Pip failure would not affect OSD. ========================== Jeff Stielau Shoreline Electronics Repair 344 East Main Street Clinton,CT 06413 860-399-1861 860-664-3535 (fax) jstielau@xxxxxxxx ======================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rochester TV" <rochester.tv@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 2:03 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Mitsubishi VS45501, chassis VZ4, dim picture. > You have to bypass the pip module, just not remove it.There are a few > capacitor's that couple the lumanance and chromance signals. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Mielke" <maintv2004@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 11:40 AM > Subject: [TechAssist] Mitsubishi VS45501, chassis VZ4, dim picture. > > >>I have a Mitsubishi VS45501, chassis VZ4 made in 1997 that has a dim >>picture >> that is too bright. It does not have retrace and does not shutdown. The >> customer said the problem started gradually. I have replaced IC200 >> (CXA2095S) per winstips and checked all the electrolytics and transistors >> around that IC. The brightness and contrast controls change the OSD bars >> but there is no change in the picture. Color and tint controls work >> normally. I removed the PIP module and the picture is still bright, of >> course with no video, and the OSD is still dim. Has anyone seen this >> before? TIA, John. >> John Mielke >> Main TV >> 636 Main St >> Longmont, Co 80501 >> 303 776 6955 >> 303 776 0792 fax >> www.longmontmaintv.com >> maintv2004@xxxxxxxxxxx >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This Email List is accessible to the general public through search >> engines. 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 accessible to the general public through search > engines. 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 accessible to the general public through search engines. 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/