If that is not a RCA chassis, I had one that there were open resistors on the CRT board. Can't remember the model # but it wasn't RCA chassis. My problem was green screen. Al Marquardt ampm@xxxxxxx Al Marquardt Electronic Repair 206 W Main Girardville Pa. 17935 ----- Original Message ----- From: "R&S Electronics" <rsteph44@xxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 11:47 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: RCA, G34170AT, CTC172AT, blue picture > Daryl: > I have the microfiche for the CTC172 if you can use > it I will send it to you. > Robert Stephens > R&S Electronics > 1231 S. Eddy > Pecos,Texas > 79772 > rsteph44@xxxxxxxxx > --- D Thunhurst <dthunhurst@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a 34" RCA cinema screen, model G34170AT, > > using CTC172AT chassis (I > > haven't seen this type of set or chassis before) > > uses crt # W86EDV083X071. > > This set was diagnosed by another shop as having a > > bad crt. After close > > inspection, I found the tube to be very good. The > > symptoms are: blue > > picture, very little red and green. It has a slight > > dark smear trailing to > > the right of the images with some white trailing on > > bright scenes. Red and > > green screens are at max and the blue is at minimum. > > The collector voltage > > is a bit low on the blue driver as compared to the > > red and green. The > > collector voltages on the red is 203v. and the green > > is 199v. and blue is > > 159v. I checked all components on the crt board and > > the buffer transistors > > before the crt board. I replaced U2901, RGB matrix > > IC. No help there. I > > don't have a schematic on this and Sams doesn't even > > list one available. > > U2901 is a Toshiba IC part number TA7730P (RCA > > 214701) and I haven't found > > any information on this chip. It only took about a > > year and half to get this > > IC. The customer as well as myself had given up > > getting this IC and I ended > > up with this dog. > > Can anyone help on this unusual set or offer some > > advice as to whether I am > > wasting my time and need to look elsewhere? > > Sure could use a scan of the RGB and video circuits. > > Thanks, > > Daryl > > Daryl's TV > > 3310 Dyer St. > > El Paso, TX 79930 > > 915-565-9184 > > 915-564-1024 Fax > > dthunhurst@xxxxxxx > > http://dynacomp.freeyellow.com > > > > > > > **************************************************************************** * > > Lost Password: > > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login > > Problems?". > > Email Archives: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > http://companion.yahoo.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/