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happy easter. empty your in box phantom!

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ok , i now have 2 colecovision consoles that with a prob i assume is power related. on both i have already taking apart the power switch cleaned and resoldered. power supply is for sure good to go. and also checked where the ac inputs connect to the board. ok ,one of them always goes to black screen and tone.the other most of the time comes up to garbled lettering with or without a cart it does change with a cart in however so im not thinking its the cart edge connector , i assume it is a 4116 issue, is there a way to narrow this down to which one it is ? or should i just replace them all on both? i read , that u15 is common with the garbled lettering but , on one of them it has been clearly replaced already? soo any help is greatly appreciated it!

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have cleaned the switch very well. retouched solder joints on the switch. clipped and reconnected the power cords where they attach to the board. still nothing. Do you have a voltmeter or multimeter available? You could then check to see if power is getting beyond the switch to the board. nope , no voltmeter. i did go ever once again the solder joints where the power cable connects and it fired up , but all i get is like a constant tone. so i dont know, im thinking its goin in the closet lol. thanx for all the info though guys

have cleaned the switch very well. retouched solder joints on the switch. clipped and reconnected the power cords where they attach to the board. still nothing.

pretty much sums it up, i know the power supply and rf cable are good to go, when power switch is flipped it does nothing. i know its common for the power switch to be a little flaky, but is it common for the switch to just not work at all? or could my prob be elsewhere? any help is appreciated!

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thanx! possibly, i wanted to put the rocker switches on these but ran out of rocker switches and locally havent found any, so im gonna have to order some. yes it does improve pole position for sure!

good call! i noticed those but could'nt recall if those where standard or not.

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i am making 4 of these for sale this weekend without the up and down switch. it is posted in the market place. thanx!

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and dont forget pacman collection!

ninja golf comes to mind. tower toppler, great version of commando, i liek rampage and double dragon, xenophobe. theres alot of good games some are great but i guess that varies from person to person, i hear midnight mutants is good but i havent played it. ikari warriors is supposed to be good also.

this is a great buy! i soo wish i had the funds for it.

thanks for the input. so there indeed are ntsc cbs units. very cool.! Yes, there are. I've seen one of these at least once before...the last one I saw was on eBay about a year or so ago. actually there is one listed on there now, i just noticed. thanks guys for all the input! i really appreciate it. any idea how many where made? and also im assuming these where some of the last made?or the first?

thanks for the input. so there indeed are ntsc cbs units. very cool.!

well her she is, the ax man had already ask about the tv, and it is for sure not lol. it looks like every other colecovision i have ever seen, no extra video board, and no mounting spot to the left of my thumb for a pal video , i was thinking maybe someone had stuck a ntsc cpu in a pal box but thats clearly not the case. the board revision i dont know if you can tell in the pics or not. is 75743 rev j coleco 1982,, i dont know if any of that is useful or not.

thank you! i will open it up post my findings, i was gonna ask if there was some way inside of it i could tell the differance.

so, it is just a standard euro pal system? i didnt think a pal system would work with ntsc tv sets without like a converter or something? thanx for the info!

never mind i think its candian,

i received a colecovision system today and it is a cbs model, i got it in a trade, with power supply, i dont have any games to test it with,but it does power up and i see the colecovision title screen, i thought cbs was for the over seas market only? or was this one jsut imported? i was thinking if it was pal it wouldnt work on my tv? oh well any help here would be greatly appreciated. added a few pics very nice looking machine!