Currently, I get nothing out of it whatsoever. I discovered that one of
the surface-mounted fuses had blown so I've replaced that and I'm still
getting nothing, though I am now at least getting a low voltage (about
.5V) at components on the board when it's powered on.
This unit has a rechargable ni-cad battery in it (that I'm pretty sure
no longer holds a charge) and I'm curious whether a functioning battery
is required for normal operation.
Less likely with a battery but indiviual ni-cad cells can die short circuit
due to some sort of conductive whiskers growing internally between the poles.
Perhaps the battery is shorted and this is dragging down the power supply
resulting in the fuse blowing?
If that is not the problem, look for something that is getting hotter than
it should due to drawing too much current from the power supply.
Regards,
Peter Coghlan.