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Ken Layton:


--- Quote from: tophatne1 on February 27, 2008, 10:34:28 pm ---thanks for the info.

Bad news though. The monitor was just hooked up and tested and it only displays a white screen. The guy says it's looks like a potentiometer on the remote board for the monitor has broken. He claims it's an easy fix. Is it?

If so should I even bother. Unfortunately monitors never come up for sale around these parts. I really want it but at this point I'm thinking it might be to be big of a deal for someone who has never worked on monitors.

I do know some who's been repairing tv and monitors for 30 years. I might be able to get his help.

check it out.

http://lh3.google.com/jnyiri/R8YQaB2oC5I/AAAAAAAABew/hRUFMhqm1Po/DSC02847.jpg

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Yes it's an easy and cheap fix. Bob Roberts sells a replacement pot kit for the k7000 series remote boards.

johnnya:

You could have just checked out my selling thread on here, haha. I'm "the guy."


--- Quote from: tophatne1 on February 27, 2008, 10:34:28 pm ---thanks for the info.

Bad news though. The monitor was just hooked up and tested and it only displays a white screen. The guy says it's looks like a potentiometer on the remote board for the monitor has broken. He claims it's an easy fix. Is it?

If so should I even bother. Unfortunately monitors never come up for sale around these parts. I really want it but at this point I'm thinking it might be to be big of a deal for someone who has never worked on monitors.

I do know some who's been repairing tv and monitors for 30 years. I might be able to get his help.

check it out.

http://lh3.google.com/jnyiri/R8YQaB2oC5I/AAAAAAAABew/hRUFMhqm1Po/DSC02847.jpg

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urbecrisch:


--- Quote from: pincky on February 26, 2008, 11:34:21 pm ---Did you do that yourself i need to do the same for mine

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Unfortunately not cause I was very new to the hobby last year when I needed it fixed.  I sent it off to a very reputable guy who replaced the flyback and capped it for me.  Price was reasonable and I'm very happy with the results.  At the next arcade auction in my area I'm thinking of getting a few machines with bad monitors and try capping a few for practice.  The scariest thing I had to do so far was discharge my monitor, but both times I did it everything was fine.  Just had some buckling of the kneecaps for a few seconds :)  Here's Chad's website for more info. Great guy and encourages you to call instaed of relying on email.  I talk to when I see him at my local auctions.  Good luck.
http://www.arcadecup.com/

tophatne1:


--- Quote from: johnnya on February 28, 2008, 11:29:05 am ---You could have just checked out my selling thread on here, haha. I'm "the guy."


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Nice! I suspected that you were on one of these message boards somewhere once I saw your last email with your list. I missed the listing on the sellers page.

I haven't had much time today to check into everything. I looked at it for a minute but it was to much for me to process while I was at work.

I'll get back to you soon.

tophatne1:

This is pretty cool!


--- Quote from: Zebidee on February 28, 2008, 02:24:47 am ---If it is so easy to fix, then let the seller fix it first.

The easiest way for you to get a good arcade monitor, *with technical support from the seller*, is this:

Buy an old TV - it doesn't matter much what type/model/inputs, just try to get a good quality (branded) TV.  The TV doesn't even have to work!  It can be a dead TV, so long as the screen is still good.  If you do get to look at the TV turned on, choose one with a clear picture (especially towards the corners).

De-case the TV, and test the horizontal and vertical yoke impedances using a digital multimeter on ohms setting.  Here are a couple of sites with more info on how to do this:

http://www.8liners.com/datatech/monitor.html
http://www.jomac.net.au/parts.htm

After doing that, contact Joey at http://www.jomac.net.au/parts.htm, and tell him what these impedance values are, the number of pins on the neck, and the screen size.  Then (after you pay him), he'll then send you an arcade monitor chassis, ready to hook up to your TV tube.

If you get lost along the way somehow, Joey can help you get it going well.  Don't worry about him being in Australia, because international freight & communication is really cheap & quick these days.

I've built countless arcade cabs, and this is simply the cheapest, best and least-fuss way to get a good quality arcade monitor.



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