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The fix for the Yamaha RX-V557 Receiver. A followup from the previous video:

Teardown Tuesday. Repairing a Yamaha Surround Sound Receiver Dave found while Dumpster Diving. SPOILER: I couldn’t fix it. Service Manual PDF Forum Topic HERE

Dave opens his mail. http://pfranc.com/projects/e2Plug/Pledge.htm www.poscope.com The EEVblog Lab Temperature & Humidity in real-time:

How diode bridge protection across a shunt resistor in a multimeter works, and why the fuse blows before the diode does on a well designed multimeter like the Fluke. A followup to the previous video on Multimeter input protection Fluke 27 Service Manual Bussman Fuse Datasheet LittleFuse Datasheet DF02 Diode Bridge Datasheet 1N4007 Datasheet

Go Back to the Future with Dave to 1985 as he tears down the world’s first Video 8 camcorder, a vintage Sony CCD-V8AF.

How Dave checks the “calibration” of the multimeters in his lab. Forum Topic HERE

Everything you ever wanted to know about how Multimeter input protection works. Using the Fluke 27 as a baseline example. Forum Topic HERE

Dave scored a retro Fluke 27 multimeter on ebay. Forum topic HERE

Teardown Tuesday What’s inside a Wellon Universal programmer? Is it completely “universal”? Forum Topic HERE

What’s inside the new Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Ebook Reader? Forum Topic HERE

Updating the firmware on the Rigol DS2000 series oscilloscope, playing around with the waveform capture/recall feature, and ranting about a few things. Forum Topic HERE

Teardown Tuesday What’s inside an analog 121.5MHz EPIRB/PLB Personal Locator Emergency Beacon, and how do they work?

Live on Ustream answering viewer questions

Some troubleshooting on the USB PSU DC-DC Converter

Yet another dumpster diving LCD monitor repair. This time an LG SyncMaster monitor with bad caps. Using the Bob Parker ESR Meter Bob’s full article is HERE Forum Topic HERE