Thanks for the quick reply I have no way of telling what role the
transistor is playing. There are 5 transistors screwed into the back
metal plate for a heatsink. There is one small one and 2 medium size
ones and 2bigger ones. The medium ones are the bad ones. There is no
marking on the board to identify it as NPN or PNP, all that is on the
board are the usual BCE. You have any idea if its a power or small
signal?

again thatnks alot!!

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:10:32 -0500, "TimPerry"
wrote:


"30W" wrote in message
.. .
My father asked me if I could repair his old record player for him, so
of course I took up the challenge. I found two transistors shorted
out. There is no part reference on the board (Q1 etc.) just numbers
10,11,12 for the first transistor. And 13,14,15 for the second
transistor.

The part it self says this on it:

M044 (M looks like the motorola M)
26932

Google turned up nothing informative. Is there a replacemnet that can
be used instead of the M044?


Thanks alot for any help!!!!!!!!!!!


what stage were they in? small signal or power output?

if its small signal its likely that a wide variety of replacements would
work.
if its NPN try a NTE 123A