Re: Re[2]: Re[2]: Green Color Maxed out on WG 4600

Found the isolation transformer to fix heater-cathode shorts,
see http://www.happcontrols.com/monitors/49081500.htm

I know, it says it's a brightener, but if you read the manual for it you
see it can be just an isolation transformer.

So, you can go that way for $30 or Video Connection can sell you a used
monitor for $150 or you can buy a "dead zone" game at a game auction
cheap and use that monitor. But keep in mind a used monitor will have
screen burnin from whatever game it came from (and that can suck bad).

Tim Soderstrom wrote:
> Wow I guess everyone loves to hate those 4700's :) I myself have not
> had a great experience thus far :) The monitor itself is in good shape
> were it not for the screen curl, red-mis-alighnment and now the green
> issue. The color sure is nice though :P
>
> I took your advise, however, and did some research on the WG K7000.
> According to their website, it looks like it is used for Pac-Man and
> Ms. Pac-Man games, and it's only $230. TwoBits I think also sells a
> conversion kit which might be why it is so expensive, although I'm
> thinking they they are probably selling something like a K7000 over
> the 4600 if you can easily drop it in? *shrug* And speaking of, is
> there anything I would need to do in order to convert my cab to use a
> K7000? Or even an Electrohome for that matter? And can I expect any
> difference in visual appeal? I noticed that it looks a whole heck of a
> lot better to work on, being that everything is on a single board...
>
> Thanks Again! I think this is likely the route I will eventually
> go...for now, I guess I'll have to play Ms. Pac-Man using mame until I
> can get mine fixed :P
>
> Tim
>
>
> On Oct 29, 2006, at 9:23 AM, peter jones wrote:
>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tim Soderstrom <tim@moocowproductions.org>
>> To: rasterlist@vectorlist.org
>> Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 08:51:46 -0600
>> Subject: Re: RASTER: Re[2]: RASTER: Green Color Maxed out on WG 4600
>>
>>>
>>> Wow, well thanks for everyone's help on the matter! Is swapping the
>>> signals fairly easy?
>>>
>> very easy.
>>
>>
>>> I think either way, it looks as though this particular issue has
>>> exceeded by technical abilities :P Is this type of work something a
>>> TV repairman can do? I know someone who can likely help me with the
>>> cap-kit and probably even the solder joins, but I don't think we can
>>> go as far as to fix this issue. At least not yet :)
>>>
>>
>> if he can change caps then he can swap wires and change transistors.
>>
>>> If it helps, I will say that the last adjustments I made recently
>>> were the neck pots. I was trying to help mitigate the mis-alignment
>>> of the red (towards the bottom left-hand corner it is worse and quite
>>> noticeable)
>>
>> that sounds like a magnetic field problem - not electronic
>>
>>> *shrug* Anyone know of a good place to find 4600's? :) I know TwoBits
>>> sells them new for $329.
>>
>> 4600's are shit - dont touch them,
>> they arent even monitors, they are converted television chassis -
>> look at the spaces for a tuner and composite stuff.
>>
>> if you have to replace it and want something original then find an
>> electrohome G07,
>> something newer would be a wells-gardner K7000.
>>
>> both a hell of a lot cheaper than that piss-taking quote you provided.
>>
>> $329 ??? they must be on drugs - a 4600 isnt worth $29 ecept maybe
>> for the tube.
>>
>> you should get a used G07 or K7000 for well under $100 in the trade.
>> in the u.k. i can get a 19" K7000 or hantarex polo for about &#163;35
>> ($50-60)
>> hell, $329 is more than the price of a brand new monitor from a
>> dealer like wico complete with warranty etc.
>>
>> and i do mean *new* not something from the back of a warehouse that
>> spent 27 years drying it's capacitors out - that's right, you would
>> still need to change the caps if it's old even if it was never used.
>>
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