If you have the Sencore CB tester/generator you can test the crystal. Russ Hoyt Hoyt's TV Exeter, NH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 11:30 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Hitachi part needed for model 31DX10B > I think if you have a crystal lying around for a number of years, there > is a chance of the aging causing the resonant frequency to drift off of > the original tolerance. Best to use a crystal manufactured recently. > > > > > Gary McCartney > > McCartney Electronics > Guelph Ontario Canada > Est. 1984 > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > > > Jim Myers wrote: > > I keep a couple of 3.58 crystals in my drawer and swap them out when I > > suspect a bad one. I find that a 3.58 crystal is a 3.58 crystal and one > > will work in any chassis. There may be exceptions but I haven't run into > > one yet. Also more often than not it is the jungle IC that is bad > > instead of the crystal. I'd be going back with a crystal, an IC and my > > scope if I were you. > > **************************************************************************** *************************************** > > Since 1972 > > Jim Myers > > Telrad Electronics > > Fort Wayne, Indiana > > > > > > Gemini Computer & TV wrote: > > > >>I have a Hitachi 31DX10B that has no color and it appears as though X501 > >>(3.58Mhz crystal) may be the culprit. The Hitachi part # is 2791505 and it > >>is NLA. Does anyone have one on their shelf? If not, do you think I can get > >>away with using something else? I have been down this road before with other > >>sets in the past and had to use the OEM crystal to restore my chroma. The > >>set is at the customer's home and I did not have a scope with me during the > >>service call. I am not going back unarmed. > >> > >>Bob Waterman, CET® #RI-28 > >>Master Technician License #9109 > >>Service Manager / Parts Manager > >>Gemini Computer, TV, & Security Alarms > >>(508)695-7302 > >>(508)695-7769 FAX > >>geminitv@xxxxxxxxxxx > >>geminitv@xxxxxxx > >>www.geminicomputertvsecurityalarms.com > >> > >> > >> > >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > >>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/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/