Sanyo Spectra 2000

[NoPegs]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

Yup, from League of Legends lore. A group of political and social outcasts.

My ultrasonic and early infrared Zenith Space Phone remotes have that old-school computer font.

Hey, now anything can have it!

http://www.dafont.com/twobit.font

[Jon A.]

I must admit that I prefer the cursive text on my Maggie Star System remotes.

[Dreamsbeard]

New pictures of the guts of the sanyo. Zeno, I think there is no other chassi number than the one I already gave you...must be a canadian model that don't show up in the sam's. I turned it on yesterday and it works very well, keypad is responsive and tube is bright, even with brightness and contrast turned down! This one's a keeper.

[Jon A.]

It's remarkably clean inside, probably doesn't have a lot of hours on it. Whoever had it before must have used the remote almost exclusively, as with my '88 Zenith console. Hardly any buttons work on that remote and it's cracked clean through at the bottom.

BTW, we really need pointers to another site that actually supplies schematics for TVs made in Canuckistan, if such a site exists.

[rca2000]

Not quite sure--and this is from memory of over 20 years ago-(I used to work on the Sears versions of these sets a LOT)--but i am pretty sure the H-out transistor in this is a VERY odd one-that does NOT use the normal hook up--and the pin-out is different than a normal TO-3. The case is NOT the collector--as in nearly all others--one of the pins is...REMEMBER this if it needs replaced !

[zeno]

Originally Posted by Dreamsbeard

New pictures of the guts of the sanyo. Zeno, I think there is no other chassi number than the one I already gave you...must be a canadian model that don't show up in the sam's. I turned it on yesterday and it works very well, keypad is responsive and tube is bright, even with brightness and contrast turned down! This one's a keeper.

Its a generation newer than the Z0064 sets so you dont have to
worry about that. You can usually use a similar aged Sams if you
ever need to work on it. Odds are any problems will be lytics &
the set is well blocked out so easy to find without manual.

73 Zeno

[Dreamsbeard]

Originally Posted by zeno

Its a generation newer than the Z0064 sets so you dont have to
worry about that. You can usually use a similar aged Sams if you
ever need to work on it. Odds are any problems will be lytics &
the set is well blocked out so easy to find without manual.

73 Zeno

Good to hear! BTW, I had a question on my mind for quite some time now...I was wondering , given the fact that most of my set ony have a coax connection; what would be the best RF modulator to connect the TV to? Are there quality (better picture, reliability, etc) brands out there, or are they all about the same?

[zeno]

I dont know what new one to get. The ones we used back when
DVD's came out were decent but dont remember the brands.
Any will have a coax 75 ohm output.

73 Zeno

[Dreamsbeard]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

It's remarkably clean inside, probably doesn't have a lot of hours on it. Whoever had it before must have used the remote almost exclusively, as with my '88 Zenith console. Hardly any buttons work on that remote and it's cracked clean through at the bottom.

BTW, we really need pointers to another site that actually supplies schematics for TVs made in Canuckistan, if such a site exists.

yes it is very clean...I wonder if it's a low hour set or if the set as been worked on , and the repair man cleaned it...looks like the transistor on my picture as been tempered with, so that's a possibility. I'll do a checkup of the CRT and report back on it's status.

Stay tuned

[zeno]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

It's remarkably clean inside, probably doesn't have a lot of hours on it. Whoever had it before must have used the remote almost exclusively, as with my '88 Zenith console. Hardly any buttons work on that remote and it's cracked clean through at the bottom.

BTW, we really need pointers to another site that actually supplies schematics for TVs made in Canuckistan, if such a site exists.

I never knew of a place. I remember ordering a few manuals for Electrohome
thats about it. Most the time I can find Sams that are near identical,
seemingly the same except the model #. I do sell Sams if it ever comes
to that but usually I can use them to help here & save $$. Only
thing I cant do is copy material, dont have the scanner & there are copyrights.........

73 Zeno

[zeno]

Originally Posted by Dreamsbeard

Good to hear! BTW, I had a question on my mind for quite some time now...I was wondering , given the fact that most of my set ony have a coax connection; what would be the best RF modulator to connect the TV to? Are there quality (better picture, reliability, etc) brands out there, or are they all about the same?

I forgot ! Use a VCR's line ins & you will get RF out for your old set.
May have to flip a few switches, an old unit will be much easier.

Zeno

[Dreamsbeard]

Originally Posted by zeno

I forgot ! Use a VCR's line ins & you will get RF out for your old set.
May have to flip a few switches, an old unit will be much easier.

Zeno

Yes, I tried to do that at first but copy protection kicked in ; I pluged my dvd player to my Sony VCR and then tried to use the coax out...but the picture kept going from too white to too dark. At first I tought that my VCR was malfuntionning, but I was later told that it was some sort of copy protection. So I bought an RF modulator.

[Electronic M]

You must have a crappy VCR model. I've owned dozens of VCRs, and have never had a problem using them as modulators.

[Dreamsbeard]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

You must have a crappy VCR model. I've owned dozens of VCRs, and have never had a problem using them as modulators.

I have a SLV-595HF, it's a good VCR. Maybe I did something wrong...could it be a crappy dvd player?

[Jon A.]

I'd like to know if using a mono VCR as a modulator would affect sound quality from DVD players. I'm guessing that standalone modulators only put out mono sound to begin with. I'd like to find an opportunity to dump my modulators as they're all hecho en chine.