How to rotate monitor in New Astro?

ray_7

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Which screw needs to be removed? I tried to do this with electric screwdriver and some screws won't even budge...

I feel my screen is abit tilted to the side, so I just need some screws opened so I can adjust it.

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ray_7

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I feel the monitor is abit tilted because of those screws I circled in red.

I can't even get them to move!!!

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Just un-blot the 4 nuts that are next to the screws you circled. Lay the cab on its back to make it easy to rotate.
 
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ray_7 said:
Any idea how to unscrew it? Mine won't even move...
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Why do you want to unscrew it from the basket? Unbolt the 4 bolts around the outside and try to fix it that way.
 
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ray_7 said:
I feel my screen is abit tilted to the side, so I just need some screws opened so I can adjust it.
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Are you sure the whole CRT needs to be moved or the deflection yoke rotated.
Put up a picture with the monitor with a cross hatch

If you do want to loosen the main crt mounting bolts use a socket wrench.
 
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I don't have any vertical games but to rotate the monitor, what else do I need to do other than laying the cab on it's back,unbolting the CRT and then turning?
Is there a chance I might crack something?

Just want to know before I decide on buying some vertical shmups.
 
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Yes, you should disconnect both the remote board for the monitor, and the jamma harness which is also connect to the monitor. Lie the cab on its back, take off those 4 bolts (which connect to the frame, not the ones connected to the monitor!) lift half way out, turn and put back down. Reconnect everything. Make sure you turn the correct way for vertical games (which is counter clockwise).

BTW: those bolts that are closer to the monitor corners (which were circled in the above pic) are used when the monitor's frame does not sit perfectly on the cab's mounting points. While the cab is on its back, you just loosen these bolts, to reposition the FRAME (not tube) over the mounting points (very carefully!) then retighten. You almost never need to do this, unless you had replaced the tube/frame and need to realign.
 
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Dave_K. said:
Yes, you should disconnect both the remote board for the monitor, and the jamma harness which is also connect to the monitor. Lie the cab on its back, take off those 4 bolts (which connect to the frame, not the ones connected to the monitor!) lift half way out, turn and put back down. Reconnect everything. Make sure you turn the correct way for vertical games (which is counter clockwise).

BTW: those bolts that are closer to the monitor corners (which were circled in the above pic) are used when the monitor's frame does not sit perfectly on the cab's mounting points. While the cab is on its back, you just loosen these bolts, to reposition the FRAME (not tube) over the mounting points (very carefully!) then retighten. You almost never need to do this, unless you had replaced the tube/frame and need to realign.
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I was just about to say that....THANKS DAVE! I had to readjust the frame so it would sit properly in my cab when I rotated.

Everything Dave said is correct.

-Ben
 
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Yeah that's what I need as you can see from the pics above.

Definitely not aligned.
 
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