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Old 07-04-2012, 04:03 PM
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little sony dim picture

sorry cant ready the model number but its about 7" diagonal B&W rotary tuners guessing late 70's.

Pic brightness all the way up, get a barely decent pic completely cuts off at anything less than about 1/4 turn on the brightness.

Beside a weak CRT (which I have not checked yet) I assume I will need to check CRT voltages for bias settings. Anything else come to mind?

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Old 07-04-2012, 05:12 PM
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Check the CRT and CRT voltages. The CRT voltages need to be very close to what's on the schematic or you may have problems.
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Old 07-04-2012, 06:34 PM
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here is it, the model number tag is rubbed clean
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Old 07-04-2012, 07:26 PM
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There's a Sony 5.5" CRT on eBay now, don't know if it's correct for your set or not.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Sony...item4d02a9ab4a

And a 9"
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SONY-9-CRT-U...item2c51fcb951

Whoops, I see you said it's about 7", well I'll keep looking.
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Old 07-04-2012, 09:16 PM
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vintage...item35bc5f55a0

here is is for sale, interesting the CRT looks about as bright as mine.
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Old 07-04-2012, 09:17 PM
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I can't even see how to take the darn thing apart to check the CRT...
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Old 07-05-2012, 09:31 AM
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model TV-770
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Old 07-05-2012, 08:25 PM
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Im going to email you the sams on it, its going to blow your mind
The filament IS the cathode and it uses a little isolation transformer that looks like it may apply the horz/vert blanking too.
I see a 1uf boost filter cap that could cause low boost/low G2

It is a unique design thats for sure. There are disassembly instructions in here.
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Old 07-05-2012, 08:53 PM
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looking at the schematic now, I also see a coupling cap on the base of the video out transistor that if leaky could f up the bias.
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Old 07-05-2012, 08:57 PM
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I rescanned it at 300dpi, the first one sucked.
Would you have figure out how to get that apart??? Be honest....
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Old 07-05-2012, 09:03 PM
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another odd thing the contrast pot does not do much except at the extreme end so I will look at the 100uf emitter bypass cap as well. I also see a voltage divider used for the base bias, if that 9100 ohm resistor went high then the bias would be fouled up as well. think I will check C501/C503 and the C505/C508 (boost filter on the brightness you mentioned). Will also get voltage readings on that transistor and the CRT pin 1 and the anode.
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Old 07-05-2012, 09:04 PM
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I prob would have missed the ones referenced to by removing the smoked screen cover of the CRT..
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Old 07-05-2012, 09:11 PM
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Just to note so everyone doesnt think were too crazy here....the crt is kinda like a 5U4, The filament is the cathode so they use an isolation transformer much like you would to save a crt with a heater to cathode short. The isolation transformer is driven by the flyback.

I have a feeling this is one of those deals where they crt never goes bad or is always the problem. No way to test it.
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