anuf ac
tur ed b yT op t
ob er emoved a f
te ra l! I tw ass hort-
p
rocedu reisasf ol
low s: V
ictory E lec tronics,C h
ina,h ad ab adge c
i
r cuit.
t
hatsaid U nika a tthef rontand c ame i nan Du ring t he in
itia le xam ina tion In ot
iced
(
1
)Remove t
het
wo T
ork s
c
rew
sunde
r AOC b ox m a rked 5e1r. At a
ilo ff ouro rs o t
hato ne l e
ad o fC 85 1 ( 47e ,2 50V )w a
s
t
h
epap
ertr
ay. s
t
icky l abelsw a
sd ang ling ove rt hep owe r l
oose i ni t
ss o
lde r. T hish ad b een d ealt
s
upply t oa ssistc ombu st
ion i nt h
ee ven tof w
ith a tth etime.T he mon ito rw orked
(
2
)R emove t
hePCB cove
ra tth
eba ck — abl
ow u p,t ow hich AOC mon itorsa re when an ew l i
ne o u tpu tt r
an sisto rw as
d
i
sengage t
h
etab
sa tth
eb ot
tom,then p
rone. Iw ast o
ld thati thad b een caugh tin f
i
tted, b u
tt h
ed isplay w ast oow ide.
h
inge t
h
ecoverupwa
rd stosl
ide i
toff
. adownpou rw hi
le b e
ing u nloaded a nd had Wigg ling C 851 p roduced d isp lay
n
everw o
rked . O n in
sp ect
ion If ound that f
l
uc tua tion s
. Ir emoved i tfore xam inat
ion
(
3
)Remove th
ef ou
r-way ri
bbon cab
le a
t t
he2 .
5AT m ainsf use w asb l
a ckened , but a
nd f o und t ha
tt herew as ac orrosion stain
t
h
eto
po fth
eP CB pane
l,atsocke
tJ1to n
os hort sc ould b ed etected. a
round t hep os
itive l ead. A fterf i
t
ting a
t
h
eon/of
fand pape
r-feed b
ut
tons. T
oc onfirm t ha
tn othing b roke d own a t r
epla cem ent Ic hecked t heo t her+ B
f
u
llv oltage , It e
sted t heu n
itw i
th t h
e s
upp ly e lectrolytic C 30 1 w i
th m yE SR
(
4
)D isengage t
het ab
stha
th old t
hecover c
hoppe r MOSFET a nd d egaus s
ing meter.T hisc apa cito rp roved t obe i ngood
t
othem etalcha
ssisand r
emove thepla
stic p
osis
to rr emoved a nd a6 0W l amp c
ond ition .T he w id th c ould n ow b e
b
ase p
late
.T he p
rinte
rm echani
sm isnow c
onnec ted a cro s
st hef u
seholde r. Itp a
ssed a
dju sted b etween o ve ra nd u nde rs canning
f
r
ee and can b
er emoved f
rom the t
h
ist e
s t
,a nd It hen f ound tha
tt he w
ith t heu serc ontro ls. I .F
.

T
ELEV
ISION May 2
003 4
29
 T
he c
ause ofth
e tr
ouble waseventual
ly
&S
t- t
r
aced toR532 (1
-5 MQ), which i
sconnect-
e
dt opin 2ofIC501. F
org ood measure I
d
ecided t
orep
lace R529 (1MQ )asw ell
.
U
se 0-75 W
. 350V meta
l-oxide r
es
istors
.
M.D.

S
ony KVX2552U (
AE I
C
c
hass
is)
T
his set w ould p roduce a n i n
term itt
en t
l
oud crackle o n s ound a nd, some time s,the
p
icture w ould g oo f f
. Is p
ent al o ng time
r
e
so ldering v ar
iou sd ry-jo
int ston oa vail—
a
f
te r al e
ngthy s oak t e
stt h
ep rob lem
would recu r
. T he c ause w ase ven tual
ly
t
r
a ced tod ry-joint sa tthe 5 V regu la
to r
I
C604 a nd t he asso ciated feed rectif
ie r
D612. Ih ad f a
iled t os pott h
ise arlier
b
ecau se these t wo c omponen ts are
o
bscu red b y the plastic frame th ath olds
t
hec hassis —i th ast obe u nscrewed a nd
r
emoved t or evea l them. I've since h ad th
e
s
ame f aultw ith t hr
ee mo reo ft hese s e
ts
.
M.D .

AULT F
IND
ING
B
ush WS6673S
IL

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fo
f
a
c
u
au
l
ne o
ty 2
se i
ft

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he
se s

sual
e
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t
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s i

ly ad
st
ne o
ry
-
u
r
ipp
tpu
join
ing w
tt
ta
r
an
tt
i
s
h
th a
is
to
e fl
r, t
yba
h
ck
e

t
uning capaci
to rC 626 (12nF, 2kV). D on't
R
epor
ts f
rom S
harp 5
1 AT
-15 (
5BSA c
hass
is) l
ustr e
solderi tt
hough . Take itou
ta nd
T
his se
ts eemed t ob ed ead but the p owe r measure it
sv a
lue. Y ou m ay f
ind th
att hi
s
M
ichae
l D
ran
fie
ld s
upply w as u pa nd runn ing and t hef i
eld h
as fal
len, a
s ar e
sul tofi n
terna
l heating.
s
can coi
ls w ere buzzing . Inthisc has s
ist he M.D .
P
hi
lip S
alke
ld f
i
eld outpu ts t
age i sp owe red f r
om t he
c
hopp ert ransforme ri nstead oft he l i
ne B
eko NR28411 ND
P
eter D
olman
, I
.Eng
. o
utputt r
an sforme r, hence t he act
ive f i
eld T
he 2 •
5A s a
nd-fi
lled fuse i
nt h
is d
ead set
o
utput stage. C hecks s howed t h
att here h
ad fai
led. I'
ve of
ten had itgo inolde
r
Mar
tyn S
.Dav
is was nod r
ive s ignal att heb ase ofQ 603 i n B
eko s e
ts fo
rn oa pparent r
eason. Notth
is
t
he li
ne drive rc i
rcui
t ry. T he cause o ft h
e t
ime howeve r
: ther
e had been ap ower
A
rthur J
ackson p
roblem w as losso ft he 5 V supply a tp i
n s
upply blow up. The fo
llowing it
em shad
8oft h
e E EPROM c hip I CI0 02, becau se t
ob er ep
laced: R639 (15Q, 0-5W); R606/7
R
.
J. E
vans t
he5 V re gulatort r
an si
s torQ 704 ( BC338 - (
both 0-47Q, 0-
5W ); IC601
4
0) had a n open -c
ircu i
t em it
te rc onnec - (MC44608P40 )
; and t
h echoppe rtr
ansis
tor
Mat
the w B
idd
lecombe t
i
on. T601 (K2545). Al
l w a
sw e
ll once t
he
Ag ood-qua lity t
ran sis
to rf r
om ar e
p- r
eplacements had been fi
t
ted. P.S
.
D
ave H
usband u
table supp l
ier mu stb e u sed int h
i sp osi
-
t
i
on, othe rwise t h
ere w ill be arep eatf a
il- S
harp 66F W
-53H (
DA5O W
Mar
tin M
cCluskey u
re af ew mon ths la
te r
. Ig etm y replace- c
hass
is)
ments fr
om F arnell Ele ct
ronic Afau
lt th
at's st
art
ing t os how u pw i
th
a
nd Componen ts. M .D. t
he
se se
ts isdistorted sound. Y ou'l
l find a
s
ur
face-moun ted c h
ip, ICI3 00
, o nt he
D
ave C
lark Ma
tsu
i 2
107
1 s
mall p
lug-
in a udio board int her i
ght-
Iwas beginn ing t ol ose patience with this h
and co
rnero ft he m a
in c hass
is. Itcook s
s
e
t, m a
in ly because Ih ad blown s om any a
nd con
tam inates theb oard. Fortunate
ly
c
omponen ts w h
ile l o
ok ing f o
rt hecau se of t
he b
oard isavailable at amode stcost
.
t
hef au
lt
. E very t ime Is w
itched o n
, ten T
he par
t no. is DUNTK7285B M W 1
. P .S
.
q
uid's w orth o fc omponen ts w entu p in
smoke! Iw ould f ind thec hoppe rF ET B
ush WS6672
d
ead sho rt
-c i
r cuit, th
e 5 .
45Q s u
rge-limiting T
his se
t wasd ead with as me
llo fb urn
ing.
We welcome f aul
t repor
ts f
rom r
esi
storo pen-cir cuita nd, tob e on t
he s a
fe I
nt h
ep as
t severa
l o fth
ese sets have c
ome
r
eade
rs —p aymen t f
or e
ach f
ault i
s s
ide
, w ould r eplace t he TDA 1 6846 c hop- i
nw i
th al a
rge burn-up ont h
e m ain PCB.
made af
te r pub
liat
ion. See p
age p
erc ontrol chip I C501. T hen, atswitch On t
his o
ccasion howeve r Ifound thatth
e
o
n, the powe rs upp ly w ould st
rike up, the o
n/offs w
itch had been a
rcing. Ir e
cog-
4
28 f
or details o
f where and how
s
t
andby L ED w ould l i
gh tu pa nd th
e F ET n
ised ita
sb e
ing s imi
lartot heo ne inth
e
t
o s
end r eports
.
would go s hort-circuit. Wharfeda
le Mode l 550, s
o Id ec
ided to

May 2
003 T
ELEV
ISION
o
rdert
herep
lacemen
t fr
om CHS (
orde
r f
rom I C800 o nwa rds
! T h
is elegan t f
a
ce-mounted main m
icro
cont
rol
lerch
ip,
c
ode MS32
) asth
is s
eemst
obe q
uicker
. a
pp roach a low sQ 801 tobeo pe ra
ted i n I
C801. R
esolder
ing t
h
is i
tem p
rov
ide
s a
P
.S. c
lass D, m inim ising it
sdiss
ipa tion. T he r
e
liab
le r
epa
i r
. A.J
.
p
rinciple i sexplained inG i
les P ilbrow 's
Panason ic TX25 MD1/ M e
xce l
len ta r
ticle on th
e B E3D c hassis
, in Philips 2 1PT1 663
(
Euro -2 c hass is) t
he A pril 2001 i s
sue. The cause o ft h
e (
17 .2E c hass is)
T
here was apicture t
ea
ring fau
lt wi
th this t
rouble w as simp le. R835 (27Q , 3W ), Thi
s set w ould sui t
ch o n br
iefly t hen
s
e
t. T
eletextw as OK, butthe fau
lt was which c ouplest hed r
ive output t oth
e EW r
evertt os t
andby ( br
igh t L ED). T he se
a
l
so pre
sen twith ascar
t input
. The cure modu latord iode s
, was open-cir cuit
. T he s
ymp tom s in d
icate thatt he p
ro tection
wa
st oreplace th
e vi
deo processorchip moral o fth
i s li
tt
le st
ory isn o
tt ol e
ap t o mode ha s c ome i n
to o perat
ion , and a r
e
I
C601
. p a
rt no
. VDP3 108-APPA .P .S. c
onc lusions w ithout fi
rs
t th
ink ing t h
rough o
ften cau sed b y af aul
ty l i
ne o utpu t
t
hec ircuito peration! P.D. t
ransforme r( T5445 )
. I nthis case h owev -
Sharp 76F W -53H ( DA5O W e
rt he cau se w as afield output s tage
c
hass is) Sharp 76F W -53H ( DA5O W f
ault
. The o utputc hip I C7401 w as s hort
-
I
t
'srarethatyou g e
ts nowy p i
cture f
aul
ts c
hass is) c
ircui
t, a nd t he t
wo s afety re
sisto rs i nthe
n
owaday s
. Iadopted theo ld TV se
rvic
ing f
he r e
po rted fault w ith t h
i s set w as —and + s upp lies tot h
e I C
, R 3449 ( IQ ,
d
i
agno s
tic measureo ft a
pping the t
uner
, "
wh ite line d own t he m idd le". S ure 0
.5W ) a nd R 3451 (2.2Q , 0.
33 W )
, w ere
h
utth
isp roved very l
it
tle. Never
theles
s a e
nough a ts wi
tch o nt he s ymp tom s w ere b
oth o pen -circui
t. R eplacemen t s p rov id-
r
ep
lacemen tcured the fau
lt
. The ci
rcui
t s
ound b ut no pictu re. I ns
tead , t here w asa e
d ac ure, b ut Phil
ip s recommend s
r
e
ference no
. isTH20 1, the par
t no
. b
r
igh t d ot int he cen treo ft he s c
reen , with a
dding aBZX79C51 z enerdi ode
RTUNH0 123BMZZ . P.S
. avertical l i
ne thate xtended u pwa rd s b
etween p i n
s 4a nd 5o ft he r
e placemen t
f
rom t hisd o
t. Ab rief i nspec tion r evealed c
hip, anode t opin4 ,t op reventd amage
Bush 2868 NTX ( 11 AK19 -5 t
hatC 620 h ad b ulged a tt het op. I
t's part t
ot he chip. A .J.
c
hass is ) o
ft he line s can cur rent p ath: C 619, C 620
1he
re w a
s n oteletext
,j us
t ' 100
' inthe a
nd D 613 a rec onnec ted i ns er
ie s
, w i
th Tho mson 1 4 MG15U ( TX807C
l
e
ft-hand cornero ft he sc
reen. It
's a R613 i np a
rallel wi th D 613 a nd the s -
cor- c
hass is )
k
nown f au
lt with thi
s mode l. The cure i
s r
ect
ion c apa ci
to rC 613 i np arallel with T
his q u
ite new 1 4
in. setproduced ad u
ll
t
or e
place the m u
lti micro/
tex tchip, t
ype t
he lot. C 613 h ad b ecome d ry -
jointed , p
icture with low contras
t, t
hough some
SDA5255 -A047 . Itisi mportantt oge
tt h
e f
orcing a l t hec urren tt hrough t he p aral
lel c
hange c ould be seen asthec ont
rast was
l
a
stf ourdigit
sr i
ghto ry ou will e
nd up p
ath. A s ar e
sultR 613 h ad o verheated . a
djusted through it
sr ange. The cau
se of
w
ith al sor
tso fp roblem s
. T he ch
ip is B
e cau se o fi t
sc lose p rox im ity, p a
rto f t
he trouble was int h
eb eam-l
im iterci
r-
a
vai
lable from CHS . P.S. C613 h ad a ctually m elted. C 620 h ad c
uit
, w here R L002 (100kQ , 0.
25 W) was
o
ve rheated , blown i t
st opa nd g one o pen- o
pen-c ir
cuit. You'
ll find i
tint he l
i
ne out
-
Sony KV28FS2OU ( BE3E c
i
r cuit. H ence n o l i
ne s can. N orma l o per- p
uts tage. A.J
.
c
hass is ) a
t
ion w as r es
to red o nce a l t hese it
em s
T
he f aults w ith t hisn ew ish w ide sc reen h
ad b een r eplaced . M .S.D . JVC C l 4ETIEK ( On wa c hass is)
s
e
tw er e EW p incu sh ion d isto r
tion a nd Af a
ir
ly c ommon p roblem w ith these se
ts
i
n
te rm itten tw id th v ar
ia tion s. T he H
itach i C32 WD2TN2 i
st h
att he standby r elay can b e heard to
l
i
ne /f
ie ld s c
an o utpu tc onnec to r CN800 (A7 c hass is ) l
a
tch o n b u
tt h
e setr ema in sdead. I f
wast hec ause o ft h e w idth i nstab il
ity: the T
he r epo r
t w ith th
is t wo-three y ea ro ld c
heck s show t hat the HT a tthe li
ne driver
EW p rob lem r ema ined w hen t h
i s had s
e
t w as "dead , tr
ipping" . Inf act Ic ou ld a
nd o utput stages isn orma l, but the li
ne
b
een d ea l
t w ith. Iw onde red w hethe rt he h
eart he rus
tle a sthe l i
ne timeba se t r
ied d
r
ive w avefo rm i sm issing, thec ause of
a
rcing c on tactsc ou ld h ave c au sed E EP - t
og etg o
ing . S o Ispent al o
ng t ime r eso
l- t
he fault islike
ly t ob e int he supply to
ROM c orruption ,b ut as cope c heck a tth
e d
ering d ry-join t
s, rep
la cing t hej ung le I
C30 1 w hich, a mong sto thert h
ing s, con-
i
npu tt ot he EW c on trol c hip I C800 c
hip a nd t r
ying t ofind t h
e l i
ne d rive t
a
in st he li
ne o s
cillator. C heck atp in4 2
.
r
evea led an orma l-look ing p arabo lic b
ef o
r e Id ecided t oc onsult Hitach i tech- The star
t-up s upply i s8 .
5V , which i s
wavefo rm t hatc ould b e v aried w hen t he n
ical
. I tse em s tha
tt h e symp tom s are d
e r
ived f r
om t h
e HT s upply v iaR 323
r
e
levan ts ett
ing s w er e alter ed i nt h
e s er- k
nown w i
th t his se
t
. (
6
-8kQ , 5W ). T h
is r es
istorf ai
ls forn o
v
ice mode . A dju stmen th ad n oe ffecto n The t h
ing t od o ist oc heck re sistors a
ppa rentr eason. It'
s w or
th re p
lacing
t
her a
s terg eome try h oweve r
. R ef e
rence R807, R 808 a nd R809 o n the CRT b ase C909 a nd C 911 asw e
ll on the prima ry
t
oe arlie rf a
ultr epo r
t s i nT elev i s
ion c on- PCB. I fo ne o fthem h as b urnto ut, the s
ide oft he powe rs upp ly t oensur ec o
rrect
v
inced m et hatt hec au se o ft he p roblem P
hilips t ube h as a
n i n
terna l short-cir cuit
. HT voltage. A .J.
l
ay i nt h ed r
ive rs tage s, p articu larly a s I
nt h
is e ven tt he re
commended c u re i sto
b
r
ie fs c ope c heck ss howed t hatt here w as r
eplace t het ube a
nd t he tube b ase P CB , JVC 7860GB
n
of i
eld -f requency p a rabo lic w ave fo rm a t a
ss eve ral transis
tors h ere will have b een IIn
stal
led t hi
s s et form y a unt i
n1 976. In
t
he EW d riverF ET Q 80 1. S o Io rder ed c
omp rom ised .T he p ar
tn os
. a re A 527 110 s
pit
e ofb e
ing i nd aily use i ton
ly recently
r
epla cemen ts f orI C800 a nd Q 80 1. T here f
ort he CRT b ase P CB, a nd T 17600 1 f o
r d
eveloped i t
sf i
rst faul
t. T he symptom
was n oc hange w hen t hey h ad b een f i
tted. t
he CRT . typ e W76ESF03 1X 13. M .S .D. was as l
ightly o verbrightp icture w
ith f l
y-
Wha t Is hou ld h ave d one w as t ot h
ink b
ack line s
. T he cause w as al ow supply t o
abit mo r ea bou th ow t hec ircu ito pe rates
. Sanyo C E28 WN5/32 WN5 e tc t
he RGB o utpu t st
age s —t he vol
tage w as
The p u rpo se o fI C800 i st op roduce a (
EB6 -A c hassis) a
bout 10V i n
stead o f 150V . The source
p
ulse -w id th modu lated o utpu t, atl i
ne i
n
termitten t s
ound, wh
ich m ay b
e se
nsi- o
ft h
is s upply i sD O8 int he li
ne ou
tpu t
r
a
te , f rom t he p arabo lic i npu t
. S o y ou t
i
ve toP CB fl
exing, i
sc ommon with th
is s
tage, w here If ound thatt h
ea ssoc
ia t
ed
won' t s ee any p arabo lic w avefo rm s w hen c
hass
is. T he c
ause ofthe p
roblem has i
n c
apacito rC 21 ( 47µF, 5 0V) w as open-cir-
y
ou c arry o u ts cop e c heck s a tt he o utput e
very c
a se been poorsolde
ring o
ft h
e sur- c
uit
. Its eem s toc ouple l i
ne pulsest oD O8

T
ELEV
ISION May 2
003 4
31
 f
o
rr ect
ificat
ion. Inthe a
bsence ofthe
se t
he s
ame t ime
. N oa moun to fheat
ing a nd a
f
te r afew seconds w hen the f
i
rs
ta node
p
ulsest h
e supp
ly c ame s
olely fr
om the c
ool
ing ont h
ec omponen ts ide o
ft he v
oltage w a
s increased
, buti twasinblu e
10V HT l i
ne
. P
CB w ou
ld instigate thef au
lt,butw hen a
nd g r
een o n
ly. Checkso n the CRT base
If
i
tted areplacementc apa
citorand t
r
ansis
to rQ 005 ( t
yp e DTA 143TK ) o nt h
e p
anel showed t hatthe vo
ltage atth
e red
g
ave thes e
t ag enera
l s
erv
ice, af
terw h
ich p
r
int si
de w as frozen the sound and pic- c
athode w as ze
ro, w h
ich w ould n
ormally
t
he
r ew asa nexcellentpi
cture
. A.J. t
u
re immed iately returned ton o
rma l
. In mean ap eak redraster
. The tube h
ad an
t
hefaul
tc ondition t h
e v o
ltage atQ 005's i
n
ter na
l faul
t. M. McC .
B
ush 2059/2159NTX (
On wa c
ol
lectorre ad 2.5V instead of 1.7V . The
c
hass
is) t
r
ansis
to rread a l ri
ghto uto fci
rcuit, but S
ony KVM2101U (
BE2A
Ihepicture a
lternated wi
th ab l
ank r a
ster
. ar
eplacemen tc ured the faul
t. M.B. c
hass
is)
When i twas present i
thad c orr
ugated I
fthe pi
ctur
e produced b y o
ne ofth
ese
v
ert
icals. The cause ofthet rouble was th
e P
hil
ips 25PT4475 (
L9
.1E s
et
s has bowed sides wi
th sl
igh
tly
HT supply,w hich w a
s fl
uc tuat
ing. c
hassis
) i
ncrea
sed width
, r e
place C806 (
47nF,
Checks showed t ha
t the r
eservoirc apaci
- Ireplaced thetuner
, att h
irty o dd p ound s
, 2
50V ) inth
e EW d iode modula
torc i
rcui
t.
t
orC 915 (100p.F, 160V) w aso pen-cir
- t
oc ure snowy p i
ctures
. B utw hen I My thankstoS ony te
chnical f
orth
is one
.
c
ui. R
t .J.E. s
witched o n th
erew as no sound . Mayb e M. McC.
t
he n ew tunerw as fa
ulty? N o, b ecause
P
anasonic T
X25 MD3 (
Euro -
2M t
here w as noaudio viat he scar
t s o cket P
hil
ips 28CL6770/252 (
F
L1.
10
c
hass
is) e
i
the r. Then, whi
le leaf
ing t h
rough t he c
hassis
)
T
he picture gradua lly faded away afte
ra s
ervice m anual
, Ic ame acro s
s ap age Two o fthese heavywe igh tsc ame i non
f
ew m inutes,r eappea r
ing w hen the se
t marked " opt
ion bytes". When Ie ntered t
he same d ay with the same s ymp tom,
wa
ss wit
ched o fft hen o n a
gain. This was t
he s e
rvice mode —p ress0 ,6 ,2 ,5 ,9,6 s
tuck ins t
andby . The cau se oft h
ef a
ilure
f
o
llowed b y ar epeato ft h
e faul
t symp - a
nd m enu —If ound thatop t
ion S B was w
ith the fi
rsts e
tw ast h
e u sual one: t
he
t
om.T he audio r emained OK . Ac heck i
ncor rec
t. As aresul
tt he TV t h ough ti t l
i
ne ou tputt r
ansistorw as s hort
-circu
it
o
nt h
e RGB o utpu t
sf rom I C601 showed was amono s e
ta nd ignored the b
ecause o fdry-joints atth e CRT e nd of
t
ha
tt hey faded a way w hen the fa
ult N
icam /audio p
rocessing IC. Ia s sume t hat t
he scan-coil p
l ug
. T he cause o ftheprob-
o
ccurred,t hough t he video input t
he f a
ulty tu
nerh ad corrupted t he NVM . l
em wi th the s
econd s e
tw as le
ssc om-
r
emained c onstan t
. A l
l IC supplies were D
.H . mon. R 3347 ont hep lug-in p owers upply
OK. The fault w asc ured by rep
la c
ing c
ontrol board had r i
sen inv a
lue from
I
C601, w hich ist yp e VDP3 108APPA 1. S
anyo CE32 WN4 (
EB6
-A 7
5k0 t o100k0 . I t
'sint he set-HT poten-
I
t
's not cheap! R .J.E. c
hass
is) t
i
ome te rnetwo rk. D.C.
Th
is was ty
picaloft he s
o
rto fs e
tt ha
t
JMB NO28 WSS (
PT92 c
hass
is) f
r
ightens me —b i
g, wide a
nd si
lve r
! The T
homson 2
8 WS23U (
I
CC17
T
he green L ED w as fl
ash ing. A partf rom LED glowed orange
, and th
ere w as no c
hass
is)
t
hatthe se
ta ppeared tob e dead . T he volt- HT. Butthe f
aul
tt u
rned outtob e a T
h is set came i nw i th an ow c ommon
a
gesa tthe s e
conda ry side o ft he p owe r q
uickie
. R621 (120k0 ) o
nt h
ep r
ima ry s
ymp tom : ats witch o n t he EHT r us
tled
s
upply w ere mo r
eo rless n on -existent
. s
ide ofth
e powe rsupply waso pen-cir
- u
p t hen the s et shut d own . I n most
When Id isconnected t h
e f eed t othel ine c
uit
. D.H. c
ase s ar eplacemen t line o u
tpu t trans-
o
utputs t
age a nd substi
tu ted ad ummy f
orme r
, w i
th mod ification k it
, cure s the
l
oad th
e HT a nd theo t
he ro utpu tsf r
om JVC AV295X1EK f
aul t
. An ew t ransfo rme r st
opped t he
t
hep owers upply w e
re c orre ct. The line The p
icture wase xcel
lentb u
ta fterten s
hu tt
ing d own a nd t he EHT w a
s p re-
o
utputt r
an s
i s
tor( TD02 ) a nd t ransforme r m
inutes theb r
ightness st
a r
ted t oflut
ter s
en t. The tube 's h eate rs li
tu p, but there
b
oth checked OK . Ieven tually f ound t h
at r
apid
ly, with thepicture occasionally was n o sound o rr aster, w hi
le t he front
DD07 ( BY228 ) w ast h
ec au se o ft he tr
ou- b
lanking outa l
together
. N orma l operat
ion LED b linked f rom g reen t oorange
b
le
. Im issed i tf
i
rstt ime r ound a s Ihad was r
estored when the 16/9 button ont he t
wice t hen s ix time s. Ir ead this ase rror
g
iven itonly af orward d iode t e
st, w h
ich r
emote-con t
rol uni
tw a
s pr e
ssed, though c
ode Z 6, w hich d idn 't provide much
was OK. R .
.I.E. w
ith reduced heightofc ou r
se. Ar e p
lace- h
elp . To cut av e ry l ong story sho rt
,
ment TDA8350Q f ie
ld outpu tc hip cur
ed a
f
te rchasing d own m any b lind alley s I
ic TX25 MD1 (
Panason Euro -2
1
. t
he f
ault
. M . McC. d
iscove red t hat CB0 1 (10nF , 3kV ) o n
c
hass
is) t
he CRT b ase p ane l w as leaky, sot here
i
tthe s
eti sdead apartf r
om t he green Ams
trad C
TV3028 was l i
t
tle A l v oltage . S ound s easy, but
LED li
ghting forapprox imately o ne sec- T
hese se
ts al
so appearu nde
rt he Fidel
ity Ifind fault d i
agno sis d i
f f
icult with
o
nd every eightorn ine se
cond s
, replace a
nd Bush labe
ls. Th
is one worked f i
ne t
he se se
ts. D .C.
I
C601 (type VDP3108 -29). This I C isno w
ith a
n off
-airsignalb u
tt h
ere w a
s n o
l
ongeravailable
, butt here
's ar eplace- p
ic
ture vi
at he s
car
ti nput
. Video w as p
re- P
hil
ips 32P W9523/05 M
mentki
t. Itconsis
tso fI C type s
entatpin 15oft he TDA836 1j ungle (
MG2 .1E c
hass
is)
VDP3108APPA 1, EPROM t ype c
h
ip, and th
e AV s wi
tching vol
tage a tpin I
'm n o
t surew he
the ryou c ould c a
llthis
2
7C0 10-603 t h
atj u
stp ushe s in
to the 1
6w as cor
rect
. An ew I Ccured the fau
lt
. t
r
ipping. T he se
ts eemed t os tartu p
,
h
older
, and a4 pF surface-moun ted c apac- M
. McC . r
e
lay sc l
icked, then th
e sets hu td own
i
t
or. R
.J.E. w
ith L ED f l
ashing. The clue w a
st hatthe
H
itach
i C
28 WD2TN v
oltage across th
er eservoirc apaci
tor
S
ony KV M2140 (
BE2A c
hass
is) T
he complain
t wi
th t
h
is widesc
reen se
t c
ame u pt hen decayed q u
ick ly, even
When t
h
iss e
thad been o
n fo
ra bout a
n w
as nopictur
e. Onte
st afa
intblank b
efore theL ED s ta
rted tof l
a sh. Relay
h
ourthe s
ound wou
ld sudden
ly decrease
. r
a
ste
rc ou
ld b e s
e
en wi
th th
e workshop 1
010 w as faulty
, conducting o n
ly
T
here wa
s adrop i
np i
ctu
reb r
ightness a
t l
i
ght
s swi
tched off
. Apic
ture a
ppeared momen tar
ily a tswi
tch o n
. D .C . •

4
32 May 2
003 T
ELEV
ISION
 I
n P
art 3of h
is s
er
ies o
n P
C
s
erv
icin e
tert
feNt M e
c
ont
inues w
ith t
he B
IOS
s
et
tings

L a
s
tm
a
on
th Ic
dvanced s
e
c
ove
t
r
ion
ed t
so
hes
f at
y
t
p
anda
ica
rd a
l B
nd
IOS
b
i
t s
t
h
i
et
t
s i
ing a
sI.
bove
, t
h
e n
orma
l s
e
tting f
o
r S
'
a
er
u
ia
to
l 1
'
. W
/2
i
: T
th y
hese a
ou ro
re n
wn P
orma
C h
lly s
oweve
ett
r
o

p
rogram. We c
ontinue t
h
ist ime w
ith t
he d
isab l
ing t h em w ill f ree r esou rce s i
fy ou
s
econd par
tofthe BIOS s
et
tings. P
o wer managemen
t don't need t h e seria l p orts.
The v ar
iou s parame te rsh ere c ontro l t he Para l
lel p or t( LPT1 ):T his i sn ormally
C
hipse
t w ay i nw hich t he s ystem h andle s t he s
ett o' auto' t oe nab le t he p r
in ter
1h
ese set
tingsa respecif
ic tot h
ec h
ipse
t powe rm anagemen t f eatu res. T he c
onnec t
ion . I fi t
's y ouro wn P C and y ou
u
sed o
nt hem otherboard
.T hus mo stof impo r
tan tt hing i stod ist
ingu ish b etween c
onnec tt hep r
in te rv i
at he USB ,
t
hem should n ormal
ly be lef
ti nthei
r s
etting s t hatd ete rm ine h ow p owe r d
isab l
ing t his w ill f r
ee r esou r ce s
.
d
efau
lts tate
. B e s
uret onote the v
alueso f m anagemen ti sc on trolled , a nd tho se Para l
lel-por t mode : T he i dea l sett
ing i s
a
ny s
etting s b
efore you change them, to (
t
ime rs
) t h a
td e term ine t he l ength o ft ime '
EPP ', w hich g ive s g ood b i-di rec t
ional
a
l
low f orc or
rection la
terifn eces
sary. during w hich t he system i si d
le b efo re p
e r
fo rmance w i
th f ew c ompa tib ili
ty
powe rm anagemen tb ecome sa c
tive . W i
th p
rob lem s
. F eel f ree t oe xpe r
imen t with
DRA M p ar i ty c heck ing : When e nabled, mode rn s ystem s t h
atr un W indow s 9 8 or t
h
is s et
ting h oweve r
, t oo bta in t h e b
est
t
his t urn so np arity c heck ing f ort he a
bove t here's n on eed t ob ec once rned p
erfo rmance f rom y ours ystem .
s
y stem RAM . I ts hou ld b ee nabled i fy ou a
bou tt ime rs asW indow sc on trols t h
is PS2 mou se: L eave t h
is s ett
ing e nabled .
a
reu sing p ari ty c heck ing ( or ECC ), i
t
se lf. A ll that
's r equir ed i st os eth ow t his USB s uppor t: E nab le this t oe nsu re t
h a
t
o
t herw i se d isab led . T he d efault i s t
ake spl ace. t
he U SB p orts w ork .
norma lly d i sab led , as mo st mode rn Globa ls etting : T h
is d ete rm ine s w hethe r USB l egacy : E nab le t his o nly w hen you
s
y stem sd on ' tu se p ar
i ty m emo ry . p
owe rm anagemen ti se nab led, w hich i s u
se aU SB -type k eyboa rd.
DRA M s peed /t
im ing : Whe re p ossible t
he n orma l setting . I
ntegra ted VGA / sound /modem : Set
s
ett h
is t o' auto '. When s etting i t V
ideo p ower -down mode : S elect t
hese t oenab led w hen t h e mo the rboard
manua l ly , s eti tt ot he a pp rop r
ia te t iming D̀PMS ' i fthe mon ito rs uppo r
t s it
.T his is h
as b ui
lt-in v i deo, s ound a nd /o r modem
f
ort he m emo ry f i
tted i nt he system . If t
he p ref erred a nd u sua l def aults etting: c
ard s
, toe n su re t hatt hey w ork . D isable
mo ret han o ne t y pe o fm emo ry i sf i
t
ted , mo st moder n mon ito rs suppo rt DPMS . t
hem i fy ou i n
tend t of i
ty ou ro wn card s
t
he s peed m us tb es et f ort he slowe st When t h e V̀/H s ync + b l ank' o p
tion i s t
op rovide t hese f e ature s.
memo ry i nt h es ystem . s
elec ted t he vi deo c a rd c ance ls its v e
rtica l
Memory h ole : S ome e xpan sion c ards a
nd h orizon tal s ync o utpu tst ot h
e I
DE d
evice s
et
-up
r
equ ire a cce s st op articu la rm emo ry areas mon itora nd s end sb lank d ata. T he ' b
lank As mentioned i nt h
e s ec
tion on s t
anda rd
i
no rde rt of unc tion c o rrec tly (i
t's u nusua l s
creen ' o ption s imp ly b lank s the mon ito r
. s
et
tings l as
t mon th, the IDE (integrated
h
oweve r ).T hi sp arame te re nable sy ou t o V
ideo p ower -down t imer /hard d i sc d
r
ive e lectronics) parame ters should be
s
eta s
ide t hea pp rop ria te m emo ry a rea f o
r p
ower t imer /
sy stem s tandby /sy stem s
etto' auto'. The BIOS t hen check s fo
r
s
uch c ard s.T ypica l m emo ry a r
ea st hat d
oze : T hese a ret ime rs t hata re be st left d
evicesc onnected tot heI DE buses each
c
an b e s eta s
ide a re 5 12 -640KB ( the f
orW indow s toc ontro l
. L eave t hem s eta t t
ime its t
arts
. T hus thi
s se c
tion oft he
u
ppe r 1 28KB o fc onven tiona l m emo ry) t
hed efau lt value s. B
IOS i sn o
tr eal
ly needed ! In an utshell
,
a
nd 1 5-16MB .T hi ss et t
ing s hou ld b e IRQ w ake -up a nd a ctivity mon itor s: i
tsearche s forI DE device s t
hen ente r
s
d
isab led u n
le s sy ou h ave ac ard t h a
ty ou T
he se setting sd eterm ine t he i t
em s t hat t
hed e
tails o fw hat i
tf i
nd s inthe
k
now r e qui re s i t
. a
re mon ito red i nt h
e s y
stem s l
eep mode . '
s
tanda rd s e
tt
ing s' s
e ct
ion .
I
SA c lock s peed :T h
is s etting c on trols When a ctiv i
ty i sd e
tec ted t he s y
stem
t
hes peed o ft he I SA b u s
, u sua l
ly a sa wake s u p. O nce a gain i t
' sb estt ol eave Secur ity s ettings
f
raction o ft he P CI ( PC I n
te rconnec t
ion t
he se setting sa tt he
i rd ef au l
t v alue sa nd T
his sect
ion enab lesy ou tos pecify a
b
us )c lock s peed .T he s ett
ing t oc ho se i s l
e
tW indows c on t rol t h
is f eatur e
. p
asswo rd toprotec tei
the rthe B IOS
t
heo ne t hatp utst he I SA c lock s peed a s (
user
) o rthee n
tire compu ter
c
lose a sp os sib le t o8 .33MHz , w hich i s I
n
tegra
ted p
eriphera
ls (
supervisor)
. Ify ou decide tou se a
t
hea ccep ted m ax imum c lock s peed f or Mos toft hi
s s e
ction o ft he BIOS isself- p
asswo rd, be c
areful not tof orget i
t!
t
heb us. A ny th ing h ighe rt han t his i s e
xplana tory. Itsimp ly s wi
tche sono ro ff C
learing ap asswo rd requires remova l o
f
c
on side r ed t ob e ò ve rclo ck ing'. t
he various c on
trolle r
so n the t
he sys
tem 's bat
te ry f
ors everal hours,
8
.33 MHz m ean st ha
tt hec orrecto pt
ion motherboa rd. a
nd ind oing soc lear
s all th
e B IOS
w
ith a3 3 MHz o r3 0MHz P C
I m ach ine i s F
loppy c ontroller: U nless t h
e PC s
e
ttings! A s mostB IOS p asswo rds
P̀CICLK /4 '. F or a2 5 MHz P CI m achine d
oe sn'
th ave any floppy d rives th
is i
ss et r
equire afixed six dig
its, it
's probably
i
tw ould b e P̀C ICLK /3 '. t
o' enabled'. b
ette
rn o
tt ouse t hem and e mp loy some
8
-b itI /O r ecovery t ime : T his s etting I
DE c on troller: Thi s s
lightly more o
therf orm ofs e
cur i
ty softwa re ins
tead.
c
on trols t he n umbe ro fc lock c yc le s c
omp lex p arame tera l
low sy ou todecide
d
uring w hich t he p roce s sorw ait s a f
tera n whethert oenable t he prima ry c
hanne l
, T
o f
o
llow
8
-bi tI /O r eque st. T he s ett
ing t hat's t
he seconda ry channe l o rb oth. '
Both' is T
hat
's nea
rly i
tfo
rt h
eB IOS.N ex
t month
n
orma lly a pp rop riate i sI . t
he app ropriate se
tting f orn ormal se
t- w
e'l
lconclude t
hi
ss ec
tion t
h
en m ove t
oth
e
1
6-b itI /O r ecovery t ime : A s wi th t h
e 8 - u
ps. n
extso
ftwarelayer
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era
ting sys
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41
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003 T
ELEV
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