I'm surprised no one thought of this earlier but Damon could be right, leave the ant/cable disconnected and go into service menu, (press/hold MENU while pressing POWER then VOLUME UP) then if you can read the numbers press volume up till the VXX gets to 76 (if you can't read the numbers just hit the volume up 76 times) then hit channel up one time, the VXX number should be 10, 11 or 12 or close to that, if not use volume up and/or down to "make it so" as the captain says. Then just hit the power switch and it's fixed! ?? ******************************************************************************************************************* Since 1972 Jim Myers Telrad Electronics Fort Wayne, Indiana Damon wrote: > Man...short of the collapse....that almost sounds like your horiz oscillator > is cranked up way too high.....did you check the horiz freq and width > settings in your EEprom?? You can do it without the antenna > connected.....but you'll be flying blind... > > Damon Brunger > Telrad Electronic Services > Ft Wayne, IN 46815 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Woodward" <thomas.woodward@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 10:12 AM > Subject: [TechAssist] 2nd try Ctc177 horizontal Collapses when ant is > connected > > > | I have a ctc 177 that will start to Collapse as soon as an antenna is > | hooked up > | Then it goes into shutdown > | > | Have replaced > | stk 730- regulator > | Cr4403 C4403 > | and numerous caps > | > | Also I can't get on to Rca's site > | Thanks > | Tom > | > | -- > | Thomas S. Woodward > | Multimedia Networks Manager > | Master tech 09165 > | > | Simmons College > | 300 The Fenway > | Boston Ma. 02115 > | 617-521-2764 > | 617-893-9226 (Cell) > | mailto:woodwart@xxxxxxxxxxx > | > | > | > | > | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > | Lost Password: > | http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > | Email Archives: > | //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > | > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/