|
And it is... a drum roll please....
THE THRILL OF VICTORY!!
Well holy cow. The set actually works! The picture is dim and there is no sound, except hum. That may well be that the cheap rat shack modulator or HDMI to composite converter isn't working. I'll have to dig into that.
However, the pictures is dim. Part of it that the inside of the cover is filthy. Even so, it should be brighter. I have read about cooking the filament a little to help bring the tube back to life, any recommended voltages and duration? I am planning on removing the shroud today and cleaning the screen and at that point I should know for sure which tube it is, although it must be one of the 2.35V tubes. And I do have a 21FAP4 NIB but I'd like to see what can be done with the original tube first.
Overall, what a wild success! The controls seem to work ok, horizontal hold locks in. Picture is poorly focused and needs some shaping. But I did watch an episode of Peter Gunn on it! Although with the sound coming out of the computer.
Thanks SO MUCH folks! Never, ever could have gotten it to here without the help I have kindly received on this forum.
Jonathan
|