Ok, thanks for the message. I have already returned TV to the customer. Gave her a discount on the repair and she is going to watch it the way it is until she can afford a new set. I invited her to come to my shop when she is shopping for a set. Gary Gary McCartney McCartney Electronics Guelph Ontario Canada Est. 1984 email: gary (at) number63.ca Rich M wrote: > > 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/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/