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Mark1948
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My 503MXE has failed the second time in 18 months.
The first was input 3 went down, my Pioneer service center quoted over £250 but a local repair shop did it for £76 and it is perfect.
Now the PSU has failed with my service center quoting £300 and the same local shop is quoting £86.
This time there are 2 faulty SMT NPN transistor that need replacing and Pioneer will supply neither the manual or the part ID's for them to repair it so I am in a corner. I as a consumer am now facing either being fleeced by the pioneer dealer monopoly or buying a new Plasma and to be honest it is almost 5 years old so I will probably replace it.
If anyone can help the transistor are Q120 and Q129 and anyone thinging about paying Pioneer £5000, as I did, think long and hard because they are trying to fleece me through their dealer network and you will get the same treatment.
Cheers all.
The first was input 3 went down, my Pioneer service center quoted over £250 but a local repair shop did it for £76 and it is perfect.
Now the PSU has failed with my service center quoting £300 and the same local shop is quoting £86.
This time there are 2 faulty SMT NPN transistor that need replacing and Pioneer will supply neither the manual or the part ID's for them to repair it so I am in a corner. I as a consumer am now facing either being fleeced by the pioneer dealer monopoly or buying a new Plasma and to be honest it is almost 5 years old so I will probably replace it.
If anyone can help the transistor are Q120 and Q129 and anyone thinging about paying Pioneer £5000, as I did, think long and hard because they are trying to fleece me through their dealer network and you will get the same treatment.
Cheers all.