A guide for the technical student or beginning technician. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Filling the gap between complex theoretical texts on audio circuitry and the bare-bones service literature, this universal reference is for audio service technicians, field-service engineers, and advanced hobbyists. It contains practical know-how needed to service consumer audio products, provides step-by-step, circuit-by-circuit troubleshooting examples, and gives readers the background necessary to understand and apply audio theory.

This expanded and updated practical guide gives information that is needed to understand, service, diagnose, and repair today's state-of-the-art video equipment.

The Circuit Troubleshooting Handbook gives you full descriptions of the operation of important circuits. And it shows you how each circuit's characteristics may figure in its failure or poor performance. Without abstract theory or complicated math, this book gives you the clear explanations and hands-on troubleshooting procedures that will quickly point you toward the villain in any circuit malfunction - whether it's the capacitor, transistor, resistor, IC, or any other component. In circuit types with many variations, you get the needed assortment of appropriate troubleshooting tactics.