jon713
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Hello everyone!
So long story short...Maybe
My New Astro City (NAC) tube was acting up giving me a strong green tint and being very dim. At first I thought it was my chassis so I sent that off to a buddy of mine in cali who tested it on his cab. Well turns out that the picture was perfect and bright on his side. I did mess around with the contrast, brightness and all those controls on the remote board but still very little change. I did notice that the browns were not showing up, especially when I play final fight. I've tested this with different games and they all look the same. So I think the next step was using a CRT Rejuvenator just to test if the tube would give me a good reading. I was able to find a B&K 467 rejuvenator on eBay for $80 shipped. After receiving my rejuvenator is turns out I didn't have the adapter to plug it into the gun. So I bought a universal adapter but it was tricky connecting it to the tube one of the connecters didn't really seem to make contact with one of the pins on the gun. But I found a guy on the Klov forums who makes the adapters and got one from him. This adapter just slid in perfectly.
(I needed the crt-23 adapter)
When I first used the Universal adapter I got a low reading on all 3 colors, I researched online and looked at a few videos on how to correctly test and rejuvenate the tube. I first started off with a clean and balance which is the lowest and safest way to clean your tube. Nothing really changed so I switched it to the rejuvenate option, after I did that It gave me no reading at all in the test mode. I left it alone for a few days and got the new adapter from Klov which correctly fit on the neck. (Which was a crt-23 adapter)
I wouldn't recommend getting the Universal adapter, first its $80 bucks and second it doesn't slide in, rather its small hooks that hook onto each pin, maybe I must have had it hooked on a wrong pin, not sure. I used a diagram that I found online to see what connected where but maybe I did it wrong. (I'm sure I did)
After receiving my new adapter I did the test again and still got zero reading from the needles. I wasn't sure if my rejuvenator was fucked or if the monitor was just dead. So I decided to test it out on my Neo29's tube, did the same setup and test and I got good reading on the tube. So that means it must have been on its last legs and I killed my NAC monitor with a bad connection or I just fried it with the rejuvenation.
I also noticed when I did the test on my neo29 I would get a red glow on the neck and I wasn't even getting that on my NAC tube.
So that sucks, now how do I go by getting a similar tube that will work with my chassis and fit in my candy cab NAC? Again I have been researching and reading on this site and I seem to see a lot about the Yoke, is this the main factor for compatibility?
The NAC tube I have is a Toshiba 29" A68KJU96X and my chassis is a Nanao MS9. Again my chassis works perfectly and had a cap kit done to it a year before by the last owner.
I am a bit lost on knowing whats compatible with my chassis, any information would be appreciated so I can swap my tube.
I live in Seattle WA, USA
Thanks in advanced
John V.
So long story short...Maybe
My New Astro City (NAC) tube was acting up giving me a strong green tint and being very dim. At first I thought it was my chassis so I sent that off to a buddy of mine in cali who tested it on his cab. Well turns out that the picture was perfect and bright on his side. I did mess around with the contrast, brightness and all those controls on the remote board but still very little change. I did notice that the browns were not showing up, especially when I play final fight. I've tested this with different games and they all look the same. So I think the next step was using a CRT Rejuvenator just to test if the tube would give me a good reading. I was able to find a B&K 467 rejuvenator on eBay for $80 shipped. After receiving my rejuvenator is turns out I didn't have the adapter to plug it into the gun. So I bought a universal adapter but it was tricky connecting it to the tube one of the connecters didn't really seem to make contact with one of the pins on the gun. But I found a guy on the Klov forums who makes the adapters and got one from him. This adapter just slid in perfectly.
(I needed the crt-23 adapter)
When I first used the Universal adapter I got a low reading on all 3 colors, I researched online and looked at a few videos on how to correctly test and rejuvenate the tube. I first started off with a clean and balance which is the lowest and safest way to clean your tube. Nothing really changed so I switched it to the rejuvenate option, after I did that It gave me no reading at all in the test mode. I left it alone for a few days and got the new adapter from Klov which correctly fit on the neck. (Which was a crt-23 adapter)
I wouldn't recommend getting the Universal adapter, first its $80 bucks and second it doesn't slide in, rather its small hooks that hook onto each pin, maybe I must have had it hooked on a wrong pin, not sure. I used a diagram that I found online to see what connected where but maybe I did it wrong. (I'm sure I did)
After receiving my new adapter I did the test again and still got zero reading from the needles. I wasn't sure if my rejuvenator was fucked or if the monitor was just dead. So I decided to test it out on my Neo29's tube, did the same setup and test and I got good reading on the tube. So that means it must have been on its last legs and I killed my NAC monitor with a bad connection or I just fried it with the rejuvenation.
I also noticed when I did the test on my neo29 I would get a red glow on the neck and I wasn't even getting that on my NAC tube.
So that sucks, now how do I go by getting a similar tube that will work with my chassis and fit in my candy cab NAC? Again I have been researching and reading on this site and I seem to see a lot about the Yoke, is this the main factor for compatibility?
The NAC tube I have is a Toshiba 29" A68KJU96X and my chassis is a Nanao MS9. Again my chassis works perfectly and had a cap kit done to it a year before by the last owner.
I am a bit lost on knowing whats compatible with my chassis, any information would be appreciated so I can swap my tube.
I live in Seattle WA, USA
Thanks in advanced
John V.
