Yes John sorry for the later reply. I would go to the site that Leonard suggested. You can but it $35 and it's done. I don't want to offend any one but have tried building other programmers ,in the end could not believe the time I wasted . If you didn't see Leonard's post and are interested I will forward his email. Bruce. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John @ Myers TV " <myers_tv_b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 9:32 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: EEPROM programmer > Hi Bruce, > > I was thinking of the name Pony, but I wasn't sure if it was a brand > name, or not. I'm probably going to use it on just 8 pin dips, so I'll > start looking for the pony programmer. > I also have the CC, and I've also learned to take its advice with a > grain of salt. > > Thanks, > > John Myers > Myers TV Service Co. > 376 E. State St. > Alliance, OH 44601 > > Voice / Fax: 330-821-6545 > Myers_tv_b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.myerstv.net > > Work as if you were to live a hundred years, > Pray as if you were to die tomorrow. > Ben Franklin > > > > > Bruce Tiedeman wrote: > >>John , I have a CC that is 3 years old and a cheap little Pony style >>programmer. I have fixed difficult problems with my CC. On the other hand >>it >>cost me a lot of wasted time. I had a RCA 35" TV with a Gemstar module and >>every thing pointed to the EPROM. I used the CC to check and reset the >>EPROM >>to factory setting which it did and confirmed EPROM OK.. I still had the >>problem. After spending a lot of time checking other things I took apart >>another set (RCA 27'") with a Gemstar module and copied the EPROM data >>with >>my cheap little unit and then wrote the data to the problem set . This >>fixed >>the set. I just had to go into the service mode and set up the vertical >>and >>horiz scan for the new eprom. >>"The original problem if I can remember was the set would stay on one >>channel after running the auto programming and the picture was off >>frequency >>like a AFT problem." >>I still don't have confidence in my CC but the little Pony unit always >>works >>good on the 8 pin EPROM's and many Techs on our list have the EPROM data >>for >>different sets they will share.. The Pony unit will do most any 8 pin >>EPROM >>unlike the RCA CC (Chipper Check) unit. >> >>Bruce >> >>B&T Electronics >>139 Margaret St >>Sarnia Ontario >>Canada >>N7T 2Y3 >>519 344 1850 >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "John @ Myers TV" <myers_tv_b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 3:27 PM >>Subject: [TechAssist] EEPROM programmer >> >> >> >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>I remember reading a post, maybe a year ago about EEPROM programmers. I >>>didn't buy one then, but I'm ready to spend the bucks now. >>>Is there a programmer that you like, or would reccomend? I'm planning to >>>use >>>it on the 8 pin dips from the RCA's and the Magnavoxes. >>> >>>Thanks, >>> >>>John Myers >>>Myers TV Service Co. >>>376 E. State St. >>>Alliance, OH 44601 >>> >>>Voice / Fax: 330-821-6545 >>>Myers_tv_b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>http://www.myerstv.net >>> >>>Work as if you were to live a hundred years, >>>Pray as if you were to die tomorrow. >>> Ben Franklin >>> >>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm >>>Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >>>Appliance Repair List: >>>http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/chatjoin.htm#app >>>Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm >>Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >>Appliance Repair List: >>http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/chatjoin.htm#app >>Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ >> >> >> >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Appliance Repair List: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/chatjoin.htm#app > Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is Public. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Appliance Repair List: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/chatjoin.htm#app Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/