Well, it says at the bottom of the instructions "If you are not
familiar with monitors, do not attempt this modification" :) Which is
basically true :P I'll keep this link around though. I would like to
become more skilled at working on these things eventually. This time
around, I think I will take Peter's advise and try to find a new or
used monitor. There seems to be a lot of hate for the K4600 so it
might be best to find a monitor that people hate less :)
One thing I'm still concerned with, however. When the time comes to
pull the K4600, do I need to discharge it before I pull it? I would
assume so, but what about the other monitor? Can I discharge it out
of the cabinet and then put it in? I think the rest of the ordeal I
can handle (seems pretty straight-forward except for needing to
change out the connectors possibly, which should only be slightly
annoying I would assume), but thought I would check.
Thanks again! Hopefully one of these days I can start answering
questions on this list instead of asking them :)
Tim
On Oct 29, 2006, at 2:37 PM, Rodger Boots wrote:
> 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
>>> £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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