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The problem with replacing the Star system battery was the cusomer would not call until it failed. It was a regular carbon/zinc battery. Once replaced one would have the fun job of programming every cable station the customer had programmed in before the failure. If I remember right, the 25 inch Star sets had vertical trouble also.
The only reason we "disliked" them was the amount of time it took to reprogram everything.
9-160 solder connections were no problem. The big problem was they would not always start. They would sit making an obscene noise for a few seconds which aggravated the customer to no end. If I remember right, that was mostly cured by clipping a resistor off the board in the front of the module. And, as mentioned those harness assemblies were aggravating. Also, a few burned up yoke plugs made customers mad from the smell and the famous 315 volt capacitor which opened causing half dark, half light picture. Other than the few problems that the System 3 sets had they were good performers.
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