Convergence. Following the instructions.

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Has ANYONE ever been able to get convergence right by following the directions in the monitor manuals? I've been fixing games for 25+ years and the ONE thing I've never been able to do is get convergence right.

Matt
 
Sometimes. Usually the manual instructions will get you CLOSE, and then you have to make a couple tiny adjustments to get it as close to perfect as possible.

Also, remember that a slightly tilted yoke, or the actual position of the yoke or rings on the neck (forward or back) can affect the convergence, too. This is what most people have problems with when trying to do a tube swap....
 
I did two tube swaps today and wasnt able to get either of them 100%. The look way better then they did but it still bothers me a little bit.

Oh well.

Matt
 
Yeah, usually you'll get it where you - as the tech - can see a tiny sliver of blue off on top, and a tiny sliver of red off on bottom, but any further messing with it just makes one side worse while the other gets better.

Non-techs usually don't notice a thing unless you point it out....
 
Has ANYONE ever been able to get convergence right by following the directions in the monitor manuals? I've been fixing games for 25+ years and the ONE thing I've never been able to do is get convergence right.

Matt

yes, its definitely an task that requires a bit of patience and also memory (so that you can backtrack to a previous step if you are not happy with the direction its going. Also more than once I have taken a convergence job from servicable to perfect with a magnet or two around the frame.
 
Those white convergence strips seem to help with tweaking the alignment. Does anyone know where one can buy those strips or even what they are officially called? I see them on arcade monitors but not on TVs

Chris
 
I did two tube swaps today and wasnt able to get either of them 100%. The look way better then they did but it still bothers me a little bit.

Oh well.

Matt

I've never been able to get convergence "100%" after a yoke swap. There's always some little problem... and I know where it is and it'll always bug the crap out of me....
So I won't do tube swaps anymore unless the yoke impedence of the donor is close and I don't have to deal with all that hassle.
I've been pretty lucky with the TVs I've found.
 
If you take the monitor to a tv repair guy could he get the convergence right ?
 
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