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Post subject: Re: Not working MSC4000  Posted: 01 Jul 2019, 11:20 |
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laserfanhld-gb wrote: on initially hitting the power button the green status lamp above it shows steady green for a few seconds and then turns to a blinking state and remains this way, the VTR & Lock lamps also blink in the same fashion when selected. That's not good, the power LED should remain steady green. Blinking might denotes motherboards unable to complete a boot sequence. Caps on SONY MUSE decoders do not age well. Have you inspected visually inside? Julien
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Post subject: Re: Not working MSC4000  Posted: 01 Jul 2019, 12:56 |
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admin wrote: laserfanhld-gb wrote: on initially hitting the power button the green status lamp above it shows steady green for a few seconds and then turns to a blinking state and remains this way, the VTR & Lock lamps also blink in the same fashion when selected. That's not good, the power LED should remain steady green. Blinking might denotes motherboards unable to complete a boot sequence. Caps on SONY MUSE decoders do not age well. Are you inspected visually inside? Julien Many thanks for getting back Julien, I have to admit I wasn't hopeful for good news about this but considering it was obtained at a rather knock down price I thought I'd risk the purchase just on the off chance I'd picked up a real bargain which unfortunately doesn't appear to be the case here sadly. I note from what you posted previously that your experiences with this model (and Sony) were not too great either? Anyway rather than open it up I've now decided to sell it at a buy it now price in the hope that someone with the necessary expertise could perhaps get it up and running again or if not at least use it as a source of spares, in the meantime I'll keep looking out for another nice working example at the right price, a Panasonic or Pioneer decoder would be nice though the chances of finding one of those must be near zero sadly.
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Post subject: Re: Not working MSC4000  Posted: 07 Aug 2019, 11:49 |
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laserfanhld-gb wrote: A quick update on the Sony. I decided to keep the decoder and contacted a local reputable repairer that I had used previously for a DVD player repair. I dropped the MSC 4000 with him a couple of weeks ago admittedly with not very high hopes of a successful outcome. Anyway I received a message the other day to say the problem had been traced and a repair was possible for what I thought was a really decent sum (£40/€45) for which I gave the go ahead. Julien you were spot on, the Sony has now been fully recapped plus a dry joint corrected and is now working beautifully in my set up, I can now join the ranks of the Hi-Vision Club  What I wanna know is, how did they test it at the shop!?
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Post subject: Re: Not working MSC4000  Posted: 07 Aug 2019, 21:58 |
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jakeheke wrote: Nice one! Bet your stoked! Awesome Thanks! Yes very much and I never thought in a million years this was going to be such a cheap and easy fix, but there you go and I only picked it up for a less than 3 figure sum in the first place, so with caps replaced it'll hopefully be good for a few years now. Next up is to collect a few more titles, the only one I have at present is Atlantis (Luc Besson) so now the search is on for some of the video based rather than film titles such as the documentaries and test discs etc. Not a lot to go off but here's a screenshot of the opening to Atlantis below...
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_________________ Pioneer HLD-X9/CLD-925/CLD-2950 Sony MSC4000 Sony VPL VW500ES Lumagen Radiance 2144
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Post subject: Re: Not working MSC4000  Posted: 07 Aug 2019, 22:10 |
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takeshi666 wrote: laserfanhld-gb wrote: A quick update on the Sony. I decided to keep the decoder and contacted a local reputable repairer that I had used previously for a DVD player repair. I dropped the MSC 4000 with him a couple of weeks ago admittedly with not very high hopes of a successful outcome. Anyway I received a message the other day to say the problem had been traced and a repair was possible for what I thought was a really decent sum (£40/€45) for which I gave the go ahead. Julien you were spot on, the Sony has now been fully recapped plus a dry joint corrected and is now working beautifully in my set up, I can now join the ranks of the Hi-Vision Club  What I wanna know is, how did they test it at the shop!? That is a very good question and one that crossed my mind when I first handed the Sony over to them, especially so when the guy said this was the first time he'd set eyes on a Muse Decoder let along work on one! I did intend to ask that question when I collected it the other day but was so keen to get it back home and connected up I totally forgot. He did advise though that Sony consumer gear from this era had a reputation not only for dried up capacitors but equally for dry joints on circuit boards.
_________________ Pioneer HLD-X9/CLD-925/CLD-2950 Sony MSC4000 Sony VPL VW500ES Lumagen Radiance 2144
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Post subject: Re: Not working MSC4000  Posted: 08 Aug 2019, 08:48 |
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takeshi666 wrote: Maybe they just recapped it and hoped for the best. Yes I think you're most probably right, the work does come with a 6 month warranty included so they must be reasonably confident in the repair they performed, so will now have to see how it goes.
_________________ Pioneer HLD-X9/CLD-925/CLD-2950 Sony MSC4000 Sony VPL VW500ES Lumagen Radiance 2144
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