[Coco] On the subject of RF output
Charles Hudson
charles484 at twc.com
Fri Dec 17 08:44:30 EST 2021
My CoCo 1 is being output to a 20" Toshiba LCD TV of a certain age, from
the RF output on the CoCo through a cable and a coax converter plug into
the TV's RF input. The TV is plenty stable and sharp but the output
from the CoCo is a mess of banding, video "noise" and herringbone.
Yesterday out of frustration I "tweaked" the two accessible coils in the
RF section just to see if I could make things better. (Using anti-static
plastic tools) I did, sorta; the text was in sharper focus and the
v-noise abated somewhat. I was working without the RF shield on the CPU
so probably things could have been better, but I wanted to ask:
What are the two coils controlling? If I turned one of them too far I
lost the color signal. I also noticed I could produce noise. So I
guess one of the coils acts as a signal mixer for the final output?
What's the other one for? Where might I find documentation on this topic?
Thanks for your replies.
-CH-
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