The rip-off on repairing Pioneer sets is usually from Pioneer, not the local
tech. The service manual for your set is likely about $90 and circuit
boards are rather expensive. Take it to someone who does a lot of Pioneer
and repairs the sets at the component level rather than just swapping
boards, when possible. Be a smart consumer and get to know the techs and
understand how they do business and find one that is reputable, communicates
what he will be doing and how the charges will be applied, and sounds like
he knows what he is doing.

Your problem could be anything from a bad solder connection (or more likely
a few hundred of them in a Pioneer of this vintage) to a few bad capacitors,
to a shorted CRT. If you are not familiar with these sets I would recommend
that you not try to fix it yourself.

Leonard

"bordom" wrote in message
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my household voltage is 120-125.....If I disconnect the picture tubes
it will stay on. ....I disconnected it from the thing that looks like
a ignition coil. Makes a nice spark when you discharge it to
chasis....anyway...something is making a humming noise before it shuts
off and the only way to get it to come back on is to unplug it then
plug it back in. does anyone have any suggestions to what it might be
and how much it should cost to repair...Im trying to to get ripped off
when I get it repaired...or maybe get the parts and do it myself...

thanks


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bordom