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sdraper
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Post subject: [SDP-E800] Display issue Posted: 16 May 2012, 00:19 |
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Joined: 21 Jun 2010, 20:03 Posts: 452 Location: TN, United States Has thanked: 2 times Been thanked: 7 times
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I just stumbled across this unit in a Goodwill store and noticed it had an ac3 rf input. It was a bit roughed up and minus the remote but I took a chance. Bought it for a few bucks and hooked it up at home to have the display suddenly disappear when my back was turned for a second. I tried it out, and boy does the ac3 sound amazing! Just straight analog inputs into the back of my Sony receiver. But why would the display suddenly have conked out? It looked fine and now I can't fine tune all my speaker and soundfield settings. Can this be an easy fix? What do people think of this unit? It's pretty well put together and looks similar to my old Sony DVD player.
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sdraper
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Post subject: Re: Sony SDP-E800 and display issue Posted: 16 May 2012, 02:16 |
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Joined: 21 Jun 2010, 20:03 Posts: 452 Location: TN, United States Has thanked: 2 times Been thanked: 7 times
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Oh, I thought you had to use analog! Popped in the optical cable and feel like a bit of a ninny! I went around and found all 6 rca cables...somewhere. The display's been popping on and off while running LDs so I've been able to tweak settings. What setting do you use on yours?
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laserbite34
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Post subject: Re: Sony SDP-E800 and display issue Posted: 05 Aug 2012, 10:19 |
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sdraper wrote: Oh, I thought you had to use analog! Popped in the optical cable and feel like a bit of a ninny! I went around and found all 6 rca cables...somewhere. The display's been popping on and off while running LDs so I've been able to tweak settings. What setting do you use on yours? I know what it is! Its a fluorescent type isn't it? There is chance one or few pins on the PCB has dry-joints and that is why the display is turning on and off or rather cutting out as the pins are not making a proper electrical contact with PCB. You'll need three things providing you already have cross-head screwdriver. You'll need a soldering iron solder sucker to remove the old solder from the dry joints, and spool of new solder to re-solder new contacts to the PCB board. Yes it can take anywhere from 2 to 4 hours to fix but if you remove the lid careful bearing in mind if careless you can get an electrical shock! So to be safe for first SWITCH OFF THE UNIT AND DISCONNECT FROM MAINS!Remove the lid and with a plastic throw away pen poke around where the pins are located on the back of the PCB and with tip of the pen place it ether at the side of the pin or underneath the pin and apply a little bit of pressure to see if it (moves or wobbles). Keep going along the area where the display is fitted. There will be other pins sticking out but don't bother with them just look for the ones where the display is fitted, you'll find it. I had the same issue with AVR of mine and its since gotten a new dry-joint with the display cutting in and cutting off I know its annoying but it only takes a few hours and remember to breath Grasshopper and switch on the air conditioner as you might be getting a little impatient. So this is the Sony you got well looks easy to fix in the case of the display if it was anything else, I doubt I'd be able to help out. Its an easy repair if don't do anything silly and use common sense as you don't want to make the matter worse. Also when removing lid take a few moments to clean the dust out and clean the outside up. This isn't the same type but it is a fluorescent display you'll see lots of tiny little pins coming out from behind. So it could be only a few pins out so many that has dry solder that has broken lose kinder like a lose tooth, but question is...? Is it safe. Good luck.
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Guest
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Post subject: Re: Sony SDP-E800 and display issue Posted: 23 Aug 2012, 20:46 |
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yes the plasma display s will outgassed over time and wil be much dimmer and then segments will go out
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Post subject: Re: Sony SDP-E800 and display issue Posted: 24 Aug 2012, 07:57 |
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I still collect pinball s that s how i know
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disclord
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Post subject: Re: Sony SDP-E800 and display issue Posted: 10 Sep 2012, 12:27 |
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laserlord wrote: A quick question... i know this SDP-E800 processor doesn't decode DTS... bout would a DTS signal that is put into the digital input be outputted trough the Digital out, so that another receiver with DTS support can decode ?
If so, this little sony might be the perfect demodulator that has AC-3 RF decoding with DTS / AC-3 switching. Just wondering, perhaps the digital in / out is just a throughput for any digital signal. My Sony SDP-EP9ES will do just what you are asking about, so I assume yours would too. As far as the Sony is concerned, the DTS stream is just a standard SPDIF digital audio bitstream, so it will pass it to the digital output untouched.
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