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Originally Posted by Sandy G
Wow ! What a GORGEOUS roundie ! Ya done good...Welcome to AK, as well... That other doo-hickey is a picture tube brightener. They are EVIL. They were used to get a little more life out of dying CRTs-but I think they actually made 'em die faster.
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Thanks! I'm a real newbie at this - but eager to learn what the heck I'm doing inside the guts of these things. Swapping out the stereo to solve the sound problem was OK, and it got the job done, but it nags at me - I wonder exactly what resistor or capacitor or whatever inside the stereo was gumming up the works. Besides, I'd like to have TWO working units instead of just one...
Ya know I had a bad feeling about that Hue-Brite device - its bright red label just looked wicked from the get-go. Glad I trusted my instincts on that one and left it disconnected.
I was wondering, does anyone on here have a line on a decent book so I can learn about this stuff? I know pretty much nothing. I tried looking for an "Idiot's Guide to 1965 Magnavox Entertainment Centers" but just didn't have any luck there... Seriously though, I've scoured Barnes & Nobles, as well as half.com, Amazon, etc., and I'm amazed at how little reading material there is out there for such a wonderful hobby as this..