Sony Watchman TV FDL 3500 Repair

#vintageelectronics #retro #vintagetv
This one was shipped into me for repair. Quick check and its completely dead to the world, no power. no signs of life at all! Considering when it was manufactured, any guesses as to what it is?
‪@MasterCWelch‬ - Sent in the TV to be repaired!

[@pharaohosam]

Bro, seeing the WS400 on a WatchMan was totally screenshot/post everywhere worthy. A marriage of two of the very best worlds of nostalgia.

[@MasterCWelch]

Awesome man. PS1 going on that bad boy. Nice screen for the time. I also found the OE Sony power adapter. You work miracles man.

[@volvo09]

Yeah that display is much nicer than my radio shack portable.

[@Fezzler61]

Bravo.

[@BigBadBench]

Very high density of caps in there; nice work!

[@iiidiy]

Great work! Would've loved to see your approach to soldering that dense little area there. All those patches must've been a bit frustrating, but it turned out well in the end!

[@kevinshea4776]

I have a few Sony Short-wave travel radios I've been buying at yard sales that all need CAP jobs. Seems the AM radio reception fails first as FM comes in strong. I have to upgrade my soldering station 1st. Nice video!

[@Pacificbell]

i have that same model tv

[@samperna253]

Any chance you kept your map and list of capacitors? I’d like to recap my FDL-3500 and will really benefit from your homework. :-)

[@THEtechknight]

I think I did, I just don't know where to post it

[@samperna253]

Would something like Google Docs or maybe posting 68kmla or TinkerDifferent?