Thanks group! Finally received CATV Tuner IC (CXA1695), installed it and right away noticed a difference. The "snowy" raster looked brighter then before. Autoprogrammed perfect, no problems except the vertical has shifted UP a bit and the colors need tweeking. I lost my old notes on accessing the setup menu, I would appreciate the help particularly information on vertical and color. Thanks. This one is almost out the door. David -----Original Message----- From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of David Lessard Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 12:35 AM To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: GE 27GT614JX1 Chassis CTC177BE Using a RCA remote, I was not able to make the TV work with a composite video feed via the (yellow) input jack on the back. Just snow. I can trace the signal from the input jack to the T-Chip, pin #64 if I remember correctly. Recently I received a CTC177 training manual and symptoms list, I am going through it now. Does anyone have any other thoughts of this problem? A schematic would really help. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Electric Medic Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 11:33 PM To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: GE 27GT614JX1 Chassis CTC177BE I don't know about selecting 00 or 90 or 91 on that set, I am sure it will work, but.... I would just use a remote and select the "Input" button. Make sure you are selecting the "INPUTS". You need to confirm this most important fact. If it does work on inputs using the input button on any RCA remote then probably U7401 Inside Tuner is bad. If not, I have seen the Varactor Tuning Diodes bad. There is a kit for those diodes, pretty common, maybe someone on here has the part number. 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I tried a direct composite feed via input jacks, still nothing, I believe the input channel for this is 90 or is it 91, regardless I tried both, no video via RCA inputs. BTW, there is only a 1.9Vpp horizontal pulse present at pin#38 of the micro. How does this pulse get here, what could be attenuating it by .5 volts. Does anyone have a schematic or a partial scan? I wish I had more experience with RCA's :-) Someone else suggested this problem might be with the tuner control IC because the micro is responding to front panel buttons, does the autoprogram thing when asked, OSG is working, but no channels. Or maybe the tuner IC is defective. Any other thoughts RCA veterans. Thanks, David Lessard Alexandria Electronics Alexandria, Ontario mrfixit@xxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Wayne Vanaman Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 9:25 AM To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: GE 27GT614JX1 Chassis CTC177BE OK David, I am confused. What is the set doing? Do you get any channels, cable or air? Does this model have AV inputs? Do they work? Wayne Vanaman Omega Electronics 6904 W Fairfield Dr Pensacola, Fl. 32506-3310 Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx WWW.PensacolaTVRepair.Com 850-456-5995 voice 850-458-6369 fax ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lessard" <mrfixit@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 2:25 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: GE 27GT614JX1 Chassis CTC177BE > > Al, I forgot to mention the screen looks unusually dark. Onscreen menu > graphics is OK, just the background image is dark, its just snow right now, > but yeah, its dark. I turned screen level on flyback but this adds too much > contrast to onscreen menu graphics. Any thoughts Sir? > > David Lessard > mrfixit@xxxxxxxxxxx > (613)525-4502 > > -----Original Message----- > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of al m > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 3:14 PM > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: GE 27GT614JX1 Chassis CTC177BE > > > > David I've seen this before and it ended up being C3301. Pin 63 of T chip is > where it comes out of, I have Q3301 for sync amp, 5.5V =B, 5V=E, > 8.5=C.Check pin 38 on micro for pulse, the one I had wasn't shaped right > and the amplitude was low. Manual calls for 2.4V. > al marquardt > ampm@xxxxxxx > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Lessard" <mrfixit@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 2:45 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: GE 27GT614JX1 Chassis CTC177BE > > > > > > Wayne: > > > > Thanks, your reply was very thorough, I love learning new stuff! You > > described exactly what is going on with this TV, in that it searches cable > > channels (14 - 125), finds nothing, then searches air channels (14 - 69), > > finds nothing, then sits there at channel 3. Either the tuner is not > working > > or the values aren't being stored. The scan time per channel is about > 500ms, > > so I would assume the problem is not with the tuner. The horizontal sync > > pulses start from where? The tuner, sync seperation circuit, to which pin > on > > the micro? I will look at Q3305 buffer, what voltage values should I > expect > > to see here? Any other thoughts on this? > > > > Thanks. > > > > David Lessard > > Alexandria Electronics > > mrfixit@xxxxxxxxxxx > > (613)525-4502 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Wayne Vanaman > > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 2:28 PM > > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: GE 27GT614JX1 Chassis CTC177BE > > > > > > > > David: > > > > The Thomson/RCA products in general start autoprograming at channel 14 to > > determine if they are connected to cable. Although some will go all the > way > > to 125 some will only go into the 30s or so. (They have been doing this > > since about the ctc13x line) If no channels have been found by then they > go > > back to ch2 and in the Air position. Normal operation would be, then, > > 14-125, 2-13, retune the last channel the set was on. In the "air" mode, > > 14-something, then 2-69, retune the last channel. > > > > This way they don't need to be told Air or Cable. > > > > The channel is determined to be there if the horizontal sync pulse reaches > > the microprocessor. Unlike many other brands that look for the 3.58Mhz > > burst. This way if the Horizontal sync pulse has been suppressed, as in > > cable company premium channels, the channel is determined to not be there, > > and is not stored in the scan list. Who wants to watch that anyway? > > > > A key here is that the sync pulse must reach the micro. If the product is > > autoprogramed and the sync pulse does not reach the micro, or the micro is > > defective, the set will default to the Air position with NO channels > stored > > in memory. The set will tune the channels if entered from a remote > control. > > The set can be put into the cable mode and the cable channels then direct > > entered. Here is another clue: If the tuning is Slow (most Thomson > > products will tune in the 200-400mS time frame), that is, it takes a > second > > or so to tune, then the sync pulse is not reaching the micro. The most > > common cause of this is the failure of SMD Q3305. > > > > In your specific case, what is the problem. > > > > > > Wayne Vanaman > > Omega Electronics > > 6904 W Fairfield Dr > > Pensacola, Fl. 32506-3310 > > > > Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > WWW.PensacolaTVRepair.Com > > > > 850-456-5995 voice > > 850-458-6369 fax > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Lessard" <mrfixit@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 1:02 PM > > Subject: [TechAssist] GE 27GT614JX1 Chassis CTC177BE > > > > > > > > > > Hi Techs, > > > > > > Haven't worked on a lot of these, tuner doesn't seem to function > properly. > > > When autoprogramming, channels 2 - 13 are skipped, it starts scanning at > > > channel 14 up to 125. Audio is good. I can see the tuner was reworked > > > (famous tuner shield problem). Is the problem likely the tuner control > > IC?. > > > I have no information on this chassis. 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