Hi all,
The story is much the same as those dating back to 2005 in the start of this thread!!
Bought my RU-950 (TSU-3000) in the UK March 2005. Flawless operation until 2 days ago. Overnight it just stopped working. Opened the case and exposed the offending contact area - just to try I connected the battery pack and it was once again working. Note this was without doing the pin-prick method. This to me sucks of a "dry joint". Just to be thorough (and as so many people had good long term results) I also did the pin-prick trick!!
Just a post to say thankyou to all that persist in helping others and post here, and how dissappointed with Philips I am that after over 2 years they have not posted back here with there advice/fix/offer of repair for the faulty workmanship.

I am still however tempted by the new TSU-9400 - will I never learn?!!

Nic