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muttley · Guest

hi there,

help please. powered up my seleco 150 old i know, but when on stand by and i press a chanel the fan comes on for i few seconds and gose off as dose the chanel.

cheers

muttley · Guest

think its time to bin it

HaydnG90 · Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 1356

I concur. Too many far better machines going begging to spend anymore time on that museum piece. Do yourself a favour and get a nice Barco 808 or Sony G70.

muttley · Guest

for free got young family so money hard

mc86 · Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:18 pm Post subject:

for 25 pounds and a little drive there is a barco 500 you could score. Not sure about the blue tube.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Barco-500-CRT-Projector-/140777707721?pt=UK_Computing_Sound_Vision_Projectors&hash=item20c70158c9

I have a complete set of SD187 tubes that are maybe 8 or 9 ratings you could have for free. I was about to post them on buy-sell for free-to-a-good-home - you could have them for the actual cost of shipping (maybe $US70?) that I *think* would work in the barco 500.

cheers,
Matt

jeffslife · Joined: 17 Apr 2010 Posts: 4190 Location: ohio usa

I think he wants your help. A new PJ may not be in the cards for him right now, I've been there.
Can anyone help him solve the current problem ?
I wish I could help him, I dont know enough to.
The thread is titled HELP not I might need a new PJ .
Anybody ?

**Curt Palme** · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:18 am Post subject:

Jeff, a Seleco 150 is impossible to troubleshoot via email. I don't know the set at all, not many were sold in North America. It's a video only 480i set. Unless he finds an identical set in the Uk, he's SOL on this one.

barclay66 · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:28 am Post subject:

Well,

I have copies of the schematics and several parts here. The problem is that the SVT150 is quite difficult to repair. Basically it's a chassis from a TV set modified for driving three instead of one tube. So it's as far away from the tidy construction of a Barco as it can be. Many boards and cabling stuffed into a box. Very difficult to even take measurements. Furthermore these sets are 15+ years old so that aging parts could cause any kinds of failures.
Sorry, but I don't think that Remote diagnosis and repair is possible in this case...

Regards,
barclay66

mc86 · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 2:42 am Post subject:

jeffslife · Joined: 17 Apr 2010 Posts: 4190 Location: ohio usa

I wasnt trying to guilt trip anyone. If the pj is probably not repairable, I get that,sounds like he does too. I just wasnt seeing the usual troubleshooting help that I am accustomed to here and I felt the need to point it out I guess.
Now i know why. As does he. It aint that no one wanted to help, it was that no one could help.
That wasnt clear to me before. It is now.

mc86 · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2012 3:28 am Post subject:

I'm with you, Jeff. Actually, given that we've all evolved/are made to depend on the nuances of vocal inflection, nuances of the eyes, posture, etc. it is a freaking miracle that communications on forums (that must rely on crappy typing alone) don't break-down a lot more often than they do! And that is to say nothing of the fact that people from 4 countries have been involved in this one thread alone... Wink

Best of luck to the OP!

Matt