No picture or audio Sony 5-305UW
 

TV displays only a horizontal line and occasionally an area of blue. All channels. Only static audio. What am I looking at for repairs, and is it worth it? Thx!

What is your signal source?

jr

Onboard antenna

You will get no sound and see nothing but “snow” without a digital converter or other source of analog signal such as a vcr or game with ch 3/4 output.
Analog over the air broadcasting ended about 10 years ago. :(

jr

Repair cost depends on DIY or shop...Few shops will touch a set this old and ones that do usually are expensive (probably more that it is worth). The set probably ain't worth more than $75 working good...It may cost more than that to fix...Like most vintage electronic items one may collect "is it worth it to repair?" comes down to the question "does making it work fall within your projected personal entertainment value in fixing it?...Because there is probably no profit in doing so otherwise".

Those l'il guys are still quite common, you might wanna put in a plaintive plea for one here on VK. You COULD end up w/a neat working example for next to nothin'.. Quite frankly, I think your time lookin' for one -AND money-would maybe better spent lookin' for one of The KV-5000 series 5" COLOR sets.. They also made a bunch of too cute 4" color sets-KV-4XXXes.. But I DO understand the magnetism & attraction of the 5" B/W sets-Quite a few of us, they were our `1st TVs... Was for MOI, anyway. And they were Hott Schitt items in the early Sixties. They were sorta what got the vast Sony empire started here.

Looking at the pix you have two obvious problems
1) vertical, most likely caps.
2) No snow, most likely an IF transistor.
Add to that almost every electrolytic cap in the set needs changing.
Also the set is physically very unfriendly to work on.
If I made a list of sets for a first repair / restore this would be at the bottom.
Find an old Zenith from the early 60's to start learning:yes: They are
very common & often work when found.

73 Zeno:smoke:
LFOD !

Thanks to everyone for the helpful comments. Like the unit strictly for the memories... a grade school friend got one for his birthday and we all went wild! Oh well, makes a nice display piece.

Agreed with the above however these are known for cold solder joints. You could pop the back off and take a wooden dowel this kind of poke around in there and see if the vertical comes back however may not be perfect because it needs a recap but it's interesting that you get vertical deflection somewhat and then a flat line. Have you tried tapping on the back to see if the picture comes back?

Good tips but I'm just not going to "go there" unless I can find a tech with a bartering system for beer!