Check for open coils on the crt board.I know on some of these older mits direct view tv's they would get a open coil on the crt bd. good luck >From: Gary McCartney <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Mitsubishi TV CS2723R chas VM1-A-C23R -low contrast, poor color [UPDATE] >Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 23:07:38 -0400 > >Thanks for the tips. This CRT board desn't have an R680 and there is no >PIP module either. > >I think I have a bad CRT. Turning up the red drive brings in the missing >red from the image but it causes severe bleeding across the image on the >screen. Tried replacing the red CRT driver and some caps on the CRT >board to no avail. > > > > > > >Gary McCartney > >McCartney Electronics >Guelph Ontario Canada >Est. 1984 >email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > > >Gary McCartney wrote: >>Mitsubishi TV CS2723R chas VM1-A-C23R -low contrast, poor color >> >>This set came in with thin black lines across center of screen and the >>picture was jumping up and down. >> >>I have replaced about 22 caps in vertical, power supply, and jungle that >>show signs of leakage. >> >>Now I have a stable picture and CRT color temperature is not bad, but >>the contrast is low with sub-cont. pot adjusted to max. and the color is >>strange. It is like the red in the chroma is very weak. People's faces >>look pale blue or greenish. Going through the tint range does not >>correct it. >> >>Is this a matter of changing all the caps around the jungle IC? (I found >>2 that were noticably leaking) or is there a known fault other than that >>for these problems? >> >>Thanks for any help. > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- >This Email List is Public. 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 Public. 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/