[TechAssist] Re: Question on RCA Chipper-Checker-needed?
- From: "Bill S" <billans@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 19:49:58 -0700
How much are these checkers selling for???
Bill Sorensen
New Life Video & Audio
billans@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: "Jerry" <geiting@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 3:58 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Question on RCA Chipper-Checker-needed?
>
> Thomson (RCA) has forced this issue. If your an authorized servicer,
> you have to have it. If you are going to work on any current Thomson TV
> product, you can't do chassis alignments without it. All of the newer
> chassis (ctc195,197,203,211, the MM, MMC & DTV series) have only a limited
> service menu, which will allow basic adjustments only from the front panel
> (basic geometry and gray scale), you need chipper check to do the rest.
> For those of you who aren't familiar with chipper check, it consists
of
> an interface box which connects to the parallel (printer) port on your pc
> and to the tv chassis. It also electrically isolates this connection to
> protect both the pc and the tv. There is also the software program to go
> with this which allows you to perform all chassis alignments, reinitialize
> the chassis eeproms, retrieve error codes the tv has stored, save the
EEPROM
> information to a file and restore it to the EEPROM and retrieve warranty
> clock information for warranty claims (when the set was first used and how
> many hours of play time have been accumulated).
> It also has limited abilities on the ctc177 series chassis to save,
> restore and reinitialize the EEPROMS. Because of this, I haven't had to
by
> an EEPROM for one of these chassis since about 1987! That in itself has
> made in worth the price to me.
>
> Jerry Eiting geiting@xxxxxxxxxx
> Christians Electronic Service
> Piqua, Ohio
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Garris" <dgarris@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 5:27 PM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Question on RCA Chipper-Checker-needed?
>
>
> |
> | I asked this similar question not long ago and received a few replies
> | however I still have not made a purchase yet. I will also be looking at
> the
> | replies to this post as I'm sure others will.
> |
> | Garris TV
> | Dan Garris
> | 3104 Neuse Blvd.
> | New Bern, NC 28560
> | 252-638-4477
> | dgarris@xxxxxxxxxxx
> |
> |
> |
> | >From: maintv <maintv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> | >Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | >To: techassist <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> | >Subject: [TechAssist] Question on RCA Chipper-Checker-needed?
> | >Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 10:41:30 -0600
> | >
> | >
> | >We see lots of talk on the RCA Chipper-Checker in TV service work.
Just
> | >would like to know what others think
> | >of this, does it do anything to make it worth buying? We have an
> | >EPROM burner now that works ok--could have more features.
> | >Someone told us that the newer RCAs need the chipper-checker to get
into
> | >internal menu stuff.
> | >
> | >Hugh
> | >Main TV
> | >
> | >
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