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atomiccow · Joined: 11 Jul 2009 Posts: 89

I am wondering if anyone is able to part with a basic input card for a G70 for a modest fee. Mine is clicking but not locking in on the signal.
I'm not looking for a nice Moome card . I'll consider one of the oldies if its really affordable. But I just need the stock RGBHV input. I have already put a touch more money into repairing this than I wanted . I may get it fixed free but I have a hunch my repair guy is going to ream me on a technicality.

Here is the backstory if anyone is bored enough to want to read it.

I had my unit's power supply problem repaired by a local guy who had some experience with the projectors.
He gave me his estimate which was more than I wanted to spend. I was shooting for 200. He wanted 300.
I asked him if he could just get it powered up for less.
I was mostly just wanting him to get the power supply handled so I could get an error message and send the likely problem
cards in to Curt. He enticed me with $250 for the unit powered up with no error messages. I took the gambit. I believe I asked him if it was fully functional for that price but he said it displayed menus and stuff great and I figured that meant it was fine.

Unfortunately the input card is not recognizing the signal source and that does not kick up an error message. This was a weird problem the unit was having before it simply wouldn't power up at all. So I still have a non functioning unit other than it displays menu's and the like perfectly. I am hoping the guy will finish the job for no extra charge or for the extra 50 dollars he wanted. But I have to consider the possibility he will say he delivered on his promise of the projector firing up and functioning with no error messages. ( He did know he wasn't getting a signal on the bench but did not tell me til after I asked him if he hooked it up because I was concerned about this problem. He said he didn't get a recognized signal from his bench equipment but felt it had something to do with his lack of an H or V signal ) I should have made him check it but I took the unit hoping for the best. Now he sort of has me by the balls here. I have to depend on his good graces. If he won't finish the job I'm going to need a card.

Or If anyone wants to also trade it for a crapload of other G70 cards I have most every sort of other card you will ever need. I just don't have an extra input card. I also have some Extron boxes I could send.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 1:17 pm Post subject:

What happens if you try swapping the RGBHV card to the other slot? I had the same issue on a 1272 once. Putting the RGBHV card into the B slot fixed it.

Also do you get a picture with video or S-video?

atomiccow · Joined: 11 Jul 2009 Posts: 89

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:53 pm Post subject:

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:01 pm Post subject:

Can you post a picture of the back of your G70? The one on the main site shows video and s-video inputs:

atomiccow · Joined: 11 Jul 2009 Posts: 89

Well the bad news is I can't tell if its an IB 11 or a 12. The good news is in pulling the card out to look I accidentally dislodged the orange wire paired to the red tube. I repositioned the wire and the card and its working now!

Thanks. And sorry about mentioning the unmentionable yesterday.

ecrabb · Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:25 pm Post subject:

Glad you got it working! When you say you dislodged "the orange wire", are you talking about the big fat single red/orange wire that looks like a spark plug wire?

Oh, and just for future reference... The slot with the "REMOTE 1" card in it is indeed a standard IFB slot, and will take everything from IFB-11 and IFB-12 cards, to Moome IFB's. None of the other inputs are swappable on the G70, as with the 12xx...

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atomiccow · Joined: 11 Jul 2009 Posts: 89