Hi Gary, Just replaced the EEPROM.The clock dies after a short time,so I ordered a crystal,the T chip, and the micro,also upped the price. Hows the married guy? Nice huh? Leaving for Florida in a coupla weeks,will report back.Judy and I are going to the Keys first,then the convention.See ya. Al Leatherman 224 RT. 46 Mine Hill, NJ 07803 973-361-5796 WWW.ALS-TV.NET ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 8:59 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fw: RCA CTC 187 menu disappears,volume works > Al, I had one like that and it was a corrupted byte in the eeprom. > > > > > Gary McCartney > > McCartney Electronics > Guelph Ontario Canada > Est. 1984 > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > > > Al L wrote: >> PM >> Subject: [TechAssist] RCA CTC 187 menu disappears,volume works >> >> >> >>>I need to know if the micro and the T chip have their own separate clocks >>>or >>>do they share one.. >>> The remote and infra red pick up produce pulses at the input of >>>micro,but when locked up,there seem to be no pulses on the clock pins of >>>the >>>T chip,or micro.If I float the micro should I have clock pulses on one >>>chip, >>>the good one? >>> The buttons on front fire up the set,do volume,and produce the >>>menu.About >>>the time I get to auto program,the menu disappears, and I am stuck with >>>one >>>channel.Sometimes it turns off. >>> Any ideas,or does someone have an old training manual for this set?TIA. >>> >>>Al Leatherman >>>224 RT. 46 >>>Mine Hill, NJ 07803 >>>973-361-5796 >>>WWW.ALS-TV.NET >>> >>> >>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm >>>Set Vacation >>>mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation >>>Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >>>Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >>> >> >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm >> Set Vacation >> mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation >> Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >> Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Set Vacation > mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/