Video to highlight the problem of repairing flat panel TV sets Michael Dranfield 2026-09-20 | Video to highlight the problem of repairing flat panel TV sets
Samsung TV , Clicking ? Dead no power ? PFC common fault repair to component level . Michael Dranfield 2023-06-30 | Worth a mention this fault as I have had it quite a few times now on different models of Samsung TV set ranging from a 32 inch to a 55 inch ..
Hitachi 50HK6100UB no picture, common fault , I show how to diagnose the problem.Vestel based. Michael Dranfield 2023-06-15 | Here is a way to diagnose if you have a LCD panel problem or a T con board problem, this is a very common fault with these sets though.
Samsung MC32J7055CT . smart microwave oven, some buttons not working on keypad fault. Michael Dranfield 2023-06-10 | I went off down the wrong track on this repair for the simple reason the customer said the fault started off intermittent and got worse over time .
Hisense 40A5600FTUK TV repair. Michael Dranfield 2023-06-02 | I wasn't expecting to get this set working when I found the LCD panel is glued to the front of the set , even worse the panel sits in a recess .
Philips B2G81U vintage radio restoration . Simply years ahead now !!! Michael Dranfield 2023-05-27 | A project I have been working on for a couple of months now , this Philips valve radio is approx 65 years old ,lets take restoration to the next level and make it last another 65 years !
Philips G8 line timebase panel . Michael Dranfield 2023-05-11 | Here we take a look at a Philips G8 timebase panel which could be brand new !
Remember a time when customers just had a repair done ? Michael Dranfield 2023-04-28 | Back in the 80 s and 90s most people just had a repair done, a very rare occurrence these days though with expensive jobs, but once in a while you will get just that one customer who wants an item repairing , it could be sentimental value, a gift from a loved one who is no longer here or perhaps just because then don't like change and are use to using an item , this is one of those such jobs .
Teleton VX-1110 valve /transistor hybrid 12 inch colout TV Michael Dranfield 2023-04-21 | No prizes for guessing where this is going !Its yours John Joe when you next come .
100 years and still in business , Radio TV shop. Michael Dranfield 2023-04-17 | I have the name of this company in my head, I don't know why but it rings a bell somewhere .
Denon RCD M41DAB Protection mode activated, power rail out of spec Michael Dranfield 2023-04-14 | Quick little video here to demonstrate why you need good eyesight for electronics repair .
Grundig RF250U/Stereo vintage radio. Michael Dranfield 2023-04-03 | Grundig RF250U/Stereo vintage radio as requested by a viewer.
Fiat 500 instrument cluster, flashing led s when indicating Right , LED identification chart. Michael Dranfield 2023-03-27 | All the LED S on the instrument cluster look the same but some light up different colours , this video shows you how to identified what colour to fit when a faulty LED is found . faulty LED s will cause the cluster to flash when indicating right .
LED backlighting , the myth explained with practical demonstration. Michael Dranfield 2023-03-20 | looking on the internet it seems people think you have to replace a shorted out LED with either a resistor or zener diode if you don't have a replacement LED to hand , this is not the case, just short out the faulty LED and the sets psu will automatically compensate for the missing part as this practical demonstration shows.
Panasonic NV-333 Video recorder from the 1980s . Michael Dranfield 2023-03-16 | looking back at the 1980s video boom here we have a vintage Panasonic model NV-333 vintage VHS video recorder.
Vestel 17IPS12 no backlights , fault finding to component level Michael Dranfield 2023-03-13 | A simple way to fault find to component level using a replacement board on a Vestel 17IPS12 power supply/backlight driver PCB .
Buxton weather 10 march 2023. Michael Dranfield 2023-03-10 | scene after a very heavy overnight snowfall in Buxton 10-3-2023hence the day off work !
Toshiba C-1480 vintage colour TV set from 1981-1982 . Repair Michael Dranfield 2023-03-10 | Another set I was given from John Joe at the vintage Irish TV and Radio youtube channel, it switched straight on and I tuned in a signal , however it only lasted about 2 minutes and then the colour went off, switched it on the day after and now the sync had disappeared, here we go again !
Vestel power supply board NON interchangeability explained using a 17IPS12. Michael Dranfield 2023-03-06 | Just a quick video to explain why vestel power supply boards are not interchangeable despite having the same number printed on them .
Sky Glass 65 inch TV teardown Michael Dranfield 2023-03-04 | Just a very quick video to see who manufactures the Sky Glass TV
Pioneer A-P510 Amplifier separate would not switch on . Michael Dranfield 2023-02-26 | Demonstration of how a simple observation of fan running continuously after shorting out the main power relay led to finding the fault.
Rank Bush Murphy Z718C Chassis vintage colour TV set from 1977 restoration. Model MC6301. Michael Dranfield 2023-02-18 | Filmed over several months and over 100 video clips later so there may be slight duplications and mistakes in the video , I manage to get a Rank bush murphy Z718C chassis colour TV set dating from about 1977 back into working order , I am very grateful to John Joe for supplying me with this rare set and below is a link to the Vintage Irish Radio TV youtube channel which I strongly recommend you subscribe to if like me you are into vintage electronics , I have been repairing TV sets for a big part of my life and repairing this TV transports me back 40 years to a time of very happy memories when been a TV engineer made you a good living.And before anyone says , yes there was a big mistake in the video , I forgot this set has a mechanical 4 push button tuner and NOT a varicap which I mistakenly referred to in the video .Below is the link to John Joe at the Vintage Irish radio and TV youtube channel.Many thanks for watching .Michael Dranfield. 18-2-2023.@IrishvintageTVRadio
Pioneer X-HM21 repair . No display on front Michael Dranfield 2023-02-03 | A bit of know how and a bit of educated guessing was required to repair this unit in the absence of a schematic diagram .
Sharp , no longer the great company it once was . Michael Dranfield 2023-01-19 | Back in the 90 s I was a Sharp dealer and like most makers of the day a single screw could be ordered up as a spare part, fast forward to 2023 and Sharp like most stuff now is nothing but just a name , I would guess this to be a sub £149 microwave but alarmingly NPA or no parts available, so a seemingly disposable item .
Panasonic TV burns up the mains socket !! Michael Dranfield 2023-01-13 | Its a good job plastic TV parts are made of self extinguishing plastic these days , take a look at this , its a first for me .
Cambridge Minx X201 Subwoofer repair , noise in speaker, distorted sound. Michael Dranfield 2023-01-09 | This is a problem I have had quite a few times on this cambridge audio minx X201 subwoofer so worth a mention on youtube .
Dont forget the glue ! Michael Dranfield 2023-01-03 | I first came across this problem in the 1980s on a sharp video recorder, yet all these years later manufactures are still making the same mistake .
Take 20 ,no 61. Practical wireless 1974 . Personal TRF receiver.David Andrews Michael Dranfield 2022-12-30 | re produced from Practical Wireless 1974, Take 20 was a series of simple projects that ran for many years , the idea was to produce a working circuit with not more than 20 components and costing less than £1.00 .
Christmas message for 2022 Michael Dranfield 2022-12-23 | More projects planned for the new year ! Michael Dranfield 23-12- 2022.
Lets take a trip down memory lane to back to 1976 - 1977 . Michael Dranfield 2022-12-17 | The winter of 1976 is one of my fondest memory's of been a kid , I discovered Electronics Today International magazine, sadly now long gone here I re create the 1970 s with a vintage TV set and project from a magazine enjoy .Michael Dranfield.17-12-2022.
Worst plug fitting I have ever seen .Morphy Richards HDA2 vintage Hairdryer Michael Dranfield 2022-12-01 | Customer said , it went with a bang after he fitted a 13 amp plug, video says it all !
Redifusion MK 3 Vintage TV set repair, sadly no happy end this time ! Michael Dranfield 2022-11-21 | @IrishvintageTVRadio Check out the above link for more very interesting vintage stuff .There is a slight loss of audio near the end of the video but its not important I was only testing the flyback transformer and you can see the result on the meter.
SONY KD 55XF9005 No remote control functions working. Michael Dranfield 2022-11-14 | Yes, I know it would have made more economic sense just to replace the infa red sensor board but then who learns anything from just board swapping ?
Panasonic TX-37LZD80 Set dead , no ST-BY LED lit on front Michael Dranfield 2022-11-10 | Slight mistake in video , the stand by rail is 5 volts .I made this video about 3 weeks ago so the owner would have time to try out the set as the repair failed on the first attempt , it has not come back so the problem was cleared by replacing a component in the end .
How not to save the planet. Michael Dranfield 2022-10-24 | Quick demonstration of a total waste of packaging and resources to send some items that are not breakable .
Sony KDL-40W5810 . 14 Blink error code repaired to component level . Michael Dranfield 2022-10-20 | 14 blink code relates to a failed T con board , here I repair to component level .
Nad 3020 Vintage audio amplifier , not working after repair Michael Dranfield 2022-10-13 | There would appear to be two versions of this NAD 3020 amplifier , I downloaded the service manual from the internet but the two capacitors that were faulty in my machine did not appear in the service manual I downloaded , replacing both C531 and C533 both 47 Uf cured the original fault, however when I screwed it all back together it had a completely different fault.
2SD1071 ?? No, but it looks like one . Lets see how it started life . Michael Dranfield 2022-10-08 | Never take anything on face value , especially something that's been obsolete for a long time , always test before using no matter how good it looks .
Looking back at my time with Samsung . Michael Dranfield 2022-10-05 | Looking back into the 1990s when I was a Samsung dealer , this video brings back a lot of happy memories for me , a time of component level fault finding and fantastic back up service from the manufacture, a time when manufactures cared about there customers and backed there dealers with technical information, sadly all gone now .Michael Dranfield.5-10-2022.
Sound but no picture on Vestel made TV sets , a common fault Michael Dranfield 2022-09-29 | One to watch out for , I have had quite a few sets made by vestel and badged up with lots of different brand names such as Toshiba , Hitachi ETC all with the same fault , sound but no picture and only 18-24 months old and its always been the version with the half plastic , half metal back that this problem seems to affect so I guess its due to using a poor quality part .29-9-2022.
Rank Bush Murphy A823 chassis vintage colour TV set from 1970 . Michael Dranfield 2022-09-24 | RBM 1970 s colour TV sent in for re commissioning by a viewer of my channel .
Distorted sound on TV ? Try this first . Michael Dranfield 2022-09-17 | Distorted sound ? check for DC across the speaker first before doing anything else !
Odd fuse problem . Michael Dranfield 2022-09-10 | Something to watch out for when using very low value 20mm fuses .
Thorn TX90 chassis vintage TV set from 1984. Michael Dranfield 2022-09-01 | Here we look at a vintage 1984 Ferguson TX90 chassis colour portable TV set, the same chassis was also used in a 20 inch version that also appeared under the brand name of Logik , however due to increased dissipation driving a larger CRT the 20 inch version of this set was more unreliable than the 14 inch , massively popular in its day , I cant even start to think how many of these sets I repaired back in the day .Michael Dranfield 1-9-2022.
VEGA 542 vintage TV repair , No sync fault Michael Dranfield 2022-08-15 | Brought in for repair by one of my YouTube viewers and possibly 37 years since I last repaired a Russian Vega set this was an interesting trip down memory lane for me !Michael Dranfield . 15-8-2022.
MURPHY U502 .The first Murphy model to receive the new VHF transmissions. Made in 1959 in England . Michael Dranfield 2022-08-12 | Here I do a bit of restoration work on this unusual Murphy U502 , this was the very first model Murphy produced to receive the new F.M transmissions.
Thorn 8800 chassis vintage TV set from 1977. Michael Dranfield 2022-08-06 | Here I present a 1977 vintage Thorn 8800 chassis TV set from 1977, the last time I repaired one of these was in the 1980s so it took me a while to get back into the swing of things, and of course there are some slight mistakes in the video, but I got there in the end ! Michael Dranfield . 6-8-2022.
LCD TV not working after fitting stand ? This is a common fault to watch for Michael Dranfield 2022-08-02 | as the title says , this is quite a common fault to watch out for .
Bizarre fault on Samsung commercial microwave oven. Michael Dranfield 2022-07-30 | This had me well fooled for a while but I got there in the end, of course a PAT test would have picked this up at the first instance and saved as lot of wasted time , but then who carries out a PAT test before they have repaired a fault ?
Sony KV-2000UB Mark 2 vintage TV set Michael Dranfield 2022-07-23 | This is a set I had largely forgotten about with the passing of time , the last time I repaired one of these was in the early 1990s , I don't know what year it dates from but would assume its early 1980s , hated by many and not my favourite set but a thousand times better to repair than the flat screen sets Sony now make today , Many thanks for watching .Michael Dranfield .23-7-2022.
UMC TP. MSD309.BP76 Power supply blow up repair to component level. Michael Dranfield 2022-07-15 | A short video to document a component level repair to a UMC brand PCB from a Blaupunkt 39 inch LCD TV. UMC , Universal Media Company is a major supplier of cheap TV sets and now owns the Sharp brand among many others.Reference number on the board is TP .MSD309 .BP76.
