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Most of the solder-related problems with the CTC203 were in early sets, from late 1999. Yours appears to be a later set.
Does it have any advanced features like PIP or Gemstar? Both were royal pains - shutdown issues, all corrected by EEPROM or service menu disables.
Bulletins - not all will be applicable to your set (the Q14101 bulletin is for sets made in 1999....):
CTC203 COLOR TEMPERATURE DRIVE VALUES NOT STORED IN MEMORY AFTER ALIGNMENT ATTEMPT TV01004
CTC203 SHUTDOWN DURING CHANNEL CHANGE, SHUTDOWN DURING AUTOPROGRAM,UNEXPLAINED DEAD SET TV00003
CTC203 MULTIPLE Q14101 FAILURE\BROKEN PCB TRACE TV00004
CTC203 CHASSIS DOES NOT RECOGNIZE PC CONVERTOR MODULE. TV02007
CTC203 POOR, INCORRECT OR INACTIVE PINCHUSION CORRECTION TV01007
CTC203 SWITCH MODE TRANSFORMER NOISE Tv99002
CTC203 POWER LED FAILS TO LIGHT TV02009
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Brian
USN RET 22YRS (Avionics/Cal)
CET-Consumer Repair and Avionics ('88)
"Capacitor Cosmetologist since '79"
When fuses go to work, they quit!
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