1986 RCA Console TV Model G25343WK

[JohnCT]

The output from the jungle IC goes directly to the kine output board - there are no drivers between them.

At the CRT board, there are three input wires (prob color coded) for the kine drives - E1 (red), E2 (blue) and E3 (green). Remove the blue wire at point E2 and swap it with either E3 or E1 and see if the problem switches color.

The only parts on the main board connected between E2 and the jungle IC are a 100 ohm resistor, a 220 pf surface mount capacitor, and a 2.2 uh coil.

If the flaring switches from blue to red or green when you swap the wires, you have a problem on the main board, and I'd bet that it's the jungle IC (or what RCA called the T-Chip).

BTW, if you put the TV on a blank input and activate the menus, does the blue flaring show up on the menus as well?

John