I can not remove the front panel lock from my Curtis mathes tv

Just contact the folks at the link below:
http://www.curtis-mathes.com
They are great a helping folks with problems with their Curtis Mathes televisions and stereos; and they do it for free :)

To unlock the panel lock, you should have its remote control. If you wish to buy a genuine remote control, you have to contact the authorized service center. If you wish to buy a universal remote control, you should know about, which brand remote control have set-up codes to your TV brand, and buy that one according to availability. The first thing you have to do is, to confirm the number of digits in the setup codes to your TV brand. There are 4 digit, 5 digit, 3 digit and even 2 digit codes. You can make it sure by entering '0s' at the code enter window the TV dispays, and asks codes. Enter 'Zeros', and count how many zeros can be enterd. That number will be the number of digit of setup code, the TV/Device need. If you can enter 5 zeros, the number of digit in the set-up code to your TV is a '5' digit one, if only 2 zeros can be enterd, the number of digits in the set-up code to your TV should be a 2 digit one, and so on.. If you wish to get more details about this, try the sites linked here. http://electrohelponline.blogspot.com/
http://electro-medical.blogspot.com/
Both the sites have setup code list, and setup procedure to many popular brand remote controls. Check the site in 'Mosaic' view. It will make search easy.

They should have your Curtis Mathes tronics tv/vhs codes at the link below: http://www.curtis-mathes.com

open it power up the tv and press down the strip/ribbon down ans see which one is loose

Download the user manual to your TV from net. It will have all details. To download it, click here.
Actually Daewoo and Curtis Mathes TVs have same motherboards inside.

I would try the Funai codes since Curtis is located in Canada and is one of their imports from China.

TIME TO GET OUT YOUR USER'S MANUAL AND YOUR REMOTE.IF YOU STILL HAVE A PROBLEM CALL A SERVICE TECH.

Try these codes for your remote and TV. The are the Zenith codes for a Curtis Mathes TV.

CURTIS MATHES.....002 103
............................. 112 502 506
..................... 512 601 701 704

These should work.

Regards,

Mike

I own a One-for-All universal remote, and my booklet says the setup code for a Curtis Mathes TV (without a built-in DVD or VCR) is one of the following numbers: 0030, 0047, 0054, 0060, 0093, 0145, 0154, 0166, 0451, 0702. I can not guarantee these numbers will work with your remote, but it is worth a try.

better to replace a/v jacks as you have already soldered it

the problem is due to jack only.