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. 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