The only one of these I ever Repaired had a similar problem and it was in
fact the Tuner. I sent in the bad one to PTS as a core, and they had a
rebuilt one in stock for like $50

I think you would go by the Numbers on thewhite Sticker on your Tuner to see
if they have any. Its possible they would still have it.


"Jason L." wrote in message
om...
| Wanting an older TV just to play video games on, I bought a 19" RCA
| ColorTrak XL-100 TV set, manufactured May 1976, model number "FA 488
| TR". I tested it before I bought it, and it picked up air signals
| just fine.
|
| However, there's a problem: When I try to connect my consoles, the
| picture won't appear -- there's just gray static. I connected my Sega
| Master System to the TV in the normal fashion (there's a coax input),
| and turned it on. The sounds I expected to hear were crystal-clear,
| but the picture is messed up. (I could, however, make out some of the
| graphics I expected to see.)
|
| I'm not sure if the tuner is the issue, or what... I cannot tune to
| channel 3 or 4, because the electromechanical tuner always goes right
| past them. (After the dial passes 25, it skips 2, 3, and 4, and stops
| on channel 5.) What could I do about this problem?