Re: Adjusting monitor focus: Sun/Sony GDM-5010 PT

From: James Sweet (jamessweet_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/19/05

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    <jdgill@juno.com> wrote in message
    news:1124375568.782561.193570@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
    > Most newer Sony's use an external Digital Alignment System (DAS)
    > connected to a computer to make these adjustments. (Expensive). You
    > might try and trace out the circuit grom the screen (G2) pin on the CRT
    > neck board. There should be a large value resistor in the circuit.
    > Changing the value of this resistor will often change the screen
    > voltage and brightness. You have to experiment a little to find a good
    > value. I use an resistor box and start at the highest value and then go
    > down until I find the best brightness. Then I solder a fixed resistor
    > in the circuit.
    > Hope this helps....
    > John
    >

    You'd think someone would have hacked together a hobby version of the DAS,
    how hard could it be to do it with a cheap microcontroller? Of course you'd
    have to find access to a real DAS unit/software to analyze the protocol it
    uses.

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