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1bL

P
lasma d
i
splay
t
e
chnology
I
n the second i ns
ta lment i
n hi
s current
s
er
ies F a wz
i Ibrahim d escr
ibes var
ious
t
e
chn iques t ha
t h ave been in
troduced
t
o i mprove t he p er
formance o f t he
b
asic plasma d isplay panel

T
h
e bas
ic plasma d i
splay panel a
rrangemen tdescr
ibed la
s t The e ye t hu sa dd s u pt he s even s ub-f ield so ft he fi
rstp ixe l
month s
uf er
sf rom t wo m a
jors hortcomings
,d ynamic false a
nd t hee igh th s ub-fie ld o ft he second p ixel,t h
er esultb eing a
c
ontoursa nd bl
a ck-
level rep
roduction,t h
athad tobe over- b
r
igh tne ss i n
ten sity o f 1 27 + 1 28 = 2 55 , w ith ab ounda ry o f 127
c
ome forth
ist ypeo fd i
splay tocompe te inte
rm sofperform - o
n th e lefta nd 1 28 o n t her ight.T he e f ect, f o
rt he human e ye,
a
nce w
ith th
e w e
ll-establ
ished CRT t e
chno logy
. Inaddi
tion the i
s ab r
igh t-line c on tou r.T he a r
tefac t is mo stp ronounced w hen
b
r
ightness a
nd thec ontras
t ra
tio had tob e i
mproved
, and m anu- a
n i mage o fm idd le a nd a lmo st unifo rm i nten si
ty, such a sa
f
ac
tur
ing cost
s had tob er educed
. Caucasian s kin c o
lou r, move sa c
ro sst hes creen.T he r e
sultan t
smudg ing i si lu st
ra ted i nF ig. 2.
F
a
lsec
o
ntou
rs S
eve ral t echn ique s h ave b een u sed b y PDP m anuf actur ers to
F
alse c on tou rsaret he mo s ts erious i mpa irmen tt op i
ctu req uali
- m
inim ise t he f a
l se-con tou re fect
. T he t ime -comp ression t ech-
t
y
.T hey o ccu rwith mov ing p icture s
.T his ar
te fact isb as
ically a n
ique r e duce s t he l i
gh t-em i
s s
ion p er
iod f ort he sub-fields, a s
c
onsequence o fthes ub-field c od
ing t echn ique u sed t oc ontrol s
hown i nF ig. 3 .I tl eave s ab reak b etween o ne s e
to fs ub-fields
t
heb righ tne sso ft hed isplay .A s Ie xpla ined l a
stm on th ( s
ee a
nd t he n ex t, t hus r educ ing t he possib i
lity o fa dding s ub-field s
p
age s4 56 -7), fo
rb righ tne ssc ontrol th e TV p ic
tu re
s a re broken a
nd t he a sso cia ted a r
te fa ct
.T he area w i th f alse contou rsc an b e
u
pi nto an umb ero fs ub-field s: conven t
iona l
ly ,eigh tb inary- g
reatly r e duced b y t hec omp ression r a
tio.
w
eigh ted s ub-f
ieldsa re u sed . The d r awba ck w ith t ime-comp r essed s ub-field dr
ive ,e spe -
Con side ra n image i nw hich t heb r
igh tne sso ft wo a djacent c
ial
ly w ith d arke r i mage s, i sreduction i np ane l b
rightne ss
p
ixelsi s1 27 and 1 28 r e
spe ct
ive ly
.T he f i
rs
tp i xel wi
llf i
re,pro- b
ecau se t het o
ta l s ustain p e
riod o fe a ch s ub-field isr educed . To
d
ucing ad ischarge,f ort h
ef irs
ts even o ft hee ights ub-fields.T he o
vercome t h
is, a dap tive t ime-comp ressed d rive, inw hich t he
n
extp ixel,t oit
sr i
ght,f i
resd uring t hee ighth s ub-fie
ld o n
ly. W i
th c
omp res sion r atio c hange s with va rying p i c
tu re br
igh tnes s
, i s
ast
i
ll i mage ,therea ren of a
ls e
- contou ra r
tef a
c ts
. Ift h
ere i sm ove- u
sed. Ah igh c omp res sion r at
io i sa pplied f orb rightp ictur esa nd
menth oweve rw hati sk nown a sfalse c ontou rsm ay be s een. v
ice ve rsa f ord arke rp icture s
. I nt h
is w ay i mage s with al ow
F
ig. 1s how s as chema tic t ime cha rtr e
p resenting t het wo pix- a
verage p i ctur e l evel ( APL ) h ave al onge rs ustain period a nd a n
e
l
s.T he l eftp ixe
lh ast h
e 1 27 b r
igh tne ss l e
vel, m oving t owa rds i
ncreased l evelo fb r
igh tne ss.
asecond p ixe
l toi t
sr i
gh t w ith ab righ tne ss level of 1 28. I
na ddition t ot ime c omp res s
ion o ne o r mo re sub-fields m ay
B
ecau se t he human e ye f ollow st h
e mo tion i na n i mage ,t h
e b
e split i n
to t wo l owe r-we igh ted sub -field s
. W i
th t h
ec onven -
p
ixel movemen tr e
su lts i nt he v i
sual s en sation b e
ing i n
tegrated t
i
ona l bi na ry c oding t he ma ximum i nten sity w e
igh t
ing i sp ro -
i
nt hed ir
ec tion oft hea r
row i nthed iag ram . v
ided b y s ub-f ield e i gh t
, a t1 28. Ift h
i s s ub-field i sspli
ti n
to t wo

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ub -fie ld se ach w ith aw eigh ting o f6 4t hen, w hen af a
lse c on -
t
ou rt ake sp la ce a sd e sc ribed e arlie r
, i t
sv isua l i n
ten sity w ill b e
g
rea tly r educed t o1 27 +6 4 =1 91 .
1
27 i
ntens
ity 1
28 i
ntens
ity
I
np ractice t h
ist echn ique u s es n i ne s ub -fie ld s
, w ith t he
P
ixe
l P
ixe
l
weigh ting d ist r
ibu tion s hown i nF ig. 4 .S ub -field sc o rrespond ing
F
irst 7 s
ub-f
ields On
ly E
f
h s
ub-f
ield
t
o1 28 a nd 6 4a red ivided i nto f ou rs ub -field so f4 8 w eigh ting s
usta
ined s
usta
ined
e
ach ,p ositioned a te ithe re nd o ft he s ub -field s et
.A s s hown t he S
F1
s
ub -fie ld w ith w eigh ting 1i sn eg lec ted i no rde rt or educe t he
S
F2
n
umb e ro fs ub -f
ield sa nd m ainta in t het otal l e
ve lo fb righ tne s s
. S
F3
Compen sa t
ion f ort hee fecto fr emov ing t he L SB ( least- s
ign ifi-
c
an tb it)s ub -field i sp rov ided b yt h ee rro rd if u s
ion c ircu itry S
F4

(
see F ig. 1 0l a
st mon th )
. S
F5
Af ur
the ri mprovemen t i so b tained b y u sing a dap tive s ub -
f
i
eld c ont rol, i nw h ich t he s e
lec tion o fs ub -fie ld sf ore a ch TV
S
F6
p
ictu ref rame i sd ete rm ined d ynam ica lly d ep end ing o nt h
e a ve r
-
a
ge p ictu r e l evel.T his i sp os sible b ecau se l e
ve l4 8 m ay b e re pr
e-
s
ent ed b yo ne s ub -fie ld o f4 8 o rt wo o f3 2 a nd 1 6( =4 8). I f
,f or SF7
e
xamp le ,t he a verage i mage l e
ve l i sn ea r4 8, as ub -field o f3 2
a
nd o the rsb elow 3 2a re u sed . O n t heo the rh and i ft he a ve rage
l
evel i sn ea r6 4
, as ub -fie ld o f4 8a nd o the r sb elow 3 2a re u sed.
P
ionee rd eve loped t he CLEAR ( Hi-Con tra sta nd L ow E nergy
SF8
Add re s s a nd R educ tion o fF alse C on tou rS equence ) s ystem t hat
make sf a
l se c ontou rs" as i nvi sib le a sp ossib le" .T he CLEAR
s
ystem u se s 1 2s ub -fie ld s i nstead o ft hec onven tiona le i ght.
One o ft he m ostp opu la rs ub -field d r
ive t echn ique s i sA l,
Adap tive b righ tne s s I nten sifie r
, w hich w asd eve loped b y Su m mat
ion b
y t
he e
ye

P
ana son ic . S ee F i g. 5 .A I u se s v a r
iab le s ub -fie ld d rive a nd n on - I
n
tens
ity 1
27+
128=255
b
ina ry w eigh ting , w hich i su sua lly r ef erred t oa sl inea rc oding .
F
ig
. 1:Fal
se con
tours a
re s
een b
y ah
uman e
ye i
nthe
Non -b ina ry c od ing c hange s t he w e
igh ting o ft h e susta in p eriod d
i
re c
tion o
fthe ar
row.
t
o al inea rv a
lue ,w i th c on sequen tr educ tion i nt h e v i
sibi li
ty o f
f
a
l se c on tou rs
. T he v ariab le s ub -f ield c od ing i su s ed t o ma in tain
t
hep owe rc on sump tion a t ac on stan t l eve l a st he b r
igh tne ss l e
vel
v
arie s. I t
' sa chieved b y a dju sting i n
te lligen tly t h
e n umbe ro f
s
ub -fie ld s u sed t od r
ive t h e PDP . I na ddition , v ariab le s ub -field
c
od ing i mp rove st hec on tra st w i th b r
igh tp ictu res a nd i ncrea ses
t
heb righ tne sso fd a rk p ictu re s
.
The a ve rage p ictu r e l evel ( APL ) i sused t oa d
ju stt he n umb er
o
fs ub -field s
. F orn o rma l b righ tne ss t he s tanda rd n umb e ri s1 :
i
t
'sr educed t o1 0f ord ark s cene s ( low APL ) a nd i ncrea sed t o1 2
f
orb righ ts cene s ( high APL ).T he u s eo f al arge rn umb e ro fs ub-
f
i
eld sp rov ide s fine rw eigh ting d istribu tion a nd h ence a n
i
ncrea se i nt heg rey - sca le l evels , w hich i mp rove st he p ictu re's
c
on tr astr a
nge . W ith d arke ri mage st her educed n umbe ro fs ub-
f
i
eld sa low s m ore t ime f ort hed ischa rge p e r
iod . T his i mprove s
t
hep eak b righ tne s s, m aking d ark s c ene s m ore v isible .T he
r
educ t
ion i ng rey- sca le l evels i n al ow -lum inance p ictu r e isn o
t
d
isce rn ib le b yt h
e h uman e ye.
Reduced p owe r -con sump tion v aria tion s i mp rove s ef i c
iency F
ig
. 2
:Ef
fec
toff
a
lse c
ontou
r w
ith a mov
ing s
ubje
ct.
a
nd r e duce st hec oo ling r equi remen ts, m ak ing
i
tp os sib le t od isp en se w ith t he u s e o fc ooling Convent
iona l Omary coded
sub-f
ields syste m
f
an s
.

Hi
ll
S
F7

B
l
ock
-
lev
eld
r
ive
P
lasma p ane ls h ave aw eak p o
intw hen d is-
p
laying d ark s cene s
.T h
is i sb ecause o ft he
h
igh-amp l i
tude s etpulse re qu i
red t op rime o r
i
n
itialise t hec ells att he st
arto fea ch a dd ress-
d
ischa rge s ub- f
ield c ycle, be fore the a ddr e
ss
s
t
age .T he e fecto ft hi
sp u
l se i s as mall b ut
s
ignifican td ischa rge t ha
tp roduce s af a
i r
ly One T
V f
r
a me
b
r
igh tr adiation , known a s' priming l i
gh t
',
f
rom t h ep ho spho r
.A st his i srepeated w ith
e
ach s ub -field ,t hec umu lative e fect i st oli
ft
t
heb la ck l eve l and d ecrease t hec on trastr at
io.
The e fec to ft h
e s e
t pulse c an b e re duced
b
yu sing ar amp - shaped i n
stead o f ah i gh-
amplitude s ha rp, squa rep ulse , se
e F ig. 6 .
When ar amp - shaped s etp ulse i sa pplied t o T
one-compressed
t
he insula ted s ustain/scan el ectrode, av e
ry S
ub-
fie
lds s
ystem

w
eak d ischa rge o ccur s fo
r al ongerp eriod ,
F
ig
. 3
:Time
-compressed s
ub f
i
eld
s.

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4
8 4
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8

F
ig
. 4
:Time
-compre
ssion a
nd d
iv
ision o
fthe u
ppe
rleve
ls o
fsub
-fie
lds
.

B
ina
ry S
ub-F
ield S
ystem Alterna te L i
gh ting o fS urface s ( A LiS )
1 2 4 8 1
6 3
2 6
4 1
28 W ith c onven tiona l PDP c on struc tion e ach p i xel cell h ast wo
dr
ive re lect rode s, s can a nd s us tain . D ischa rge b etween t hese
electrode st ake s p lace w hen as usta in p ulse i sapplied b etween
Non -bina ry 1 2S ub -F
ie ld S ystem them . I tfollow st hate ach l i
ne o fp i xel sr equ ir es two s tr
ip so f
1 2 4 6 1 0 1
4 1
9 26 33 40 47 5
3 electrode s
, s can a nd s u
sta in.
When t her eso lution o f ap ane l i si ncrea sed , t h
e rea r
e m ore
111 1 1 1
1 a
lI l
a • a
l pixel s perl i
ne a nd mo re l i
ne s. S ot h ep ixe l c ells h ave t ob e
much m oref ine ly p itched . I na dd ition mo ree lectrode d r
ive rs are
requi red, w hich i nc rea sest h
e m anuf ac tu r
ing c ost.
F
ig
. 5 :V ariab le a nd n on -binary s ub -fie ld d rive . Af urthe rd rawba ck w i th t hec onven tiona ls t
ructu rei st hatt h
e
gap b etween t hee lect rode p airsc anno tb eu sed f orl uminance r a
di-
g
ene ra t
ing f ewe r UV r a ysa nd h ence l ess r adiation f rom t he at
ion . Wh i
le t hec onven tiona ls t
r uc tu rei sa dequa tef or VGA -r eso-
p
hospho r
. l
u
tion P DP s, i tisi mpr actica la nd c o stly f orh i gh-d ef
in it
ion p ane ls
.
Ano the rt echnique , i n
t roduced b y P ana son ic, i sc a
lled ' Real This i st he r eason w hy t h
e AL iS s truc tu re w asd eveloped .
B
lack D rive '. I tdispen se sw ith t heu se o f al a
rge s etp u
lse a tt h
e ALiS u se s as ingle e l ectrode f ort he v isib le p i
ctu re l i
ne a bove
s
t
arto fa l s ub-field se xcep tt hef irsto ne. T he f i
rst s ub-field a
nd b e
low , a si lustra ted i nF i g. 8 .T he s usta in a nd s can e l
ec -
s
t
artsw ith t hen o
rma l h igh-amp litude s etp ulse w hi le the trode s are n ow r efe r
r ed t oa sd isp lay e lec trode s X( sus
tain ) a nd
r
ema in ing s ub -field s st
a rtw ith s ma l
le rs etp u
l se s
, s ee Fig. 7 . Y( scan )
. T he X e lect rode s are a rr anged a te qua l i n
t erval sa nd
the s pace b etween t hem i sused a st hed isp lay l i
nes, t husd ou -
b
l
ing t he r eso lu t
ion f ort he s ame n umbe r
V
o
fe l
ec t rode s a nd i ncrea sing t h
e p ane l's
30. 000
l
um inance a rea .
A
se ach Y e lectrode i ssha red b etwe en
27. 500 R
a mp -shaped
Sustain p u
lse t
wo X e l
ec trode s, i nterlaced a ddre ssing
25.000- .
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h
ast ob eu sed t oe nsu ret h
ate ach p ixe l
22.500 l
i
ne i si n dep enden t
ly a dd ressed a nd d is-
20. 000
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eld i sa ddres sed f ir
st,
l
i
ne b y l i
ne ,b ye ne rg ising p a
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-
17.500
t
rod es i nt heo rd erX I- Y!,X 2-Y2 ,X 3-Y3
15. 000 a
nd s oo n( seeF i g
. 9 )
.T h
isi sfollowed b y
12. 500 t
he s usta in s tage ,w hen a l t hep ixelc el
ls
10.000
t
hath ave b een s e
lec ted d uring t he a dd ress
p
eriod a red ischa rged .T he s ame p ro cessi s
7
. 500
t
hen r ep eated f ort he è ven'f ie
ld,b ye ner-
5
. 000 g
ising p a
i rso fe lec trode si nt heo rderX 2
-
2
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.,f ol
lowed b yt h
e
d
ischa rge s tage .T he w hole p roce ss i sthen
r
ep eated f ore a ch i nd
iv idua l s ub-field.
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W
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ive t he n eed
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-
10. 000 m
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r
equ ired f or ag iven n umbe ro fl ines i s
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0.216 - 2. 08-2 0
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alf t hec onven t
iona l n umbe ro fl i
ne s
d al e .
p
lu s o ne . I nc ompa rison w ith ac onven -
t
ional PDP ,t he AL iS t echnique p rov ides
Base -wr ite v oltage h
ighe rr eso lu tion , ab righ terp i
ctu re,
r
educed m anu fac tu ring c ost, and l o nger
l
ife b ecau se t he l i
gh ting d uty o fe ach c e
ll
F
ig. 6 : Ar amp -shaped s etp u
l se r edu ce s ' prim ing l i
gh t' fr
om t he s
c reen . isr e
duced b y h alf.

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ig
. 7
:Pu
lse wave
form f
ort
he P
ana
son
ic '
Rea
lBla
ck D
rive
'sy
stem
.

Af o u
r-pha se d r
ive c ycle isused: set
, pre-cond i
tion, a dd ress
,
1 d
i
scha rge. Int h
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he use o
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relesste
chnologie
s in
c
onsumer el
ect
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s. Many s ystems have been
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te
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he c onsume re lectronic sf ield w ith- s
al in
te rop erabil
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s
ume re lec t
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utt he n eed f orw iresb ecame ment
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ly
p
roduc t s
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less s ys- a
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n that i fB lue tooth w ast ob e suc-
t
em s h ave a ppear ed ove rt he las
t mobile -phone i ndustry. An umbe r c
essful i tw ould need t ob e ag lobal
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t
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d
o t he se t echno log ies w o rk, and d
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ystem a nd w ireless p rotoco l.T he B
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he money t hatw asp ou red into
s
ystem s h ave a dvan tage s f orc erta
in E
rics son w as m osts ucce ssful, B
luetoo th a nd theh yp et hati tgene r
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pawned ar a
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lue too th s e
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t
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l trade s. I tw ase nv isaged t hat, c
ommun ica tion w orld.
c
on side re ach t echno logy i n mo r e t
hrough v a
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at
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luetooth and CDMA ( Code
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sa nd P VR s. PAN ( Persona lA rea N e
two rk ), D
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nd v o
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ri nf e
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r aLAN c onnec - l
ow d ata rate sf or WAN e xcep t n
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crea sed howeve r
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t
i
on? F ors imilarr eason s
, B lue too th whe re 3 G mob ile s erv
ice s a re l ocal-
would n otb e used f or aWLAN l
ya ccessible. (
2
) O pe
ration i
sin
ter
fer
ence l
im
ited
c
onnec t
ion. Some b a sic fa ctors n eed t ob e —inal si
tuat
ions t
heen
tir
efr
equen-
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xp lained b efore w e can b egin t o c
y band isused
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s
i
d ered w hen s e
lect
ing t hea pp rop r
iate u
nde rs
tand t h
e t echno logy . Many
t
e
chno logy f ora na ppl
ica t
ion .T hese h
und redso ft erm sa re u sed i nc on- (
3
) Privacy, b
ecau se ofthe u
seof
i
n
clud es i
gnalp ow er;c ommun ication n
ec t
ion w ith i t
.T he ma in o ne sa re u
nknown , ra
ndom c odes
. The c
odes
d
i
stanc e;m odulat
ion t echnique a
sf o
llow s
. a
ppl
ied a r
e unknown t oanou
tside
r
obu s
tn ess
;o pera
ting frequen cy b and; u
ser
, w h
ich m eanst ha
t itisa
lmost
s
i
gna l-
to -noiser a
tio;e r
rorc orr ection 1
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and i
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ible t
od etecta no
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a
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ity ofl i
nk :d a
ta r a
te I
SM s t
and s fo
rI ndu st
rial, Sc
ientif
ic me
ssage.
c
apab i
lity;s ignal bandw id th; i n
te r
- a
nd Med ical
. Seve ral spectrum
f
e
r ence c onditions;q uality o fd ata; b
ands are se
ta side fort hese purpos- (
4
)The efec
to fm
ult
i-pa
th r
ef
lec
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l
a
tency ( e
spe cia
lly f o
rv oice);c ostof e
s
. The mo st impo rtanto ne forthe t
i
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sre
duced.
i
mplemen tation;a nd q ualifica tion w
ire
le s
s technologie s inw h
ich w e
a
nd t ype approva lc osts
. a
re i
nteres
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ound (
5
)T here a
re r
andom accessp o
ssi-
Even w i
th t hese te
chno log ie si n 2
.4GHz , w h
ich Blue tooth and t h
e b
i
li
ties
: use
rscan st
ar
tt he
irtrans-
r
e
lative i n
fan cy,t h
es pec
t rum i n o
the
rs us e
. These b and a locat
ion s m
iss
ion atany a
rbi
trary t
ime
.

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F
ig. 2
: S
ea m
less (
6
)An
ti-
jam p
erfo
rmance i
sgood
. s
uch a
s6 4-QAM ( 64 l
yc onstant. C hip ra
te ist he r
ateo f
w
ire
less q
uadra
ture/ampl
itude s
ta
tes, 16p e
r e
ncod ing. Fore xamp le with di
r ec
t-
c
o m municat
ion The
rea resevera
ltypesofspr
ead- c
arr
ierquadrant
) inc
rea
se thed a
ta s
equence m odu lat
ion s pread-spec-
i
sbeco ming s
pec
trum tr
ansm i
s s
ion
, in
clud
ing r
a
te. QAM i sused f
orsa
tell
ite and t
r
um s ys
tem s i t
'st h
e r a
te atw hich
a
l
l-pervasive
. d
i
rectsequence and f
r
equency h
op- c
able d
ig
ital TV t
ransm
ission. t
he informa t
ion s ignal bi
ts are
p
i
ng (used b
y Bluetoo
th)
. t
r
ansm i
tted a s ap seudo -random
D
a
tar
a
te s
equence o fc hip s
.
M
odu
lat
ion T
his i
sthe numbero fb
its
, ki
lobi
ts The chip rate isusually several
Modu lation i st he t echn ique u s ed to o
rm egabi
ts tr
ansmit
ted p
ers e
cond t
imest h
e informa tion bitr a
te. It
's
s
upe r
impo se d ata o ri n
fo rma tion o n (
b
its
/sec, kb
its
/sec
, Mbi
ts/sec
). r
e
lated t ot h
e s ymbo l ra
te, butt he
aca rrierf r
equency .T he c lassic s
ymbo l r
ate doe sn'tt a
ke i n
to
r
a d
io t echnique sa ret oa mplitude - S
ymbo
lro
te a
ccoun tt hee ncoding u sed.
o
rf requency -modu late ac arrie r With 4-QAM ( = QPSK )e a
ch q uad- The valueso fthese factors
(AM a nd FM )
. F or mo re r ecen t, r
ature shift(90 °) representst wo d
epend o nt he modu lat
ion s ys
tem .
d
igita l a pplication s t he modu lation d
igits
,0 0,01, 1 0o r I . These t wo-
t
echn ique sa re mo rec omp lex ,f or d
igit sta
tes arec alled s ymbols. C
ons
te
lla
t
ion
e
xamp le GMSK ( Gau ssian m in i- With m orec omp lex QAM t h
e n um - T
his r
e
ferstot
he QAM cond
it
ion
s
mum s hift keying ), a su s ed f or b
ero fb its pers ymbo l i sin
crea sed. w
hen shown i
nbi
t-map f
orm
.
B
lue too th, a nd QPSK ( quad ratu re F
o rexamp le with 6 4-QAM t here
o
rq ua terna ry p ha se -sh iftk eying ), a
re 64c a r
riers ta
te s and each s ym- S
umma
ry
a
su sed f o
r DVB . b
ol represen t
s 6b i
ts i n
stead oft wo. T
he v ar
iou s wireless transm ission
QPSK a nd B PSK ( Bina ry p hase- The symbo l rate iss imply the n um- t
echn ique s have t h
eiri ndividual
s
hift k ey ing ) modu la to rs v ary c er
- b
ero fs ymbo lso ver ag iven period c
ha racte r
ist
icsa nd a dvan tage s
/d i
s-
t
a
in c ha racte ri
stic s ( amp l
i tude , f r
e- o
ft ime a
dvan tage s,e ach o fw hich c on-
q
uency , p ha se)o ft h
ec arr
ie rs ignal SR = DR /(m xCRv xCR rs) isa t
r
ibu te t odetermin ing w hich t ech-
i
no rde rt ot r
ansm iti nfo rma tion . k
ey formu la w ith these technique s. n
ology i sbest for ap art
icu lara ppli
-
With P SK ( pha se -
sh ift k ey ing )e ach SR ist h
e s ymbo l ra
te, DR t hed a
ta c
ation. T he decision s required a r
e
p
ulse a djust s thet iming o ft he z ero r
a
te a nd m t he modu la t
ion facto r v
ery c omp lex,a nd e ach t echnology
c
ros sing p ointo f as inewave c arrier (
numb ero fb i
ts pe rs ymbo l
). CRv h
as i t
so wn A chi
lle s heel int e
rm s
f
orwa rd so rb ackwa rd s top rov ide i
sV i
terbi f o
rwa rd e r
ro rc o
rrection o
fp erformance . T he techno logy i s
t
he p ha se s hift
. W ith B PSK t he (
FEC ),e .g
. 1 /
2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6
, 7/ 8
, o
ptim ised a sf a
ra sp os s
ib le fort h
e
p
ha se s h
ift i s1 80 °
, w ith QPSK i t'
s CRrsb eing R eed S olomon F EC, a
pp l
ica t
ion c once rned.
9
0 °
. Ap hase s hifto f9 0° r epr esen ts e
.g. 188/204. T he forwa rd error Wel
l t h
at's itfort h
is t ime asa
ati me s hif
to f aq ua rte ro ft he f ul
l c
orrection figure i nd
ica te
s the r a
t
io b
asic t echnical in
troduc tion t ot h
e
c
ycle o ft hec arriers inewave . T he o
ft hec orrect
ion b i
ts added t ot h
e s
ubjec t.
c
lose rt he spa cing o ft hep hase b
asic informa t
ion b its
. F
ort h
ose w ho w ant t of i
nd o ut
s
hifts, t he m ored ifi cu lt iti st od is- mor eh erea re ac ouple o fi n
tere s
t-
t
i
ngu ish b etween t h em a tt h e C
h
ip a
nd c
h
ip r
a
te i
ng w eb l i
nks: www .blue tooth.com
r
eceive re nd . S o
, f ore ach h ighe r C
hip isthe basic c
omponen tofa h
t
tp ://www .palow ire
le ss
.com /
o
rde ro fP SK , ab etterc arrie r-to - s
pread
-sp ectrum si
gnal when it
'
s
n
oise r a
tio i sr equ ired . d
ecomp r
e ssed intime, i
.
e
. the Wha
t'
snex
t?
QAM a l
te rst hea mp l
itude a nd l
onges
td u ra
tion si
gnal when t
he I
nthe n
ext a
rt
icle Iw
il
l de
scribe
p
ha se o ft hec ar r
ie r
. T echn ique s s
i
gnal parame ter
s are a
pprox
ima te
- B
lue
tooth t
echnology i
ndeta
il
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ft h
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termittent useo fthe uni
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lling, b ecau se of ap rob lem w ith t he
i
ncrea sing ly n ece ssa ry t os end t wo p eop le f
ault r ema ined d orman tf ora bou t aw eek. TDA6 103Q RGB o utpu tI C o rs ome thing
t
ob r
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ti nto t he w orkshop f orr e
pa ir
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f
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ly o ne o ft h
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ra t
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hrough t hev ar
iou s P ana son ic E u ro- 4 t
or
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tc ard a st he
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escrip tion w asc lea re nough : "pictur eg e
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tage t es
tw as
d
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nd c ap tioned " brigh tne ss/flash ing p icture moreo f ap rob lem . A no rdina ry mu ltime -
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i s supp ly t ot heb eam - 3
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cond d ay t he l
imi terc ir cuit, w he reC 564 s i
ts. R eal t
hough i tw a sh ard t or ead o n s uch as mall
p
icture' s b r
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crea se, T
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tt he
r e w a sn os ig
-
t
hough n o
tt ot h e poin tw here th
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t a
nd h ea nd R ay w ere v ery p lea sed w ith n
if
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tage w hen
t
r
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hem se lve s
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is s tage , to t
hef aultf i
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ly r etur ned.
b
anged t hem ain b oard a nd t h
e CRT b a se q
uo t e ap rice t ot hec ustome r
, g et i t The c athode v oltage b eing mon itored
p
anelw ith t h
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. a
ccep ted a nd m ake o u tt heb ill? T ha t's was seen t or i
se a tthist ime h oweve r
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T
hi sh ad n oe f ecta nd,w hen the s e
t had wha tt hey d id a nd, n o, itw a s n otw ise, s
urely af al
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b
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s! Wha tw as h appen ing a t
b
r
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ga in w h
i le t he s
etr an o n thea wa iting - t
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g
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wound t heA l/G2 c on trol o nt he li
ne o ut- The p os sibilit
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e c
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p
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ya chieved ad i
agno sisb y o the rm eans.
c
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ault i nt he l i
ne o utpu tt ransfo rme r
. What w as t h
ism ean s,a nd w ha t w asc au s
-
i
tw as l e f
tn eart he m idd le o fit
st ravel P
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S
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light torepai
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w
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r
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is r
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twa reo n wa
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manua l
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rde red a nd f i
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T
he c ause w a
so ne ofthe t wo 1µF/250V s
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f
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ghtbut w
ithou tt heb oard p lugged i n
to t he CRT .
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bviou s
ly h ad shorted turns. Again t he Al v o
ltage w as a bou t3 00V. It
a
pp ea red t hatt he CRT w a
sf aulty, a nd JVC
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echn ica l agreed w ith t h
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tt h
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c
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tt h
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ne out- c
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nf a
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The p redic t
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te.
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rg e ncoding a nd m ultiplex ing equip-
mentf o
ri t
s MPEG -4 HD -TV t ransm ission s
, w hich a retos t
arti n
2
006.
I
na ne xp erimen tal m ove t h
e BBC Wo rld satellite channel isto
p
rovide a n " opt-ou t" local
ised n ew s service f e
ed t oI ndia
. Ifsuc-
c
essful
, f urthe ro pt-outs will bep rovided f o
ro t herp art
so ft he
g
lobe. T he f eed isc arried by t h
e P AS-7 /10 s a
tellite s at68.5°E.
C
hina R adio Interna t
ional i stob ed istr
ibu ted g loba l
ly via
P
anAmSa tc apacity , us
ing P AS-8 (166 °E ), PAS -9 ( 58°W ) and
PAS-10 ( 6 8
.5 °E )
.

n wave
More o fron
tti
l
t
I
nt h
e A pril c olumn Im en t
ioned c omponen t s t hatp rov ided B and
Iaerial s w ith a n u pwa rd st i
lt,c alled w ave fron tt i
l
t', f ori mproved
r
ecep tion i nf r
inge a r ea s, a nd a sked w he the ra nyone c ould p ro-
v
ide f urthe ri nfo rma tion o nt he s ubjec t
. Ad etailed e xp lana tion
Nels9n Mandela a
ckno w
ledges t
he cheering c
ro wds a
t
Johannesburg
. Recept
ion v
ia Europe Star (
45°E)
.
s
ub sequen tly a rrived f rom G eof fD a
rby ( see L etter s,J une ). In
c
ase y ou m i ssed t hat
, I '
ll i nclude ab rie fs umma ry h er e
.
The w ave fron tt i
l
te f
f ecti sc au sed i np ar tb yd iffra ction a tt he
r
unf or2 4hou r
s ad ay. t
r
an sm itted w ave /g round i n
t erfa ce w ith v e rtica l p ola risa tion . It
SES i storeplace A stra 1 H with an ew s a
t e
llite tha
tw ill be d
epend so n t he s igna l f requency a nd t hep erm ittivity o ft he
k
nown a s 1 M. I
tw il
l h ave 3 2 Ku-band t ransponde r
sa nd w ill a
lso g
round o ve rw hich t he s igna l p asse s
. T he d ifference i nd ielect r
ic
p
rovide b ackup c apacity a tth
iso rbital sl
ot. Astra 2 C wil
lb e c
on stan tb e tween t hea i
ra nd t he g round p roduce sa ne ffec tc alled
moved f rom 1 9
.2°E t o2 8
.2 °E w hen t wo fur
thern ew satel
lite s
, g
rad ien tb end ing , w hich i ss im i
la rt ol i
gh t b eing b en t w hen i t
1KR a nd I L
,e nters ervice a t19
-2 °E. p
as se st h
rough ag las s l en s
. I tr elatest ot hed iffe rence b etween
Despitee xcessw or
ldw ide sa
tellite capacity E ute
lsat isb uying t
he r a diuso fc ur va tu reo ft h e w ave fron ta nd t hato ft h ee arth. T he
t
wo n ew s a
tell
itesa nd i sp repa
ring s pecif
ication s fort wo mo re. e
nd r esult i st hate ne rgy i sa bso rbed b y t he g round , a nd t h
i s is
Cha
irman a nd chiefe xecu tive Giuliano B erret
ta p oint
so u
tt ha
t t
urn p roduce s ad e
lay o rd rag o n t he lowe re dge so ft hew avef ront
b
roadca sters inthe deve lop ed c
oun tries, in
cluding t he US a nd the —th e w avef ron t i sb en tf orwa rd s s l
igh t
ly . I ncrea sing a ird en si
ty a t
UK,a re demand ing s atell
ite sth
atc an provide hi gh-def
inition l
owe rh eigh ts a lso h a sa n i mpa ct i nB and I .
v
ideo a nd in
teractive s ervices
. Thu s i n af r
inge a r ea w he re w ea re s ome d istance f rom t he
An ew C -band s a
tellite, AMC -12 ( Ame r
icom 2 ), i
si no rbitat t
r
an sm i t
te rt he a pp roach ing B and Iw ave fron t w il
l b et i
lted f or-
3
7-5°W t oprovide h igh-powe r( up to6 7W ) tr
an sm iss
ion s ward s. T oo pt
im ise r ecep t
ion ,e ven f ractiona lly, b y i mp rov ing t he
b
etween t he Ame r
icas,A fr
ica and E urope. Ithas 7 2 36MHz s
igna l-to -no ise r a
tio t he a eria l shou ld b et i
lted u pwa rd ss l
igh t
ly .
t
r
ansponde rs
. S ES h a
sl e
ased 33 oft h
em f ors e
rv ices toA frica T
ele r ec t
ion a nd F ringev ision p rov ided a eria l e qu ipmen tt hat
i
ncluded t h
i s f eatu re. T he t i
ltw i th Fringev ision a erial s w as seta t
6
°,b utt hatw ith T ele r ection a erial s look s mo r
ed rama t
ic . Since
t
hee ff ect i nc rea se s w ith d istance f rom t h
et ransm itte r, i tappea rs
t
hatT eler ec tion o ptim ised f ore x t
r eme f r
inge -ar ea r ecep tion .
An u pwa rd s t i
ltc an a lso e nhance r ecep tion a tl oca tion sc lose
t
ot he t r
an sm itte r. Ir eca ll p roblem s with r ecep tion f rom t he c h. 1
ChiBe rton D own I W t ran sm itte ri nt he v il
lage o fC hil le r
ton , s ome
1
km d istan t. T he v i
llage i sa t3 3m A SL , t he D own i s1 67m h igh
a
nd t he m a st i t
self i sa bou t2 50m h i
gh , s ot he t ran sm itting a rray
wou ld b e s ome 3 84m h i ghe rt han t he v i
llage . I nn ea rby V entno r
i
t
'sc ommon t os ee v ertica l g roup B Y agi a rray s p oin ting 6 0
°
u
pwa rd s f orr ecep tion f rom t he l ocal r e
lay a top S tB onif ace
Down .
Hugh C ock s h as s e nt m et hea ccompany ing p ho tog raph t hat
s
how s at i
lted t hree -elemen tT e
le rection c h
. 2a er
ia l a imed a t
North H es so ry T ora nd as ix-elemen tc h
. 9a er
ia l a imed a t
S
to ck land H ill. R ecen tly, a tB ridpo r
th igh s t
ree t, We stD orset, I
n
oticed a no the rt i
l
ted t hree -elemen tT ele rec tion a eria l t hat w as
a
imed a t Wenvoe ( c
h. 5 ), to gethe rw ith ad oub le -six d elta-
matched B and I I a r
ray f orS tock land H ill. Wenvoe i st he b et
te r
c
ho ice d esp i te t he g rea te rl and p a
th, s ince t his c hanne l w ould
h
ave s uffe red f arl e
ssf rom S po radic E i n
te r ference i nm id -sum -
mert h an c h. 2 ,w hich w ould e xp erience i n
t er ference f r
om t he
p
r
ime DX c hanne ls E 2, R I a nd I A
.
My t hank s t oG eof fD arby f ort h
ed etailed e xp lana tion h e p ro-
v
ided .
V
in tage B and Ia nd I I a erials s t
ill s urvive s ome t wen ty y ea rs
a
f
te rt h e l a
st4 05 -
line t ran sm itte rc losed d own . I fa nyone s pots a n
a
rray and a s
ix-e
le ment B
and Illarray s
ti
ll up amongst the
u
nu sua l o ro rna te s urv iv ing a eria l tha
t m igh tm ake a n i n
te resting
ch
i mney pots
. See more o n wavefront t
i
lt. Photo c
ourtesy
p
ictu r e int hisc olumn I 'd b e g ratef u
l f or ap ho tog raph .
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 A
s a n in
troduct
ion to fau
lt find
ing w i
th
p
lasma display p ane
ls, Char
les A rundel
d
escr
ibe
s some c ond
it
ions expe
rienced with
D
aewoo mode l
s

P
lasma p
ane
l f
aul
t c
ond
it
ions
T
he f
aul
t-f
inding e
xper
ience we have had so f
ar r
e
lates
t
o D
aewoo p lasma d
isplay pane
ls. A
s an int
roduction
t
o t
he s ubjec
t, h
ere
's a s ummary o f some o f the
p
rob
lems we 've c
ome across a
nd the
ir causes.

F
licker ing p ixels ins ome b lue a rea s F
lash ing o n/of fo range -yel
low l i
ne s
Mode l D SP4210GM ( SP1 10c has sis
) o
ft he p icture : This w as mo st n ot
ice - d
own t h ec en tra la r ea oft hes creen a nd
V
er t
ical w hite l i
ne d own t he screen , a
ble w hen t he di
splay c on si s
ted o f b
lack l ine sa cro sst he screen,o n ab lue
j
ustl e
fto fc en tre: T h
i s i
n d
ica tes a c
olou r b ar
s. T he cause w as f ound t ob e b
ackground :T he o range-ye l
low l i
nes
s
ho r
t-c
i rcui
t, usua lly atthed ata-drive a
n in correctly a d
justed V add ( addr ess w
e rec au sed b yt h
eo n-screen display
c
onnec torst ot he s c
reen. T he c ause w as v
oltage ) from t h
e p owe r modu le. T he (
OSD )m e s
sage ,w hich a ppea rso n ab lue
l
ocated b y obse rv
ing t hep os i
tion o ft he c
orrec t voltage i sw r
itten b y h and o n a b
ackg round w hen t herei sn os i
gnali nput
.
l
i
ne o n thes creen t hen m aking an ote of p
ape r l a
bel t hat
's at
tached t ot he b ack T
hism es sage w asb e
ing s pread o u
t
wheret he topa nd b o
ttom o ft he li
ne w as when t he s c
r een iss e
t u p o n t he produc - v
ert
ica l
ly o vert hee n
tire length oft he
i
nr e
lation tot hea pprop r
iate c onnec tor t
i
on l i
ne. p
ic
tu re.T he b la ck l i
nesa crosst hes creen
o
nt h
eP CB s ide o ft h
es creen. N o
te t ha
ts ome p ixels m ay b e perma - p
rovided t hec lue t ot hecause o fthef ault
,
The actualc au se w as eventua l
ly n
en t
ly o fw hen am ono ch rome RGB i
.
e
. ap rob lem i nt heh or
izon tal-
scann ing
t
r
a ced to am e
ta l burrt ha
t s horted o ut c
olou r-ba ri nput isused . T hey a re n o
t s
ect
ion .
t
wo s ect
ion so ft he topc entr ec onnec tor n
ece ssa r
ily d ead, a
nd i tm ay b e p ossible The c au se t urned o utt ob e af au
lty
o
nt h
e D ata High P CB .T hisb urrh ad t
os witch them o n by s l
igh tly i ncrea s
ing l
owe rl eft-hand S can P CB. R esistance
p
robab ly come f rom o ne oft he back t
he 1 66V V su s (
sustain v oltage ), very c
heck s b etween t he i n
pu tf eed and t he
c
ove rs c
r ews w hen i twas tightened b y s
low ly, att he powe r modu le. e
arth p ad s o n t he r everse s i
de o ft he
a
ne lectr
ic scr ewd r
ivero n t he produc tion S
im i
la r
ly, w hi
le o bse r v
ing t he same b
oa rd g ave as ho rt-circuit reading . It
l
i
ne ,and h ad f a
llen t h
rough t he ventila- mono chrome ROB c olou rb a
rs c heck s
hou ld h ave r ead l i
ke ad i ode.
t
i
on g r
ill whethe rt herea re any p ixe lst hata reo n
i
nstead o fo f,e .
g. redo rg reen p ixel s i
n M
ode
l D
P42SP (
S
P115 c
ha
ssi
s)
V
ertica l black l i
ne d own t he r i
gh t- t
heb lue parto ft he patte rn. I fa ny a r
e S
etd ead , won 'tc ome o uto fs t
andby ,
h
and s ide oft he screen :T hi s indicates s
een, r eadjustt heV scan s upp ly a tt he LED s taysr ed:T he f au
ltw a
sf ound t o
a
no pen-circuit, usually a tt hed a
ta d r
ive p
owe rm odu le from — 160V t owa rds b
eo n the YS ustain b oard by remov ing
c
onnec to rs tothe s c
r een . T he c ause w as —
150V , and d ecrease t heV shelf v oltage t
he p lug that provide s the fe
ed t ot h
is
l
ocated b y looking i nt he ar ea o ft het op o
n t he Xs ustain board v ery s low ly t o b
oard f r
om t he p owe r modu le. T he actu-
a
nd b ottom o ft he line,t owa rdst he rele- r
emove i n
co rrectelec tron ic d ischa rge. a
lc au se oft he faul
tw a
st hato ne oft he
v
antD ata H igh orD ata L ow P CBs . h
yb rid I Cs unde rthe b lack heats
ink w as
T
he se a re inrow sa long t he t o
pa nd b o
t- Vertical p ink l ine onb lue testr aster, s
hort-c ircui
t. Individua l componen ts a re
t
om o ft h
ep lasma d i splay p ane l
, v iewed b
lack l ine o nr ed raster ,g reen ra ster n
ota vailable h oweve r
, s ot h
ec omp lete
f
rom t he r e
ar.T he f arl e
ftD a ta Low c on- OK :T oe stablish t h
ese c ond it
ion st he b
oa rd h ast ob e rep
la ced.
n
ecto rw asf ound t ob ep oo rly i n
se rted. s
eth ad tob ep ut in
to t he service mode . I
t
's i mportantt hat al v o
ltageso n
R
econnec tion c ured t he f ault. This isd one b y u s
ing t h ec us
tome r r
epla cemen t b oards are s e
tu pw ith a
I
t'sv ery dif i
cu lt w i
th t h ese c onnec - r
emo te
-con trol u n
it, p
r essing t h
e white r a
ster, inacco rdance w ith t h
e r ead-
t
orst oe nsu rec or
r ect l ocation o ft he f
ollow ing b u t
ton s ins equence : up
, m ute
, i
ngs o n t h
e l a
bel at
tached t othe r e
aro f
many f lexible copp ere dge p adst hat loop r
eca l
l, m ute. Al i
stt h
en a ppea r
s.T ogg le t
he s creen. Too b
tain aw h
ite raster
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o
ve rf rom t hes creen t ot he D a
ta P CBs. d
own t ot he MISC s ection t hen acro s
st o a
cces st he s
ervice mode b y pressing t h e
They a rer efe
rred t oa sp iano -l
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t tern, Manua l s e
c t
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ol
low ing b uttonso n the remote-con t
ro l
c
onnec to rs, b
ecau se y ou h ave t ol i
f
t u p t
hen s e
lec t r e
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te a nd un
it: u p, m u
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b
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lume u p PTRN MA . S e
lectt he w hite ra
ste ru s
ing
e
r
ly s eated b eforec l osing t he lid again. b
u tton. t
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mostc ase st he b es
ta erialt ou se i s av ert
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c
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ten t he BBC o ne) With many o ft he UK DAB t r
ansm i
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hap s, g et ad eba te g o ing a bou tt he i n
v idi- i
sr eceived a t much l owers trength t han s
t
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reng th i sv e ry p oo r
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nm any a reas. Ins uch l ocation s ad irec-
p
ropo se s t od eal w ith i t
?A s Is e e itt he t
hatt h e mu lt
ip lexe sa rec arried i nt h ed is- t
iona la er
ia l w ould b eu sed b ecau se i tha s
'
li
ttle man ' isl ikely t oe nd u p with mo st t
r
ibu tion s ystem w i th a sl i
t
tle d if erence a s mo reg ain t han ad ipo le
.T his wou ldn 't
o
ft he TV s e
tsa nd VCR st hat a re n ot p
o ss
ib le i nth e
ir r e
la tive l evels. Int he a
rise a tt hec i
ty l oca tion s Ma rtin m en t
ion s.
w orth r epa ir, a nd t hec ontinua t
ion o f a
bsence o fa ny o the rp ractica l w ay o f Lasty earh oweve r Ii ns
talled as ystem f or
r
etail a c
tiv ity f oru s i slikely t od epend o n a
djus t
ing t he
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ts i nt heD erbysh ire D ale s
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iou s u se o f ad irec tional a erialc an b e h
ad n o DAB r ecep tion w hat soeve rf rom
p
roduc ts. Wha ta reo the rr e ade rsd o
ing v
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tt h es t
ronge rs i
g- my v an r adio b ut,u po n t her oof ,t here
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h
ink , b ecau se t he DAB e rro r-co rrection q
ua te s igna l. Inciden tally t het roub le w ith
a
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ing s
ystem w as d esigned s pecifica lly tod ea l multi-elemen t DAB a er
ials i st h a
tt h ey
u
ni t
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tt he CRT d own a nd w
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r
emoved a ny b atte r
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s
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i
on ;a nd DAB u se ss i
ngle -frequency n et- g
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a
s Iwou ld h ave r e
leased r adon g as ! works,w h
ich m ean st ha
tr ecep t
ion o fa Ladyb lowe ra nd w ished Ic ould h ave u sed
P
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tc u stome rs an arrow -band a eria l
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te t h
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f
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mation o n h ow HDTV c ou ld b e u
sed by broadca ste r
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es election o fe quipm entm entioned t
echno g eek s. N etwo rk c ove rage w as a
nothe rg ene ration o fh and se ts c ame
a
bove m ay s eem f a
irly o bviou s,b utt he p
at chy t os ay t he l e
a st
, s ot he m ain use a
long , packed w ith n ew f eatu res. T he
i
n
tention oft h
iss er
ie s ist oc as
tl ighto n o
ft he phone s w aso ften f orw eigh t
-lift
- d
igital service s h ad s t
arted t oo ferf a
r
whatiso f
ten r egarded a s adisma l trade. i
ng! B utt he m anuf actu rers p erseve red, more t h
an j u
s t p hone c alls. SMS ( sho r
t
I
nr ea
li
ty t he
r ei sst
illg ood b us
ine sst obe c
om ing u pw ith n ew , innova tive v ar
ian ts message s ervice ) t ext had a rrived , w ith
d
one inr unning ac on sume r
-ele c
tron ics t
hat g ots mallera nd s malle r
. T he w hole u
sers a b
le t os end a nd r eceive m essage s
r
epairw orkshop .A nd ,a l
though m oder n p
roduc tw as s oon c on tained i nt he hand- t
hatc ould b e r ead o n the p hone 's LCD
e
quipmen th asb e
come m orec omp lex,t he s
e
t. Meanwh i
le t he t wo c ompan ie st h
at s
creen . Text c ould b e sen tf o r af ixed
t
oolsand e quipmen tr equired t or epairi t wer e provid ing t he r adio s ervice f ort he c
ost, m aking c ommun ication e ven mo re
a
res t
i
ll re
latively straigh tforwa rd. n
ew t echno logy w ere w ork ing h ard to a
ffordab le. A nd i nforma tion s ervice s
Abrand n ew b usine s sc ould e quip b
uild f ur
the rn etwo rk s tob ui
ld u p s
tar
ted t oa pp ea r
, p roviding r e
gu lar
i
t
self wi
th t hea bove e quipmen tf ora bout n
ationa l c ove rage. u
pda tes v iay ou rc ho sen s ystem —n ew s
£
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,a s Is t
ated l as
t T
echno g eek s sub sequen tly g ave w ay h
ead l
ine s f ore xamp le.
month,thaty ours o
lde r
ing e quipmen t is t
oy uppie s a st he m ain u s ersT he yupp ies The a dven to fP AYG b rough t a n
p
robably th e mo s
t i mpo r
tanto fa l y our c
on side red t he m ob ile p hone t ob e a e
xplo sion i no wne rship. N ew b usine sses
p
urchases. Af te
ra l
, w hat's the p o
in to f '
s
ta temen t'a sw ell a s au s eful c ommun i- s
prang u p toc aterf ort he d emand , and
h
aving diagno stic capab i
lity ify ou d on't c
ation d ev ice. I tm ean tt haty ou w ere mobile p hone s hop s star
ted t oa ppea ri n
h
ave thee quipmen tf ore ffi
cien t repair! w
ith -it, and a lway sa vailab le t ot a
lk to e
very h igh s t
ree t
. R emova l o ft he l egal
Now h e
r e
' ss ome thing e lse tot h
ink y
ou rc us
tome rso rc l
ien ts
. I nre a
lity h ow- c
ontrac t m ean t t hat age r estriction w a s
a
bout. e
ve rc ommun ica tion w as s t
il
l v ery n
o l onger ap rob lem . This w a s rein-
p
atchy , being c onfined n otj ustt oc i
ties f
orced b y t he f act that y ou c ouldn 't run
Mob
ile p
hone
s b
uta lso too utdoo ru se. C alls w er eo f u
p l a
rge m onth ly b i
lls w ithou t b eing
F
ifteen y ea r sa go Io wned m yo wn s mal
l l
ow q ual
ity a nd f requen tly d ropped . aware ofi t
. Aw ho le new m a rket o pened
r
epa irs hop i n am arke tt own . O ne d ay a The netwo rk pr ovide rs,o fw h
ich t here u
p a sc h
ild ren b ecame t he latest mob ile
r
epc a
lled a nd p lonked as ub stan t
ia l s uit
- w
e re n ow f o ur
,c ontinued t ow o rk hard to c
ustome rs.
c
ase -sized i t
em o n t hec oun te r. Al a
rge e
xtend c ove rage , and b attled w ith o ne
r
ubbe ra e r
ia l p rotruded a tt het op a nd a a
nothe rf o
rc ustome rs. S low ly t he general G
adge
t f
ac
tor
t
e
lephone h and se t r e
sted a to ne s ide, p
ub lic began t ob uy i n
to t het e
chno logy , I
tc ould s oe a sily h ave e nded t here. T he
c
onnec ted b y af l
exib le c oiled c ab le. a
s ac onven ience a nd e me rgency s e
r v
ice. marke tw ould h ave e n
joyed ab uoyan t
"
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e r e p, " ge
t t
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, b utm any o f
i
nvo lved n ow a nd y ou w ill m ake m il
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l
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en p icked u p t he h and set Then av e ry i mpo r
tant i mp rovemen t d
isca rded t oy s i nt h
e b ottom o f ad rawe r
.
a
nd p ressed t heb utton sb enea th i na n c
ame a l
ong : t h
e a nalogue n etwo rk s w e r
e T
he s ignifican tf a
ctort hath as k ep t the
a
t
temp tt om ake ac a
ll. A f
t ert hree f a
iled r
eplaced b y an ew d igital ser vice, w hich marke t al
ive i st he 'gadge t f
acto r'.
a
t
temp ts h e p ronounced t h at t here w as i
n
i t
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ly r an along s
ide t he a nalogue s erv- H uman s,e sp ecially t hey oung , h ave
n
os igna l a nd t hatw em us
t b e i n ar ural i
ce. The n ew d igital te
chno logy b rough t a
lway s showed o f
. Fort he m ajo rity,t h
is
b
ackwa ter! " Ih ave as pecia l o fert h
is w
ith i tah uge i mprovemen t i ncall cla r
i- i
ss ub con sciou s
. G ene ration so fc hild r
en
mon th" h ec ontinued ," you r s f o
ro nly t
ya nd r e
liab i
lity
. T he n etwo rk prov ide rs h
ave s howed o ft heirl a
te stp os ses s
ion s.
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690 ! H ow m any d oy ou w an t?" were quick t oupg rade t he
i rs y s
tem s to A
s t hey g row u p they s tarttos how o f
Iw as a mazed t hath e m igh tt h
ink I a
chieve m uch w ide rc ove rage , and a t
heirc lo
th s,j ewe llery,c hoice o fm usic
would w an t aq uan tity o fh is s uitca se n
ew b reed o fd i
gital mob ile s a pp eared i n a
nd s tereo s ystem se tc
. T his la
te r
c
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r eet
. Sma l
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re s ty
li sh b
ecome sc ars, a so ldert eenage rsd rive
r
eplied . Wha t am is take ! T wo y ea rs l ater t
han theirp redece ssors
, t hey s t
arted t o u
pa nd d own t he high s t
r eets how ing o f
mys hop h ad b ecome av i
ctim o ft he l a
te b
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heirs poi
le rs, b ody k i
ts a nd p ortab le
E
igh tie s r ecession , w hile t he n ea rby s hop B
a t
tery l i
fe i mproved d rama t
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ightc lub s!
t
hath ad d a red t os tock t he s uitca se t
hat hand sets w ould r un for ac oup le o f The mob ile p hone h a s become t he
man' sn ew fang led p roduc t w a sg row ing d
ay s between c harge s
. A nd t he netwo rks u
l
tima te f ashion s t
atemen t and g adge tt o
f
ast
. F ifteen y ea rso na nd t h e r i
val s ma ll p
roduced n ew, mo re at
t ractive p a ckage s s
how o f. T he m arketh asc leve rly
s
hop h asg rown i n
to af i
f
teen -b ranch , t
hat m ade t he system m o
re a fordab le. e
xplo ited p eop le 'sd es
i re t om ake t heir
multi-m illion p ound c ompany . S
ignifican tly, th
ey s ubsidised t hec os
t o f own u nique s tatemen t
, w ith h andphone s
L
a s
ty ea r6 80 m illion m obile -phone t
he hand seth eavily w hen y ou s i
gned a b
ecom ing t otally c ustom isable. S nap -on
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and sets w eres o
ld w or
ldw ide ,t he c
ontract. c
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b
igge s
t-se lling c on sume r
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sy ou w ish , w allpape rs a nd scr een -
p
roduc te ve r
. Why i sm obile c ommun i- P
AYG s
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sl ook , w h
ile
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at
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rm ore to T
he mo st impo r
tan td eve
lopmen t ofal t
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i
tth an t hec onven ience o fh aving a t
hen came a long: P ay A sY ou G o
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a
tion t ot h
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e n eed f o
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: g ame s
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E
a r
ly c ellula rt e
lephone s w ere l a
rge , a
nd the m onthly comm i
tmen t than wen t i
n
teg r ated c ame ras, diarie s a
nd o rgan is-
c
umb ersome a f airs
, p owe red b y h eavy , w
ith it
.Y ou c ou
ld n ow b uy ap hone like e
rs
. T he mob ile p hone h as become a
b
ulky b atte ries. T he s eparat e h and se t a
ny otherc on sume rp roduc t and simply c
omp lete f ash ion s t
atemen t.
made t h
em l ook l i
ke ap ortab le p hone p
ay fort h
ec a
lls asy ou m ade them. Love i torh ate it
, ah uge i ndu stry h as
b
ox, w hile t h
er ubb er-duck a erial g ave Y
our 'accoun t'c ould b e topped up at b
een b ui
lta r ound c el
lula rc ommun ica -
t
hem am ilitary a pp ea rance. S a
le s w ere a
ny time b y buying av ouche rand t
i
on s.A nd t ot h
ink It urned i td own .
s
ma ll, the p hone s m a
in ly a ppea ling t o e
nte
ring ac ode. At the same t ime B
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twas notthe usual MSP3410 Nicam
C
604 ( both 2
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4F , 10V )
. Al
l was we
ll n
o
isesorfancy combinat
ionsofs ymbols c
hip t
h
ist ime howeve r
. The c
ause tur
ned
o
nce these c
omponen ts had b
een l
i
tinthe d
i
splay. The c
ause wa
s afaul
ty o
uttot h
ep receding TDA4445B I Fc hip
r
ep
la ced. P
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i
ne o
utpu
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ansformer
. B.F. 1
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itach
i C28 W410SN T
homson 7
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I
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atuno TBS9822P (
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(
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hass
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hass
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T
he p ic
tu re w as OK b ut theo n-sc reen The o
nly sign o fl i
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tw ith th
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g
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ghtf l
ashing f ou rtime s
. T he cause w as While Iw as s
tudying t h
e c i
r cu
itd iagram
s
everely f r
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letexta lso CL015 (410nF ,4 00V )
, w hich h ad been t
ol ook fo
rl i
kely suspectsR 430 (120k 5
2)
b
ounced , like ab ad case o ff i
e
ld j it
ter
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ry-
jointed a nd n ow n eeded r e
pla cemen t
. c
ame t om y at
tention. I
t'
sc onnected
many on -going r e pairs werec lutte r
ing the When th
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etween t h
e HT l i
ne attheb eam l imi
ter
w
o rkshop , Id ecided t og i
ve H ita chi te
ch- t
ure b
utt he sound a ppea red, br
iefly,o nly t
ake-offp o
inta tthe li
ne outpu ttrans-
n
i
ca l ac al
l inc ase they knew s ome thing I o
nc hanging c hanne l —i tw as permanen t f
orme r
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t
d
idn't
. T he v ery h elpful m an p o
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iathe scar
ts ocket. Iw as a b
le t ores
to re h
igh-value re
sistors wi
th al a
rge v o
ltage
i
nt h
e direction o fC 60 1 (220µF , 3 5V), t
he s
ound b y using t he sound m enu to d
rop acrossthem t end tosuff er ahard
w
hich d ecoup le st he 27V s upply. It'
s si
t- s
e
lect D o
lby i nstead ofn ormal. Ic ouldn't l
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fe. Ifound ithidden undert he LOP! '
u
a
ted r ightn ex tt ot he w h
ite fixing s t
ub f
i
nd ar eason f o
rt h
is. Perhaps t he EEP- a
nd, sureenough , itwaso pen -ci
rcuit.
t
h
a ts e
cu rest hec hassis toi t
sp lastic ROM h ad been c or
rupted, w hich i scom - J
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f
r
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t in mon wi
th t h
e se s e
ts
. Itw a
sn '
t like that
t
h
isc ase ad ry-joint w asf ound a tt he pos- b
efore t
hec apa citorp roblem . B.F. P
hi
lips MG7
.1E c
hass
is
i
tve leg
. Y ou h ad t ouse am agn if y
ing T
his 32in
. w ide screen se
t w as reluctantto
g
l
a sst os ee ith oweve r
. Re solde r
ing c ured H
itachi C
2558TN (
G8Q s
tar
t upe very t ime, the i
ndicatore i
ther
t
h
ep roblem . M .L . c
hassis
) r
ema in
ing y ellow o rn otcom ing o na tal.
T
he only signso fli
fe w
ith th
is s
etw er
e F
o r
tunate
ly t hecau se inth
i s ra
therc om -
S
harp 28JF
-74H (
GA20 t
hechanne l d
isplay
, which showed two p
lex mode rn p owe rs upp
ly w asa no ld
-
c
hass
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ashest ha
tf la
shed inunison,and a f
ashioned o ne. Two 5 V r
elay s ar
e moun t-
Goeso ffwith as mell ofburning isa t
humping n oi
se from t
he speaker
s. The e
da tthe fron toft he powe r/
line deflec-
c
ommon p roblem w ith th
ese sets. You c
ause w asthe TDA3654 f i
eld o
utputchip t
i
on P CB. G ent
ly t app
ing t h
er elayst hen
w
ill find tha
tc apacito rC607 ( 100nF, I
C601, w h
ich w as s
hor
t-circu
itbetween s
t
a r
ting the s e
t ups uggested t h
ato ne or
2
50V ) i sspl
ito pen a nd t
hat r
esistors p
ins 4a nd 5.Ar ep
lacemen t I
C, a
lso b
oth ofthem w ere fau
lty
. R eplacemen ts
R611 ( 10
1d 2)a nd R 627 (
1501Q ) a
re C607 (100 g, 50V),cured thefau
lt. B
.F. c
ured the fault
. S u
itable 5 V re
lay s ar
e
b
oth b urnt
. T he c
au se isthe l
ine output a
vailab
le from C PC. J.T
.
t
ransforme r
, t y
pe BW02862 . T he T
osh
iba 8
2ZD16B
HR8830 i sa n equivalent
. Its a l
so best T
his 3 2in., 100Hz m onsterw ould c
ome P
anasonic T
X32PL
1 (
EURO-
4
t
or eplace the UPC358C EW c hip IC501 o
uto fs t
andby w i
th ful
l EHT b utn o c
hass
is)
a
nd c heck R 512 and R 514 (both IkS2)
. s
ound o rp icture t
hen, af
tera bou tth
i r
ty T
he ini
tialcomp laint
,s w
itching tos t
andby,
B
.F. s
econd s, w ould r
evertt ostandby . The se
t s
ubsequently became t r
ipping ass oon as
i
st h
e s ame a s Model 32ZDO6B ,w hich t
he EHT a nd th
ef ie
ld s c
anning developed.
S
ony KV21X1U (
BE5 c
hass
is) p
roduce s asimila
rf aul
ta s ar esul
to f T
ho sen i
ce people atP anasonic t
old m e
T
here was ab r
ief r
us
tle o
f EHT fo
llowed p
oo rc onnec t
ion satQ 420. T he connec- t
hatit
's ac ommon f ault
,t hec aus
eb e
ing
b
y noth
ing,e xcep
tf orth
e powerL ED t
i
on s here w ere OK w i
th th
i s sethoweve r, C454, a22nF s u
rface-moun ted capa c
itor
f
l
ashing fo
urt imes
. The cau
se wa
sa t
hec ause o ft h
ef au
lt be
ing t he I Acircui
t t
hat
's neart h
ef i
eld outputI C,beside a
f
a
ulty li
ne ou
tpu ttr
ansfo
rme r
. B
.F. p
rotecto rZ 897 inthe feed toQ 831
. I t h
ole intheP CB. It'
si ncorrect
ly shown a s
waso pen -circu
itforn oa ppar entreason. 2
20nF i nthec i
rcuitdiagram.G .D.
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itsub
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Euro B
.F.
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2 chass
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ush WS6671
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nk 1
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1
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l fau
lt wi
th t h
is se
tw as no
t
r
ansforme rm us
th ave been dry-jo
inted, c
hassis
) s
ound, t hough th
e audio output stage w as
b
ecause th
e board was now b adly burn
t. T
his s
et wa
st r
ipping w i
th the l
i
ne o u
tput v
ery m uch al
ive
. The clue w a
s n o mono
I
tw a
s as t
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ightforward m a
ttert or e
pair t
r
ansis
torshort-c
i rcu
it
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, theq ues- o
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er eo identon th
e screen, and select-
t
heprintbut,n o
ts u
rpri
singly,t he se
tt h
en t
i
on wasw hy? T he di
scoloured board i
nga ud io fr
om the menu o nly brough t up
p
roduced apicture w
ith excessive width a
round t
he li
ne dr
ivert r
ansis
torQ 601 t
hev olume . Thi
s suggested as et ident
ity
a
nd bowed sides
. The T EA203 1A EW s
eemed tobe ag ood place t
ostar
t m aking c
r
isis o rfai
lureo fcommun icat
ion w i
th
c
hip IC551 was almos
ts hort-circu
it s
ome checks
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att h
e fe
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sis- t
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idn
'timprove ma
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nth
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as w
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e
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pen-ci
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1. t
i
fier
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itor
, inthi
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s
ound
. G
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ored avery high c
ha rge fo
r
P
hil
ips AA5 c
hass
is n
early ad ay, w h
ich sugges
ted tom ethat
S
a msung C
1683CNG Dead w ast hec omp laint with th
ise x- t
he powe rs upply hadn'
t st
arted up. When
T
he a mberl i
ghtc ame o n then turned r
ental se
t. Check s int he li
ne output stage Ichecked the resi
stors a
round thec hop-
g
reen a st h
ed egaussing r e
lay c l
icked out
. p
roduced ar eading o f 10Q b etween t he p
erc ontrol IC Ifound tha
t R PO6 (4
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O
the rwise the se
t appea red tob ed ead. c
ollectora nd thee mi
tte roft he li
ne out- waso pen-circuit
. Ar ep
lacemen tr e
stored
Checks s howed thata l the voltages on p
utt rans
istor, though t h
et r
ansistori t
self n
o rmal operation. L
.M .
t
he seconda ry si
de oft he powe rsupply was OK . Vision so fh aving tore p
lace t h
e
were presenta nd co
rr ect
, and t he
r e was a t
r
an sforme rs prang tom ind, butt h
ec ul- ic T
Panason X28DT2/E (
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b
l
ip o fl i
ne dr
ive ats wi
tch o n. After p
r
i tw as the la
rge, b l
ue s can-coupling 4D c
hass
is)
s
pending aw hile lo
ok ing att he serv
ice c
apa c
itorC 9474 ( 680nF , 250V )
. O nce i t A
ts witch o n th
e EHT r ustled u pa nd a
manual Ia dmitted defeat and p honed h
ad b een replaced t h
e s e
tc ame t olif
e a nd d
ul
l w hit e ra
stera ppea red b r
iefly, w ith
n
ice M rS amsung. The s ugge s
tion w as t
o Iw as su
rprised a thow b r
ight and g
ood s ound . The s ideso ft her a
st erw ere
c
heck C 407 (1F , 2kV )
, w hich turned s
ha rp
ly-focu sed the picture w as incom - b
owed , n ot unl
ike a n EW f a
ult
.T hen t h
e
o
utt ob e looking so
r ry for it
self
. A p
arison w i
th t oday's w idescreen mode ls. s
e
t reve rted tos tandby . Ib egan m y se a
rch
r
eplacemen tcured the faul
t. G.D . M. McC . o
n thet u be base, susp ecting ap rob lem
w
ith IC35 1, butt h
is p roved f r
uit
le s s
.
B
ush B
TV17 G
rundig GT2003 (
G1000 T
hen Ic hecked t h
e 2 00V s upply, i npar-
T
he p ictur
e w ould fl
ickerand the s
et c
hass
is)- t
i
cularR 557 and R 558 w hich are i n
clined
would g ooff
, then reverttostandby. T he F
ie
ld collapse w as thecomp la
in t wi
th t
oincrea se i nvalue, b ute verything w as
f
aultc ould be in
st
igated by fl
exing t h
e t
h
is se
t. In ot
iced t h
at se
veral pinso fthe OK. Nex t Id ecided t oi nvestigate t he
t
opP CB , b
utr e
soldering didn
't he
lp. TDA8170 f i
e
ld o utput I
C w er
e d ry
-joint
- f
i
eld outpu t s
tage, i np art
icu lart hem inu te
When t he fa
ult wasp resen
tt he HT e
d but
, afterr e
soldering th
em , ther
e w as s
urfa
ce -moun ted c apa citorC 454 ( 22nF )
.
d
ropp ed from 1 30V to8 0V and th
er e abl
ank r as
tere xcept fo
rt h
ree c o
lou red When Il i
f
ted ito f
ft h eb oa rd If ound t h
at
was as l
ight ar
cing sound. Itr
ied replac- l
i
nes across thec entre o
fthe screen. A o
ne end h ad fa
llen a way. T h
isc apa c
ito r
i
ngt hec hopperI C then began tosusp ect n
ew TDA8 170 restored t
he pi
ctu re
. c
onnec ts p in 7oft h e fie
ld o u
tputc h
ip
t
het ransformer. Luckily a
s al a
st r
esort I M. McC. I
C451 t ot he v
ertical p rotec t
ion c ircuitry.
r
eplaced theo ptocoupler. The s
etthen Arepla cemen t r e
sto red n orma l o pe ra
tion.
r
ema ined on. G.D. Sony KV29LS30 ( F E2 c hass is ) L
.M .
A
t s w
itch on t h
ere w as ab urst of EHT
Matsu
i 1
4V1 R (
Grund
ig t
hen the se
t shutd own w ith thef ront G
rundig M W70
-502 (
CUC2059
C
UC7301 c
hass
is) LED b l
inking t w
ice , pausing, then b l
ink- c
hass
is)-
!
his se
t had succumbed t ot he usua l i
ng twice again. This indicated thatt h
e T
his e
ighteen-month o lddig
ital re
ceiver
p
owers upply fai
lu r
e and , surp r
isingly, s
et was int he p
rotection mode , and c an p
roduced li
ghtfrom t he r
ed ind
icatorb ut
t
heo wnera ccepted thee stima te forf i
t- b
ec aused b y adef ect
ive l i
ne outpu t t
here we
re noothers ignsofl i
fe. Inor-
t
i
ng ar ep
lacemen tk it
. P redictably, the t
r
ansfo rmer. Int h
is case h oweve rt h
e mal
ly st
artm y s
earch b y c
hecking the
s
e
td idn't work af
tert hat
. Wh ile c a
rrying c
ause w as R 6
18 ( 2701d 2
) i ntheo ve r-cur
- l
i
ne outputtr
ansi
storf o
rl e
akage. Int h
is
o
utcheck so n th
e prima ry s i
de o ft he r
ent s
en s
ing c i
rcuit. Ithad r i
sen inv a
lue c
ase howeverit
sc ollectorw as bad
ly dry-
p
owers upply If ound that CD654 a nd t
oo ver 1 MQ. Y ou w i
ll f i
nd thi
s s mall j
o
inted. I
t'
sT 53001 ( 52000N )
. Ar eplace-
CD656 (both type L L4148 ) w ere sho r
t- 0
.25 W resis
to rapp roxima tely int hec en- mentbrought t
he se
tt oli
fe
. L.M .
c
i
rcuit
. When r e
placemen ts had b een fi
t- t
r
eo ftheP CB. M . McC .
t
edthes t
andby L ED flashed b u
t t he
re Good mans 2
575 (
F
11 c
hass
is)
was n
of ur
the ractiv
ity. Ie ven tually dis
- Cro wn C TF1 42RSL T
he l i
ne o utputt ransforme ra rced a t
c
overed tha
tt he HT p r
e set R 654 ( 470Q ) T
his mode rn silve r por
table h as ac hass
i s s
witch o na nd t h
ec ustome ra ccep ted m y
h
ad ri
sen inv a
lue. Ar e placemen t cured t
hat l
o oks like aMa tsui o ne d at
ing f rom e
s
tima te f or areplacemen t
. When t h
i s
t
hefaul
t. G.D . t
he la
te Eigh ties ! There w a s nor a
ster a
r
rived f r
om S EME Ic onfidently f i
t
ted i t
e
ven w ith the A l control fully a dvanced, a
nd s witched o n.T hen If ound m yself
S
l
iding S
LC1404 t
hough EHT w a s p
resen ta nd t he tube's s
t
a r
ing a t ad ead s e
t
: n of rontL ED i lum i
-
T
his set produced ag ood picture f ora h
eaters w ere al
igh t
. C heck so n t he CRT 's n
ation, n o EHT r ustle
. Q u
ietly uttering
c
heap mode l, b
ut there was n o sound t o b
ase p anel showed t hatt he A l s upply c
erta
in w ords, Ib egan t oc a
rry o utc heck s
g
ow ith i t
.O ne look att h
e TDA 1905 was missing. T he blue disc d ecoup ling w
ith m y AVO m eter. The HT v oltage
s
ound o utpu tICr emoved a ny d oub t c
apacito rw a s OK , thec au se oft h
e faul
t r
ead 2 1V , so Idi
sconnec ted t h
e l i
ne o ut-
a
boutt he c ause —itw as burnt beyond b
eing as ho rt-c
i rcuit tothe m etal spark- p
uts tage b y remov ing t hes can-coilp l
ug
r
ecognition. Ic ou
ldn '
tf ind a ny f a
ults g
ap assemb ly b uil
t into the CRT s ocket
. a
nd c onnec ted al amp a crosst he HT s up -
w
ith the speake ro rthe wir
ing , a nd sus- As im
ila rs ocke t from as crap c hassis p
ly instead. T h
is r e
sulted i n asteady r ead -
p
ectt hats omeone h ad tr
ied t ou se itto r
estored the p i
ctu re
. M . McC . i
ngo f 1 40V.
d
r
ive ah efty hi
-fi s
peake r
. Ilooked a tthen ew t ransforme rs uspi-
A
no thero ft hese s
ets produced n o pic
- D
ecca D28 WT92S c
iously,b uti tdeclared i t
se
lf i n
no cent.
t
ure a
nd n o EHT . Checks showed t h
at T
his f
ai
rly new se
t w a
s dead
. Ther
e w a
s When It u
rned m y atention t othed iodesi n
t
here w as nod r
ive att heb ase oft h
e li
ne n
o li
ghtfrom th
e standby LED and t
he t
he EW m odulatorc ircui
t If ound t hatD 47
o
utputt ransisto
r.T he 2 4V s upply t othe c
us
tome rh ad c
onvinced himse
lf t
hatthe (
BA 157 ) read 500Q b oth w ays. Ar eplace-
l
i
ne drive rt r
ansis
torQ 301 w as missing m
ains swi
tch was fau
lty. My f
ir
stact
ion mentr estored norma l ope r
ation. L.M .

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tion t he rew asj oin tc rack ing a tt he
o
utpu t re
lay sa nd t heo u tput s ocke ts. O nce
Ihad a t
tended t oa l these j oints Is t
arted
t
ol owe rt he P CB b ack i npl ace, h olding
o
n tot he large e lectrolytic C 313 t og uide
i
th ome . T hisc apacito rp romp tly f e
ll r i
ght
o
uto ft h
e b oa rd, i nm y h and ! Ir esolde red
i
tb a
ck i np lace a nd c hecked t her esto f
t
he largerj o
in t so nt he b oard.
Sat
isfied t hat Ih ad n ow a t
tended t oa l
t
hed ubiou sj o
in ts, Ir ef
itted t he b oa rd a nd
p
owe red u p. Iw as r ewarded w i
th ad is-
p
lay t ha
tr ead ' headphone s'
. When I
p
oked t h
ec onnec tort h
atc arriest hec able
f
rom t he h eadphone -socke t b oa rd t ot h e
p
owe ra mplifie rb oard t here w asc l
ick ing
f
rom t he o utpu tr elay s and t hed isplay
c
hanged t os how t he se
lec ted a ud io mode
c
orrec t
ly.
Outc ame t hep owe ra mplifie rb oard
y
eta gain. Ac lose e xam ina t
ion o ft he
j
o
in t
s t ot hec onnec to rj ust m entioned
r
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tt he s et produced a
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C811 ( 180 g ,4 00V ), then moved t he se
t o
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t s inf orr epair
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ticed t ha
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tage. A ll proved t ob e OK . S o I w
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Idec ided t oi n ve stiga te w hy t he LED h
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f
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f
ter noon . T his proved t ob e v ery h elp - w
ide sc reen v e rsion a nd c ome s a s ak i
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tt he 5 V p
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xtra c omponen ts i nthe kit
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h
is w as quick ly r u
led o ut. The o the r h
eate rc oil L B02 a nd a1 001d 1 s urface-
was leaky . Ar eplacemen t restor ed the c
ommon f acto rw a s th a
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s
ound a nd p ictu re. r
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rcu it.
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he s e cond s e
t h ad af au
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nce t he se c omponen ts h ad b een f i
t-
e
ncoun ter ed af ew t ime s be for e
. T he agroup C /D t ransm itte r, with BBC2 o n t
ed th e set p owe r ed u p but, afte rs e
tting
2
5D 165 1 l ine o utpu t t ransisto rQ 402 h ad c
h. 6 2. A tt he w orkshop t here's ab et
te r t
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g
one s hort -ci rcuit b ecau se t he HT v o
lt- s
igna l from ag roup A t ransm itte r, with p
ictur e w a s v ery d u
ll and l a
ck ing i nc on -
a
ge w ase xce ssive . R ep lacing Q 402 , BBC2 o n c h. 2 7, t hough Ic an r eceive t
ras
t. T his i st ypica l of as e
t w i th ab eam -
C
852 ( 470µF , 1 6V ) i nt he p owe rs upply a
ccep tab le r ecep t
ion f r
om t he s ame C /D l
i m
ite rf ault. T he c ause w ast raced t o
a
nd t he HT f eed r es
is to rR 826 ( 0
.47Q , s
ou rce a st he c ustome r
. F ort est p urpo se s t
ransisto rs TL02 ( BF422 ) a nd T L59
0
.5W ) r e
s to red n orma l o pera t
ion . C.R . Ihad t u
ned u nu sed c hanne l loca tion s t o (
BC857B ) w hich w ere both l eaky . T hey
t
he g roup A t r
an sm itte r
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rec onnec ted t ot he ear
thy e nd o ft he
G
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T70-700N IC swi
tched f rom c h
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s tem w ith in the transfo rme r, and
(
CUC2030 chass
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i r
ly o bv iou s w ith a ny p rog ramme were p u
ll ing t he BCL l i
ne l ow . I n ac or-
T
hiss e
tw astr
ipping , a
nd Isoon di
scov- t
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rong c olou rs —b ut i to ccu r
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ectly w ork ing s et the BCL l i
ne , checked
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st ypica lly a t
T
S300 1 was g
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ting v e
ry hot
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ted f
or b
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t
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tt r
an sformerast he p
rime Ican b estd escribe t he symp tom s as t
ure o nce t hese t r
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s
uspect
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utw as proved wrong w hen I f
a
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