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P2000 monitor issue
« on: November 21, 2009, 03:49:33 PM »
Just started occuring. My Monitor on a pin2000 seems to have a slight PINK tinge to the whites. When I go to the diagnostics section and use the 4 push button switches I notice the white colour kind of flickers between white and a red/pink. Short of using NAPPYSAN (as I know someone will suggest this as a solution), what areas should I be concentrating on or is it just a matter of replacing the monitor?
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Re: P2000 monitor issue
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2009, 04:11:18 PM »
Sounds like a chassis issue but having never actually worked on one id wait for further advice ^^^

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Re: P2000 monitor issue
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2009, 04:38:39 PM »
I'd email Joey @ JOMAC.  If he doesn't know the cause/fix no one will.

Has it changed orientation at all (ie have you swapped the pin from one side of room to other?)...May also need a degauss.

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Re: P2000 monitor issue
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2009, 11:26:48 PM »
I'd email Joey @ JOMAC.  If he doesn't know the cause/fix no one will.

Has it changed orientation at all (ie have you swapped the pin from one side of room to other?)...May also need a degauss.

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Is there anything you have moved next to the machine that may be interfering ? Check with Jomac - it should be a simple fix - no need to replace anything, Rob !
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Re: P2000 monitor issue
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2009, 11:52:45 PM »
Sounds like a drifty voltage (or ground connection) that feeds your RED drive transitor, each time you press the button it 'normalises' the voltage (or ground) so the tranny drives a normal WHITE colour and reverts back to pink when you stop pressing the menu buttons.

Sounds like some kind of unregulation (filter cap) for the volts that goes to the driver trannies.

A quick fix might also be to remove the neck PCB off the rear of the tube, and re-fit it, those poins can be intermittent/corrosive due to the high voltages pumping thru them.
I fixed monitors for 25 years, and have seen a lot of weird faults, yet i'm sure there's 1,000's i havent seen yet hehehehe

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Re: P2000 monitor issue
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2009, 11:11:53 AM »


who are you MM ??  a new member  ?  been a while marty && $.$

and Rob  i can say Jomac 100%  , i use him all the time


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Re: P2000 monitor issue
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2009, 11:31:05 AM »
id say joey also all the way

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Re: P2000 monitor issue
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2009, 12:49:59 PM »
id say joey also all the way

+1 - if he can't fix it (unlikely), bin it!
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