Well, I put the set back together after running it for about 5 hours without any problems. Running nice and cool too! Got it set back up where it belongs just in time for the new episode of The Simpson's
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Good pictures !
Yah a lot of people here don't like the last gen crt sets, but they do represent the best
and worst of the crt years..... Best as in for the size, they make a great picture, low
power useage, very compact circuit designs, and for the most part pretty reliable.
The worst of it is the cheap parts used made many die too soon, and of course the
gov's campaign to get the ekonim'e going "replace all yer electronics regularly - It's all
got lead in it!" BS kinda puts a bad taint on keeping crt sets... You know the lead is
gunna leak out and make yer kids dumb....
Ran mine regularly for the last 2 days... Fri-picture collapsed, turned it off then on,
and it finished the day ok.... Sat. no issues at all and it ran longer..... Now I'm thinking
it's a bad solder joint..... I'm gunna run it tonight and whack it a few times, see what
happens..... Otherwise I got another set to put there temp. till I work on this
one. Move all that stuff, the couch, wires converters, VCR's and give that
area a shot with the vacuum - scare off those dust bunnies....
Good to see you got that set working- Looks very good ![/QUOTE]
Thanks Squirrel. Hmm yea, I must agree with ya, but would early 2000's be considerd as last gen? I'd figure that would be the one's from the mid-late 2000's when CRT sets were being phased out. My dad got one of the later one's (20"Emerson) and I never thought it was built the best. I could probably tune it up some but he don't care and it's reliable...even with it's crooked assed picture
Wow, sounds like you've got lots of work to do just to move your set!
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Originally Posted by Marco-nix
You're right Username1......and mine has also a small circuit and it's running very well for a Toshiba made by Orion..this set uses a Orion tube, nice picture anyway...
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Thanks Marco-nix. Yea, I was kind of surprised at how small our Sanyo's circut board is. It runs the tv, and it also has the menu and technical controls all built in and somehow can "remember" the settings.
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Originally Posted by Username1
I have a Funai, and two Orions. One Orion is a flat tube, I don't care for it as it's out
of focus at the edges, The Funai is an Emerson, and looks pretty good. My Sanyo
is all Sanyo as far as I can see.... Sanyo tube, and Sanyo parts and ID on chassis....
Of course If it was outsourced and not identified I can't tell.... I think it's a 2001 yr.
I gave the Sanyo a little extra TLC when I got it, had to replace a cap, and redo the
convergence due to the white glue coming off.... Replaced it with clear silicone after
conv. and focus, gray adj. found the secret menu and touched up a buncha stuff.
Now color, and B&W shows really look great. It's a good cheap tv that performs well...
I would pick up another if a free or $10. one came along...
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Never heard of Funai
and wasn't Orion a film production company? Hey, is the Sanyo your taking about here, the same one as the one that ya said was having foldover issues? Secret menu huh? Sound's interesting
After all these years I think our Sanyo may have dulled some. I wonder if I can sharpen it up... wording is hard to read when playing the PS3 on it, and the 20" we were using in its place for the last couple of day's didn't look as bad as I expected(since it was a smaller screen and I could actually still read the wording from the PS)
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Originally Posted by Username1
The secret menu is often accessed by some odd combination of front panel
buttons along with pulling the plug from the wall while holding a fan above
the screen - odd stuff, but it's not a button on the remote as far as I know....
In the case of my Sanyo it was written in the service manual, which I found online,
It gave access to screen controls, vert size, drive controls.... stuff like that.
Layout was cryptic and numeric, you had to have the manual which had the
item written out, like Green Screen Adjust. and it had a cryptic ID like GR1
and you scroll through till you find it by number or ID then next to it
was both the present value, and it's preset, which you could reset it to if
you wanted. It saved when you exited. All these modern sets have this
menu, some you can find on google by asking "your tv" and "setup menu"
There are a few pages out there with just these menus on them, and how to
get to them..... Just be careful, write down what you do, and do only one
or two at a time.... There is no confirmation for it all, its not home owner
friendly, no warnings etc.
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Huh, not sure now if I should bother cheking into that or not now. It looks pretty good but I feel it could be better.
Hey guy's, I was wondering. Since this cap went bad, how long will all the other cap's (made by the same company) most likely last?