Im having a ****** two days.
working on the G1176 on mnats revg board, here's a little history-
I couldnt get the line amp working right, while the line amp wasnt functioning, the meter driver amp seemed to be fine, in GR mode I could get the VU to sit at zero, no problem.
I had the two 180K resistors installed in place of the 180r in the line amp and once I got that straightened out, the line amp works fine now, but the unit wont compress and I now the meter circuit is wack.
Overall, my voltages on the transistors seem about normal. Ive replaced the tl071 and get the same thing. The unit wont compress and the GR will only sit at -4ish dB. GR meter zero pot has no effect, Q bias has no effect and the track pot will move the needle a little but there is clearly something wrong. Ive triple checked my caps, they seem good. Power supply is working fine. Diodes all seem like they are in the right way. I havent been able to yet find a bad resistor. Im pretty stumped. Is there something that seems like I should obviously check? Nothing is jumping out at me so far.
could any of this be tied to shorts in the ratio selector switch?
Any ideas here are greatly appreciated!
dave