Savage Entertainer
Quiz Detective
- Joined
- Apr 4, 2001
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Hi Guys,
I've just finished restoring my MVS-4 ver 3, and have been playing Blazing Star, Rage of the Dragons and Mark of the Wolves. As with most things, the longer you play, the more discerning you become, and the more issues you pick up on - some call it obsession (at least the good lady does
)
To cut to the chase, I had an issue with lines on the monitor, these started off as discernible pin-stripes, and on the advice of tooddddyy (thanks mate), turned down the lower pot on the fly-back transformer - problem solved.
However, I have now picked up an issue with what look like diaganol waves washing across the screen from the lower-right to the upper-left. I've maximised the brightness pot on the remote front control, and reduced the lower-pot on the fly-back transformer until the picture is sufficiently bright as to be acceptable - lowering screen voltage seems to have had a positive, but limited impact on matters.
The swathes of diaganol lines seem to appear at short intervals - blink your eye and all's well, blink again and there are the lines - a pulsing effect in slow motion.
Black is the least affected colour, white the most affected. Mileage varies on mid-palette colours.
The monitor set-up grid is perfect - pin sharp and waver-free.
From looking at the pics below, could anyone advise me as to whether the symptoms look to be due to:
1. Interference
2. Leaking caps
4. Poor earthing
5. Scan lines
6. The dated technology (all WG monitors do this)
7. Something else
...and advise as to the best way to overcome the issue, assuming that there is one.
Any help would be really appreciated.
Many thanks,
SA
Best example - diagonal waves clearly visible on the wrist of the Lone Wolf!
Mystery - no issues with the chops of Lynn Baker
I've just finished restoring my MVS-4 ver 3, and have been playing Blazing Star, Rage of the Dragons and Mark of the Wolves. As with most things, the longer you play, the more discerning you become, and the more issues you pick up on - some call it obsession (at least the good lady does
)To cut to the chase, I had an issue with lines on the monitor, these started off as discernible pin-stripes, and on the advice of tooddddyy (thanks mate), turned down the lower pot on the fly-back transformer - problem solved.
However, I have now picked up an issue with what look like diaganol waves washing across the screen from the lower-right to the upper-left. I've maximised the brightness pot on the remote front control, and reduced the lower-pot on the fly-back transformer until the picture is sufficiently bright as to be acceptable - lowering screen voltage seems to have had a positive, but limited impact on matters.
The swathes of diaganol lines seem to appear at short intervals - blink your eye and all's well, blink again and there are the lines - a pulsing effect in slow motion.
Black is the least affected colour, white the most affected. Mileage varies on mid-palette colours.
The monitor set-up grid is perfect - pin sharp and waver-free.
From looking at the pics below, could anyone advise me as to whether the symptoms look to be due to:
1. Interference
2. Leaking caps
4. Poor earthing
5. Scan lines
6. The dated technology (all WG monitors do this)
7. Something else
...and advise as to the best way to overcome the issue, assuming that there is one.
Any help would be really appreciated.
Many thanks,
SA
Best example - diagonal waves clearly visible on the wrist of the Lone Wolf!
Mystery - no issues with the chops of Lynn Baker
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