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CTC203

Size	Model	Chassis	Symptom	Problem Description	Fix
32	F32669YX50 CA5	CTC203CA5	Audio	No Audio	CR11505
32	F32669YX50 CA5	CTC203CA5	horizontal	Shuts down	CR14902
32	F32669YX50 CA5	CTC203CA5	horizontal	Shuts down	R14909
36	F36668YX1 CA	CTC203CA	Video	No Video	Jumpered open trace from U18101 to L18108
	zz	CTC203	Power	Dead, Relay clicks when turned on, going into Xray shutdown	Q14901 (#147665)
	zz	CTC203	Video	Color Intermittent	U2600, C26907 (.047uF/50V, on comb filter board)
	zz	CTC203	Vertical	replaced flyback and HOT, now vertical is poor	CR14704
	zz	CTC203	Power	won't power up, tries 5 times	CR14704 (NTE587)
	zz	CTC203	Power	Randomly Shuts Down	Replace Gemstar module
	zz	CTC203	Power	tries to start 3 times, but doesn't	Resolder R127 on PiP
	zz	CTC203	Power	Shuts down after a few attempts to power up	C17416 (surface mount, 43pF, #214029)
	zz	CTC203	Power	Dead, clicks 3 times	CR14704
	zz	CTC203	Power	Dead	Q14401 (#242224), Q14101 (#244223), Q14102 (#147665), Q14103 (#232218), CR14105 (#198589), R14107 (43ohm, .25W) R14109 (750ohm, .25W)
	zz	CTC203	Dead	Dead	L14401, Q14101 (#244223), Q14102 (#147665), Q14103 (#232218), R14107 (#244214), Q14401 (#242224), F14210 (#175425)
	zz	CTC203	Power	replaced flyback transformer, but set still shut down at power on	Q14901
	zz	CTC203	Power	set pulses 4 times, then shuts down	CR14115 (5V regulator)
	zz	CTC203	Power	Unit shuts down on channel change	R18116 (100k), C18121 (#220132),
	zz	CTC203	Power	Dead intermittently	resolder T14101
	zz	CTC203-AC4	Power	shuts down or wont start up	Gemstar module (#253023)
	zz	CTC203AD9	Video	No video, no HV	resolder L14401

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