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**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 5:26 pm Post subject:

Chuck27 · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 5:39 pm Post subject:

Good idea...I'll try that.

We also have some really noxious and toxic vulcanizing material at work that I might try. If it can fix rubber to steel so it never falls aapart, it might be worth a try.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 5:41 pm Post subject:

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:52 am Post subject:

Ok I got it fairly well set up and I even eyeballed a pretty good color balance. Faces are face color not purple anymore.

Onto the new problems:
Running off the HTPC with a new breakout cable. The beams are going crazy. Also I'm getting a dark horizontal line across the middle of the screen.
I'm thinking RGB input card maybe??

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:56 am Post subject:

Ok here's a better example of the dark line I'm getting.

stefuel · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 1:14 pm Post subject:

First I'd suspect the mechanical setup first as you say It runs to hot to close the cover. Are any of your electronic adjustments close to maxed out. The more you electronically compensate, the hotter it will run. Also there are two pots on the rear that allow you to adjust the height of the red and blue to the green so that less electronic adjustment is needed.

papalek · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 1536 Location: Longs SC

It looks as though you are shifted off the face of the tube.If I use to much phase and shift mine will do the same thing. That is the way it was the first time I set it up. Now that I have all the alignments right ,I don't have that problem anymore.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:19 pm Post subject:

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:21 pm Post subject:

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:21 pm Post subject:

Any ideas on the dark line guys?

tse · Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 1014 Location: Sweatbucket, Fl.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:57 am Post subject:

Well I went to do a new set up and about 2 minutes into it the tubes shut off. I thought maybe the HTPC is taking the day off. So I hooked up the Sony/Faruja line doubler with regular TV running into it. Hmm no picture.

Then I tired the test patterns. The 15Khz shakes a little the 32Khz is stable and the 64Khz jump all over the place. OoooooKay.

I thought lets try the HELP key. Viola the help menu came up no problem. I went into the section about inputs. Selected the RGBHV and ahhh ha! Picture. For about 2 minutes then it goes away again.

Also I tried the other part of the help section and it tells you how to get to the other test patterns. Acording to the remote I was on a different test pattern than the standard grid but nothing shows up.

Just a shot in the dark here, but I'd say this thing's screwed. lol

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:58 am Post subject:

tse · Joined: 03 May 2006 Posts: 1014 Location: Sweatbucket, Fl.

Entering 30 then code should return a diagnostic message.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:25 am Post subject:

Entering 30 Code it just says "OK" on ther remote.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:59 am Post subject:

OK a little update. I ran the whole setup again. It' looks much better the picture hasn't dissapeared. Still can't get a nice medium between brightness and black level. I'm just running a lline doubled signal into it right now.

I'll let you know how it is with the HTPC.

Thanks for all the sugestions.

Oh yea the black line is still there after I redid the setup.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:46 am Post subject:

Ok I made a new channel entry on Ch 2 for the HTPC. I synced the internal test pattern to the external sync comming from the PC. I did the whole set up. I went back to the desktop and then did a final tweak of the convergence. It looks nice.

However ( tell me you didn't see this comming ) there's a problem. The convergence holds for a few minutes, then drifts then the red and the blue will shake a little then drift back to alignment.

Strange behaviour.

I'm trying it out with the cover closed. (It shakes with it open and closed) I've got the settings closer to centred than to MAXed out. This should make it run cooler.

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:49 am Post subject:

Chuck27 · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:26 pm Post subject:

I've been told to check the capacitors when faced with drift over time, but that's all I know about it.

I would not know how to do this job myself and will probably have to ask / hire someone here to do mine.

Chuck

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 2:28 am Post subject: