In a message dated 12/11/02 5:23:27 AM Pacific Standard Time, peggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > > The 2 leads going to the CRT Socket are H and V Focus,I > ass-ume.I think this is called Dual Focus,but I could be wrong. > Anyway,does your monitor look fine when you turn it off > and right back on(after the poor focus has appeared of course) ??? > > Peggs > sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. i know that i can always refocus it using the two controls on the focus block. there seems to be two discrete focus states for my monitor.for instance I'll turn on the monitor and if it comes on out of focus i will measure the focus voltages, the v will be 5.3kv the h will be 4.8kv.then i will adj. both controls to acheive good focus and, when i measure the voltages again the v is 4.1kv and the v will be 3.6 kV pix looks good. 15 min later I'll look around and the pix will be out of focus again. measure voltage to find v still 4.1 kV h still 3.6kv. refocus it for good pix measure voltage v 5.3kv h4.8kv.the monitor i have doesn't seem to care if its cold or warm it randomly toggles between two focus states. ------------------------------------------ Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html