[sdiy] Conjob report

[fmg]

Batz Goodfortune wrote:

> Y-ellow All.
>         I guess it's a good idea to mention that I just got ripped off 
> by these clowns. "www.user-manuals.com"

I have a friend who do Metz photo-products maintenance. Metz sold him
their service manuals (good quality printed manuals) for about $15.
Charging $14.50 for a (virtual?) PDF version is a rip off from the very
beginning.

> In this case it's a JVC surround amp will all singing, all dancing, 
> over-headed under-hangs and dooberries. (to quote the late Kenny 
> Everrett) Which will not power on. Ironically it's the exact same 
> problem as the Yamaha amp I just fixed for a mate. Only unlike the Yam 
> amp, this piece of excrement doesn't use a relay to switch on it's main 
> supply. It just leaves the main supply on all the time and I have no 
> idea how it decides whether it's on or off. But I'll spare you the gory 
> details.

Check www.eserviceinfo.com for your model, or for a model # close to it.
(similar models often have the same piece of excrement inside).

> Personally I feel that anyone charging money for data-sheets, service 
> manuals, and programming information should be summarily rounded up and 
> bulldozed off the nearest cliff.

Amen.

Fabio
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