TS2000

[satelitesid]

Anybody got experience of repairing one of these?
I know this is the CB section, but there doesn't appear to be a "I blew up a Yaewoodcom" section.
Came to me with the fault of "deaf", and by George, it is.
I replaced the ceramic filters, as a known fault on these, and I had the covers off anyway.
I did a bit of digging, and the two resistors for the 20dB attenuator are blown to pieces, which leads me to two possibilities. A chunk of lightening has fried them, or the other alternative, somebody has stuffed RF up its' antenna socket. Pity he didn't tell me that before.......

By injecting -20db at antenna socket, I can hear it, down to about - 40. Usually on these I can hear it to at least -115 or so.
What is significant is the attenuator now doesn't work (resistors replaced) .
There are apparently some protetion devices in place, RSL245 and VO8G, but I must be honest, not sure how these work.
Looking for a little help, if anybody knows usual repairs for said problem.
Incidentally if I squirt the signal in to the relevant filter, it is fine, so fault between antenna socket and filter board

[Tigersaw]

Is the the same on all sockets, including the RX only one (maybe needs to be selected in the menu?)
A while since I had a 2000. Bit deaf when perfect, but nowhere near that bad!

[satelitesid]

Yes.
All sockets show deafness.
One of my problems is understanding the menu system. I don't like menus, much prefer tactile radio sets.

VHF and UHF are fine, and sub RX seems ok also.

[Tigersaw]

Theres also the auto tuner, which can be set to operate in RX mode too I think from the menu..
Maybe worth the big fat reset (A=B and ON at same time) ?

[MrWeetabix]

Any chance of resetting to factory defaults and working from there? If the menus have been fiddled with, then figuring out whats wrong and where could be horrendous!

[Mikel]

Dont know if it will help but there are 2 Youtube videos regarding fixing Kenwood TS-2000 weak receive.

Radio Repair: Troubleshooting Kenwood TS-2000 weak receive , Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FjSme0C5B8

Radio Repair: Troubleshooting Kenwood TS-2000 weak receive, Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkqCwGPAgno

Both are by TRXBench. I find his videos very interesting and he's certainly got some good test equipment available.