Photoplay 2000, Tatung monitor Help needed

[BMW Z1]

Hi, has anybody seen one of these? All I know is has Tatung T-009 on the board, but I can not find any info anywhere on the Web, let alone a cct diagram to try and repair it. I have no picture at all it was in a Photoplay 2000 touch screen quiz machine and is a SVGA monotor. Any ideas? Cheers in advance.

[Ken Layton]

Looks like a Tatung model VS-14428 (also known as VT-1440S and Merit Type 66) with the main board mounted in that metal box.

Suggest contacting www.tatungusa.com for more information. They no longer show any CRT monitors on their website, but they still service (and have parts/manuals for) their older products.

Merit Industries (now known as Merit Games) has some free schematics on their tech support section under the FAQ's and tech info.

[grantspain]

yeah,i got a few of these in photo plays-a right shite monitor
whats the problem with yours?

[BMW Z1]

Hi again grantspain,

Mine is dead, no picture at all, im just about to add more pictures to see if anybody can tell me what model it is, or a possible cure.



Hi Ken, Thanks for reply. This model seem different to my model

[grantspain]

i can check mine tomorrow for the exact model no.
i have had some right awkward problems with these-capacitors/flyback/h.d.t/lm1203 on the neck card and some i don't remember at present

[Ken Layton]

I would suggest you email pictures of your monitor to www.tatungusa.com

[BMW Z1]

Thanks Grantspain.

Ken, I have just sent pic's to Tatung. Thanks guys.

PS: just managed to get hold of all the manuals for the machine, but cct diagram still has no mention of model and it's not very readable. Also is there any way of testing the HT transformer? as there is no HV going to the tube.



http://www.gizmosltd.co.uk/scan.jpg for bigger image

It could possibly be a 794V as shown on this site, or a VT1440S as mentioned by Ken:

http://www.medi-gmbh.com/chassis/tatung.htm

[BMW Z1]

It's a shame bonfire night has just passed, as the Photoplay would be going on top of it! lol.

I have decided not to spend any more time and effort on this hunk of crap and just managed to purchase a slightly faulty JPM Who wants to be a millionaire machine (pictured below), with The Weakest Link and other games for bargain price of £32.



Not sure if it’s worth trying to convert the PP2000 into a Mame machine or just Ebay it for the price of 2-3 boxes of cigs.