RCA/GE CTC175-CTC203 TVs

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Originally Posted by zeno

Here's the trick. Works most of the time.
1) remove e-prom & install socket
2) put OLD IC back in & turn on set.
3) while still running swap IC's
4) turn off then on. Should work now.
The old data is mostly good & at turn off it all reloads to memory.

At the CTC175.... seminar they showed the chipper checker. IIRC it
was abt $400 & you needed a laptop too! He made it sound like you
HAD to get one. I thought they were gonna drag the trainer out
back and lynch him. Subject never came up again. Wise......

73 Zeno
LFOD !

That's it! That was the procedure. Memories return...

Got a chuckle out of "I thought they were gonna drag the trainer out back and lynch him".

As memory serves (which is infrequently) the "requirement" to have Chipper Check MAY have finally surfaced at the introduction of the CTC203 (or other at that time) where getting that 10th digit of the serial number was what kept the authorized servicer from getting paid (or not) for work on a given set. No, Chipper Check most likely didn't involve the CTC17x or CTC18x series.

Good times, good times. Nowadays I pull my hair out repairing print finishing equipment.