Cap kit or something else?

[angus66]

Just bought a Buck hunter 2 that was thought to be DOA but it turns out it was just stored in a garage and once I got it in my house and warm it fired up. My friend and I went online and figured out how to calibrate the gun and noticed that ajusting the knobs on the "remote" panel on the back made the screen work better with the gun. At first the gun wouldn't calibrate - after some tweeking worked better. Monitor and gun are pretty good now. But noticed that smaller fonts are really fuzzy. The in-game fonts are fine but the setup menus and startup tests are almost unreadable. Is there an adjustment for this? I see there are a collection of knobs right at the back of the monitor, atop the panel where the caps are? What do these knobs do and should I touch them without discharging the monitor? Or is this a symptom that I need a cap kit installed? The game board is from 2003 but the unit itself looks retrofitted to Buck Hunter 2 - so the monitor is possibly older. My intent is to restore and slightly retro-mod the unit visually as the retro-fit was a hack job.

[lilshawn]

A cap kit may help, but without actually seeing what this issue is, it's hard to tell. If you could post a few pictures of the issue as well as the boards on the monitor, it would help immensely.

older monitors typically have to have the contrast turned down or the colors bleed right out. or...your screen voltage may be out of whack.

[angus66]

It's a 2003 Makvision 2425 - any help would be appreciated

[grantspain]

just looks a little out of focus to me,you will find the focus control on the flyback transformer-it may have 1 or 2 focus controls depending on the type of crt

[lilshawn]

your screen control on the big black "flyback" transformer is set up too high. it's on the main board near the great big heatsink... Turn it down till the black is black, not gray...

the other control on the flyback is focus. turn it one way, then the other it will fuzz up, get better, then fuzz up again. Adjust it to the middle where it's sharpest..

[ed12]

ya thats in :over-drive:

ed

[angus66]

Is it this area your referring to as the fly back?

[ed12]

no that is is the screen drive board
the flyback is black to your right on the chassic...
u will see 2 controls
1=foucs
1=screen
adjust there

ed

[angus66]

After doing some research I believe this is where you guys are talking about. Looks like there is a sealant on them. A) does the sealant indicate this are adjusted to what they need to be and the issue is somewhere else?
B) is it safe to adjust these with the monitor on? Or does it need to be in unplugged and / or discharged?

[ed12]

no u do it with a screen,
ie a game in control mode,like your your test mode
about that simple..

ed

[angus66]

Thanks guys got her tight. It's a bit of an art to get her focus and keeping a brightness and contrast that will work with the light gun.

[grantspain]

yes you find the contrast and brightness with these raw thrills games needs to be high or the guns are not sensitive enough
from an operational point of view there is no concern in the test menu looking a bit out of focus