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MX 6000 Video controller problem

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northlabs
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northlabs Posted: Sat, Jan 5 2013 9:16 PM

Hello world!
This is my first post here and I found this forum when searching for answers regarding my newly acquired mx 6000 set. 
I've read the workshop post about repairing this set, but it didn't give info om my particular error code, neither did the service manual.
When it fires up it seems to be lacking the red colour channel, the upper left osd with the channel number have a light green background and in the menu the option not selected is in red. The red takes about 3-5 minutes to show, before that it's a flickering grey-black colour.
After that it goes straight back to stand by.
My last error in the service menu states PF 86, which is according to both the service manual and the workshop post here a problem with the 14IC9 - the video controller ic. 
I've visually inspected all the boards and there's no leaking or deformed caps. Only a lot of dust and grime.
Does anyone have an idea what to do as the next step? Should I follow the advice given here and just replace all the caps and inspect everything else for dry/broken solder points?
Is it possible that the error lies in the ic itself? Perhaps damaged by surrounding bad caps?
All tips and recommendations are welcome, I'm not giving up on the set and I would very much like to fix it myself. 

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Since you apparently have been in there already and read the older threads, I'll skip the standard rant about not killing yourself etc - still, consider yourself warned.

As most of the time with these TVs, you will be looking at bad solders and/or bad caps. I wouldn't concentrate on the error code - I guess it was a good idea when the components were new, but nowadays it will usually be wrong or not recorded at all. The set shuts down as a safety procedure, and as long as it takes minutes to do that, most active components should be fine. Of course the controller IC actually might be faulty, and the shutdown another unrelated problem.

Clean up everything and with the set on, try tapping slightly around the circuit boards and see if you find a spot that responds somehow. There you might be close to some dry solder. It's usually just simpler to reflow them all though, and while doing that, replace the small electrolytics (there aren't actually that many on the main board) and whatever Die_Bogener recommends in the workshop. Problems with a single colour such as you see might be on the video output board as well (PCB3: check solderings).

One thing I think he didn't mention is the solderings / connectors at the deflection coils around the tube neck. They sometimes burn out. Good luck and be careful - the main power supply cap can easily hold its charge for a day or more!

--mika

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