On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:09:53 GMT, Barry S. wrote:

On 11 Aug 2004 10:25:34 -0700, (David) wrote:

Look up the information in the repairfaq for the ctc177 series
chassis.
It is highly unlikley you have the equipment available or experience
working on surface mount tuned rf circuits to do any kind of repair
inside the tuner.

Equipment, probably not. I don't have access to a SMT rework station,
spectum analyzer, or signal generator at this time. (Engineer no
longer working in the field..) I would think on a consumer appl like
this, the tuner unit itself would simply be replaced.

The tuner is onboard, integrated into the main board, and cannot be
replaced.

Tom


It is not a replaceable part, but gets repaired to the component level
and requires extreme care, lots of experience to avoid further damage.
I would definitely recommend taking the tv into someone with lots of
experience on that series of chassis that has all the reuqired
equipment (including a 125 channel cable tv tuner signal generator).
Worst case repair should still be under $120 total parts and labor,
typical average $80-90.

The TV was $200, NEW!!!

Sounds like it's getting a cable box and either repaired when I have
access to rework equipment or simply disposed of..

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