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Old 04-14-2013, 01:23 PM
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Well I took the diagram to an expert because something just did not look right but I could not put my finger on it.

He looked at it and said the ratio detector tube is isolated from voltage and should be signal only. He stated that the ratio detector transformer was probably shorted.
I called Moyer's.,....got a new one.....put it in and sure enough it works and there is only Macrovision buzz that goes in and out in conjunction with the lines on the screen that likewise come and go.
I can't wait to try a tape/disc that is not encoded with Macrovision!
I tore the old transformer apart and there was a dark brown spot on the side where it looked to be arcing.

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