'08 RCA ATC116 TV/DVD combo

[radiotvnut]

This is yet another example of the Chinese junk brand that RCA has become.

This is a 20" TruJunk RCA TV/DVD combo that is dead and it belongs to my neighbor.

So far, I'm having zero luck with finding any service information on this set. Obviously, it's another one of those sets where they intend for you to get 2-3 years out of it and toss it when it breaks.

This set is dead; but, the main switching supply is working. However, the 5V line is missing and there is another 12V line that reads about 6.5 volts (both of these voltage points are located at one of the plugs that goes to the DVD unit and the 5V line also goes over to the seperate DTV board. The 5 volts comes out of a 4-pin PQ05RD21 voltage regulator. When I measure between the output and ground pins of this regulator, I get around 4.5 Kohms; so, I'm thinking this part may be bad.

My neighbor said that she started to toss this set (probably a good idea), until she found out that she could no longer buy a new CRT set. This set belongs to her young children and said she couldn't see spending the money on a flatscreen that could be easily torn up.

Knowing how unreliable these later RCA's are, I should advise her to toss this one and try to find an older, more reliable set.