[TechAssist] Re: The continuing saga of Thomson ATC311 chassis and Chipper Check.

  • From: "Phillip R. Hull" <phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 12:49:27 -0400

Take a HV splitter with you.

Phillip R. Hull    STET
phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
FAX  517-569-2242
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Damon" <DAMON101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Damon Brunger" <damon101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 9:49 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: The continuing saga of Thomson ATC311 chassis and
Chipper Check.


> UH OH....Looks like Jim Myers might get a shot at this too.
>
>     We've got R14705 at the very back of the Deflection board that toasted
a
> hole in the board. Also the possibility of having to adjust
> geometry....which I hope is accessable thru the front keyboard WITHOUT
> Chipper Check.......Probably not!
>
>   And me with Win 95, wondering if CC Ver 1.8 is installed, or even if it
IS
> installable on that platform. Oh boy! Plug it in, wait 15 minutes for it
to
> come up.....
>
> Now I've got to look over that ATC311 info a little more closely, I knew
it
> was coming.....
>
> Any suggestions, like "Don't work on it!" would be appreciated before I
> drive 45 miles back, with a Brand NEW Board.....
>
> Damon Brunger
> Telrad Electronic Services
> Ft Wayne, IN 46815
>
> Jim, remember writing this?
>
> > > > Wish I had a few ATC311 chassis to work on,
> > > looks like I'm missing all the
> > > > fun! Is there some reason you can't just swap
> > > the EEPROM from the original
> > > > board to the new board to solve the geometry
> > > and convergence problems?
> > > >
> > >
> > **************************************************
> > > > Jim Myers
> > > > Since 1972
> > > > Telrad Electronic Services Co.
> > > > Fort Wayne, IN 46815
> > > >
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "walter wood" <wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 11:15 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: The continuing saga of Thomson ATC311 chassis
and
> Chipper Check.
>
>
> > Perry, please let me know how you come out on this.
> > I STILL have NOT resolved all the issues with mine.
> > There is a bulletin out on the splitter, It's
> > supposed to be replaced no matter what the set is
> > in for.
> > I don't know if the fly could take out the
> > splitter, I doubt it, but it is a moot point
> > anyway.
> > Thanks
> > Walter@Future Tech
> > --- Electric Medic <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Friends;
> > >
> > > I just got one of these monsters in. The flyback
> > > has a huge hole burned in
> > > it. The set is under warranty, I was just
> > > wondering if I might need the
> > > splitter too. I ordered the whole deflection
> > > board, thank goodness TCE lets
> > > you replace it under warranty. Have any of you
> > > seen the splitter cause
> > > flyback problems. I have yet to see the splitter
> > > bad on one of these,
> > > however we have only had a couple of them in so
> > > far. Will the PTK195
> > > splitter work, I have tons of them from field
> > > scrapped units. I forgot to
> > > compare them at work today. Thanks.
> > >
> > > Perry Bower,  (EHEER) Electronic Home
> > > Entertainment Equipment Repairer
> > > Electric Medic
> > > "It's Cheaper to Keep Her"
> > > http://www.electricmedic.com
> > > Free Electronic Screensaver:
> > >
> > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: The continuing saga of
> > > Thomson ATC311 chassis
> > > and Chipper Check.
> > >
> > >
> > > The way this set is made it could take all day to
> > > find just one of the
> > > eeproms.(Projection)   I think we are all going
> > > to hate this TV esp. if you
> > > have to service anything around the picture tubes
> > > because you have to take
> > > out all three at once to get to one tube, anode
> > > wire , yoke, leaky
> > > fluid.etc.  This chassis could lose RCA alot of
> > > money,  I have aready had
> > > one leaky( fluid) tube, and all the HV splitters
> > > need to be replaced,  So
> > > far I hate this set.
> > > Phillip R Hull     STET
> > >
> > > > Wish I had a few ATC311 chassis to work on,
> > > looks like I'm missing all the
> > > > fun! Is there some reason you can't just swap
> > > the EEPROM from the original
> > > > board to the new board to solve the geometry
> > > and convergence problems?
> > > >
> > >
> > **************************************************
> > > > Jim Myers
> > > > Since 1972
> > > > Telrad Electronic Services Co.
> > > > Fort Wayne, IN 46815
> > > >
> > > *************************************************
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "walter wood" <wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:53 PM
> > > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: The continuing saga
> > > of Thomson ATC311 chassis
> > > and
> > > > Chipper Check.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Just the one mentioned.
> > > > However, the set appeared to have regulation
> > > > problems and thomson tech support told me to
> > > > replace the main board(sweep).
> > > > When I did, of course, the geometry and
> > > convergence
> > > > were off.
> > > > That's where I found the problems vith Chipper
> > > > check.
> > > > They are still not resolved.
> > > > Just got a post from Wayne, he couldn't get his
> > > > 311/CC to work either.
> > > > One would think that they would have learned
> > > > something from the CTC169 about splitters by
> > > now.
> > > > Walter
> > > > --- "Phillip R. Hull" <phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > I have one waiting for splitter also and it
> > > has
> > > > > burnt up 3 resistors, the
> > > > > bulletin only mentions one burnt resistor.
> > > How
> > > > > many resistors did your unit
> > > > > burn up??
> > > > > Phillip R Hull     STET
> > > > > phil245@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > FAX 517--569-3075
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: <tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:43 PM
> > > > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: The continuing saga
> > > of
> > > > > Thomson ATC311 chassis and
> > > > > Chipper Check.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > all you need is crossover ethernet cable
> > > and
> > > > > chipper check software
> > > > > > according to my rep Jim Muse
> > > > > > I have not yet tried to use
> > > > > > I have a ATC311 here now when hv splitter
> > > comes
> > > > > in will try chipper check
> > > > > on
> > > > > > it and post results
> > > > > > Robert
> > > > > > tvservice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > H & H Electronics Inc
> > > > > > Dallas, TX
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: "walter wood" <wwood_38478@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > To: "Tech Assist"
> > > <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:20 AM
> > > > > > Subject: [TechAssist] The continuing saga
> > > of
> > > > > Thomson ATC311 chassis and
> > > > > > Chipper Check.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Well, I spoke by phone with Tom Bartz,
> > > our
> > > > > thomson
> > > > > > > field rep yesterday.
> > > > > > > He says that there is NO special adapter
> > > > > needed for
> > > > > > > the 311, and that he has done many of
> > > them
> > > > > with
> > > > > > > only the crossover eithernet cable.
> > > > > > > This agrees with one of the thomson tech
> > > > > support
> > > > > > > people I spoke with and all the manuals
> > > that
> > > > > I have
> > > > > > > read.
> > > > > > > It does NOT agree with the other thomson
> > > tech
> > > > > > > support person, who says that he
> > > contacted
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > chipper check software writer, or
> > > sencore,
> > > > > both of
> > > > > > > whom claim that the adapter is needed.
> > > > > > > I am awaiting a call now from the
> > > > > applications
> > > > > > > engineer at sencore, who hopefully will
> > > have
> > > > > > > correct answers.
> > > > > > > Has anyone ever used CC on the ATC311
> > > > > chassis?
> > > > > > > What operating system do you use, is you
> > > were
> > > > > > > successful??
> > > > > > > I've tried a generic desktop with XP home
> > >  no
> > > > > go.
> > > > > > > A Toshiba laptop with xp home     no go.
> > > > > > > A Systemax laptop with xp pro     nope
> > > > > > > and my toshiba, partitioned and a
> > > stripped
> > > > > version
> > > > > > > of ME loaded. That doesn't work either.
> > > > > > > The alternative is that $2,000 sencore hd
> > > > > generator
> > > > > > > and do it all manually.
> > > > > > > Of course the manuals say that one cannot
> > > do
> > > > > that,
> > > > > > > that chipper check MUST be used.
> > > > > > > If I ever get a straight answer from
> > > thomson
> > > > > or
> > > > > > > sencore I'll post it.
> > > > > > > Walter
> > > > > > >
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