My Issue 2 continuing problems and Issue 6s fixed
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Re: My Series 2 Died (but now resurrected)
This is what I get on the big TV
So pretty much the same, without the glitching. Looks like the old caravan TV has a problem with it's RF input ...
So pretty much the same, without the glitching. Looks like the old caravan TV has a problem with it's RF input ...
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Re: My Series 2 Died (but now resurrected)
Well, it’s at least six colours
I may have asked this before, so forgive me, what test gear do you have? Do you have, or have access to a ‘scope?
What voltage do you get on ULA pins 15 and 16 with a white screen (border and text area white)?
What voltage do you get on pins 2 and 4 of IC14 (LM1889)?
Also confirm the DC voltages on pins 14, 15, 16, 12 and 3.
I presume IC14 is soldered in place rather than in a socket?
Mark

I may have asked this before, so forgive me, what test gear do you have? Do you have, or have access to a ‘scope?
What voltage do you get on ULA pins 15 and 16 with a white screen (border and text area white)?
What voltage do you get on pins 2 and 4 of IC14 (LM1889)?
Also confirm the DC voltages on pins 14, 15, 16, 12 and 3.
I presume IC14 is soldered in place rather than in a socket?
Mark
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Re: My Series 2 Died (but now resurrected)
Best I can get with this Comp mod pcb
is this
turning the vr1 trimmer goes from yellow tinge (PAL) to blue (SECAM)
Can't get white
is this
turning the vr1 trimmer goes from yellow tinge (PAL) to blue (SECAM)
Can't get white
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Re: My Series 2 Died (but now resurrected)
VR1 and VR2 kinda interact with one another.
Mark
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Re: My Series 2 Died (but now resurrected)
I don't have a scope but can get the voltages, LM1889 is soldered
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Re: My Series 2 Died (but now resurrected)
1024MAK wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 2:35 pm
What voltage do you get on ULA pins 15 and 16 with a white screen (border and text area white)? 1.8v, 1.68v
What voltage do you get on pins 2 and 4 of IC14 (LM1889)? 5v, 4v
Also confirm the DC voltages on pins 14, 15, 16, 12 and 3. 11v, 11v, 11v, 11v, 4.4v
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Re: My Series 2 Died (but now resurrected)
would it be worth swapping out c65?
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Re: My Series 2 Died (but now resurrected)
It’s unlikely that it would have degraded so badly that it would cause this. But yes, you could try.
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Re: My Series 2 Died (but now resurrected)
are the voltages OK?
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Re: My Series 2 Died (but now resurrected)
I’ll be busy until this evening, sorry.
But at a glance, no.
Mark
But at a glance, no.
Mark
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