[Premium-Rx] New WJ8617B problems

[Gedas]

I am glad you solved your problem.  Now, this is funny and sad at the same 
time....I turned on my 8617B to run the test for you and I notice that the 
pan display is sweeping all the way to the right and only about 1/2" wide. 
As I stare at it thinking, it just needed some more warm up time, I notice 
huge amounts of thick smoke rising from the receiver.  Powered it down as 
quick as I could.  Looks like your 8617B is fixed and mine needs fixing.
Let the fun begin.
Gedas

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "spencer bahner" <spencer12345 at msn.com>
To: <premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 6:43 PM
Subject: [Premium-Rx] WJ8617B problems


> Thanks to all who sent feedback on areas to target with my 8617B tuning
> problem. Turned out to be some form of contamination on the optical 
> encoder.
> Took it apart eneough to visualize the encoder wheel (with its TINY 
> slots),
> the reflecting mirror and the light source/sensor combo. No visible crud 
> but
> dusted it all off and ran some paper over the mirror and sensor and no 
> more
> problems. Should be good for another 25 years!
>
> Spencer Bahner N7UMO
> Seattle
>
>
>
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