CTC177AD2 Chassis Eeprom

[joe111671]

Originally Posted by JohnCT

The CTC17X series was very forgiving on eeproms, and that one may work fine. The features may be different though. I used to stock only four for the whole line, most of the differences were in customer menu items. When I put in a new eeprom, sometimes the TV would now have a couple extra features like speakers on/off or show stereo adjustments when the TV was mono, etc.
John

Off topic but that makes me think of my 1997 Magnavox 27" BPC that I got new and still have, still works and never needed a repair. It was a bedroom set with very low hours. Years ago, I decided to try and get into the service menu and see if I could get the total hours on it. I don't recall if I ever got that, but I did see a bunch of feature options, and monkeyed around with it. Ever since then, it powers up with the volume muted, and a dancing remote graphic. It goes away after a bit, pressing vol+ or vol- gets rid of it too.

[JohnCT]

Originally Posted by joe111671

Off topic but that makes me think of my 1997 Magnavox 27" BPC that I got new and still have, still works and never needed a repair. It was a bedroom set with very low hours. Years ago, I decided to try and get into the service menu and see if I could get the total hours on it. I don't recall if I ever got that, but I did see a bunch of feature options, and monkeyed around with it. Ever since then, it powers up with the volume muted, and a dancing remote graphic. It goes away after a bit, pressing vol+ or vol- gets rid of it too.

Yeah, there is an options list on most Philips TVs printed on a label by itself or on the inside cabinet layout label. This continued into the plasma and LCD era that Philips actually designed. Later Philips became Funai, but that's another story..

We had situations where the options would get corrupted. I recall several that had no sound and the serv bulletins would have us go in and enter the proper option codes.

John

[joe111671]

Originally Posted by JohnCT

Yeah, there is an options list on most Philips TVs printed on a label by itself or on the inside cabinet layout label. This continued into the plasma and LCD era that Philips actually designed. Later Philips became Funai, but that's another story..

We had situations where the options would get corrupted. I recall several that had no sound and the serv bulletins would have us go in and enter the proper option codes.

John

I had no idea there could be an options list in the cabinet, I've never even looked inside. Now I'm curious about that. Someday I'll open it up and look for it. At the moment, it's just sitting next to my BT modulator. I turn the set on whenever I change channels on the converter box that feeds the modulator, so I can see what I'm broadcasting to the house.

[joe111671]

Originally Posted by JohnCT

Yeah, there is an options list on most Philips TVs printed on a label by itself or on the inside cabinet layout label. This continued into the plasma and LCD era that Philips actually designed. Later Philips became Funai, but that's another story..

We had situations where the options would get corrupted. I recall several that had no sound and the serv bulletins would have us go in and enter the proper option codes.

John

Hey Rustin, I hope you don't mind me changing topic on your thread again, but I got curious about my Magnavox set, so took the back off to see what it has in it.

Pretty much nothing except 20+ years of dust! I didn't find an option label, but Randy signed off on it, hahaha. It was interesting to see the HV anode cup says Chicago on it. I wonder if that cup was actually made in Chicago.

[JohnCT]

Originally Posted by joe111671

I didn't find an option label.

Not all of them did, but there should be some kind of label inside that TV.

John

[joe111671]

Originally Posted by JohnCT

Not all of them did, but there should be some kind of label inside that TV.

John

No labels other than what's on the CRT & outside of the back cover. I got it new from w*lmart. Probably a cost cutting measure, so this doesn't surprise me. The equivalent model sold elsewhere probably had the labels.