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Title: Sanyo EZV 13" TV tube swap
Post by: kevinp on July 12, 2009, 01:16:52 am

Hello all,

I've acquired a Donkey Kong Jr. cocktail cabinet and the monitor works, aside from having major burn in on the tube.  I would like to do a tube swap with a TV.  I believe this is the EZV monitor like the bigger upright cabinet, but in a 13 or 14" size.  First off, what size is it actually--as I see both these numbers tossed around interchangably.

I could probably acquire a TV for next to nothing, should I be looking for a 14" Sanyo like this:

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/ele/1253032858.html

How difficult is this to do?  I've done cap kits and other work but have never transferred convergence rings and the like.

Thanks.

Title: Re: Sanyo EZV 13" TV tube swap
Post by: kevinp on July 12, 2009, 01:43:15 am

Correction,

This is a 19" Sharp XM1801N chassis, therefore I would need a 19" tube from a TV?  Anything to look for, should I stick with a Sharp TV, though I believe this tube is a Sanyo.

Title: Re: Sanyo EZV 13" TV tube swap
Post by: Kevin Mullins on July 12, 2009, 12:53:41 pm

What does the label say that is stuck to the back of the tube ?
Should be a long number of sorts, may start with a letter.

Don't worry so much about "brand"..... tube size and neck pinout is where it counts.

Title: Re: Sanyo EZV 13" TV tube swap
Post by: kevinp on July 13, 2009, 02:05:03 am

Hi,

The number on the tube is "SHARP 470NVB22"

Thanks

Title: Re: Sanyo EZV 13" TV tube swap
Post by: Kevin Mullins on July 13, 2009, 01:45:10 pm

Hmmm ..... that one may be a bit of an oddball to find an exact drop in replacement from a TV.

18"

Odd size, CR-31 neck pinout, 22.5mm neck

Title: Re: Sanyo EZV 13" TV tube swap
Post by: kevinp on July 13, 2009, 04:42:10 pm

Aarrghh.. of course it's oddball, it's Nintendo.  :(   :( :( :(

Any suggestions or am I just going to have to live with the burn-in?

Thanks............

Title: Re: Sanyo EZV 13" TV tube swap
Post by: Kevin Mullins on July 13, 2009, 05:08:54 pm

Quote from: kevinp on July 13, 2009, 04:42:10 pm

Aarrghh.. of course it's oddball, it's Nintendo.  :(   :( :( :(

If it were a 19" 20EZV or Sharp XM-2001N then it would be a common tube.  ;)

Quote from: kevinp on July 13, 2009, 04:42:10 pm

Any suggestions or am I just going to have to live with the burn-in?

I certainly wouldn't spend a whole lot of time searching for a tube unless you come across another 1801 that was dead or something.
How about using a piece of tinted plexi over it?