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Satellite, PC Monitors, TVs and VCRs ENECAUSUREforr-,AY,-Llite 11/111C-- The goodnews is, we canreplace it..! Ah, Man's best friend... A loving, loyal companion but not averse to taking a fancy to those fun looking chewy things sat near the television set. And, when the fun's over, the chances of the handset being able to function are, if you excuse the pun, pretty remote to say the least. Fortunately, Classic supply a wide range of replacement handsets covering just about every make and model of television, video and satellite. Manufactured to provide a high quality, reliable alternative to the original and fully supported through our technical helpline, the Classic range offers a realistic, cost effective solution. Available through our nationwide network of distributors. Call us on 01635 278678 for your nearest distributor or for your free copy of our handy remote control booklet detailing all the manufacturers models with the most suitable Classic replacement. 1 s P , 6 SI C 5.m.........s.-,za-swnrreste._ Yer ece Technical helpline 01635 278678 CONTENTS July 2001. Vol. 51, No. 9 515 Comment 542 Servicing VHS decks The Sony way to success. In this concluding instalment Eugene Trundle covers problems that arise along the tape path once the tape has 516 Teletopics passed the drum, also tape damage, the mode switch, New dital STBs at Mediacast 2001. Internet second - dealing with a jammed deck, intermittent faults and user test equipment service. Satellite news. BREMA's auto -diagnosis. demands. First DVD recorder launches. 546 DX and satellite reception 518 What a life Terrestrial DX and satellite TV reception reports. A new neighbour causes problems with her unprofitable Broadcasting and satellite belt news. Heat problems work and inability to grasp the situation. Also with satellite receiver SMPSs. The evolution of DX -TV reminiscences from the Broadmead days. Donald reception technology. Roger Bunney reports. Bullock's servicing commentary. 550 TV fault finding 522 At the 554 Monitors Electrical Hints and tips on repairing computer and other Cover photography Retailing monitors. Mork Swallow Show 556 VCR Clinic Editor The emphasis at this year's show was on 558 Jack's workshop Martin Eccles digital products - TV, Jack Armstrong, discusses Mac upgrades and problems recorders, audio with Pace MSS1000 receivers, which continue to be Consultant Editor equipment and radio. used for their Dolby Pro -Logic facilities. John A. Reddihough There is also the prospect of the networked home. Group George Cole reports. Advertisement Sales Executive 526 Restoring vintage radio sets Pat Bunce Valve radio sets are becoming rare. Many enthusiasts 0208 643 6207 and collectors are prepared to pay good money for those Ext 8339 still around to be restored. So here's another source of profitable work. It requires an understanding of how Fax 0208 770 201e such sets work and how they were designed. Ian Rees provides a detailed guide to circuit operation and basic Editorial Office fault-finding. A follow-up will cover restoration work. 01782 870684 532 A serviceman's guide to the defOkAhto.fir,y/f,oggf:-A-, Fax 01782 878233 Panasonic Euro-4 chassis Note that we are unablE Brian Storm takes a look at the various features that 559 Test case 463 were introduced with the Panasonic Euro-4 chassis, to answer technical which uses digital chips for signal processing, and 560 Satellite notebook queries over the provides advice on servicing. Card reauthorisation. A Grundig digibox problem. telephone and cannot Digital satellite channel update. 538 Help wanted provide information on 562 Web service spares other than that 540 Installing radio/CD systems Useful web sites for TV professionals, technicians and enthusiasts. given in our Spares in caravans and motor homes Guide. How to make money by extending your activities to the 565 Audio car trade: Tom Baker tells you how to carry out caravan Hints and tips on servicing professional and consumer audio installations. audio equipment. 566 Letters Design nightmares. DTT signal assessment. CD-ROM manuals. 568 Next month in Television Next issue, dated August, on sale July 18th. TELEVISION July 2001 513 M.C.E.S. 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Yet few seem to Vaio laptop computers have been the major factors in the success have profited much from it. Competition is severe, and the cost of of Sony's electronics division. Good products, yes, but other cheap sets is such that people buy them without 6.ving the matter manufacturers produce flat -screen TVs and so on. What's the much thought. TV has become a commodity item. Pick one up, difference with Sony? Fujio Nishida, president of Sony Electronics possibly with the groceries, if you think you might as well have in the USA, attributes his company's success to technology one. Much the same conditions now exist throughout the world, leadership which, he says, has in particular been critical with the and the situation has become common to most consumer electronic TV business. In dollar terms. Sony had two and a half times the products. Radio sets, hi-fi, portable phones and PCs are all consumer electronics market share of its nearest competitor in the regarded in the same off -hand way. PCs? Yes, these are also now States, with Wega flat -screen TV the driving force. He has the something that most homes have, and people look for something following to say about this: "The Wega has a fantastic flat screen cheap and cheerful. The fact that the office PC market has that prevents the worst reflections and does not distort the image.