Michael4589

I have a lite sixer that doesn't work either that I bought an av mod for but I'm not quite ready to mod the heavy six to see if that works I think I'll try a new rf cable first.The guy I got the light six from said when I bought it that he thought he had another one and if he could find it he would throw it in with the deal if this one didn't work,he found the other system its a sears tele-games heavy sixer! I'm hoping that this system works If it dose then it will definitely help me track down what's going on with the one that was working.I'll get it tomorrow cause I work with the guy.I was super busy today so I didn't get to do anything else to the heavy six.

Ok all the chips are getting power 4.8 volts riot ,tia, mpu and 4050 buffer.The res pins are 4.9. The phase clock on the Tia that goes to the 6507 is 1.5 volts the color delay input from the Tia is 1.9 and the clock input on the Tia(OSC) is 1.5. As far as desoldering goes the traces look good and the plating seems to be intact.Do these numbers sound right ?With the video color output at 1.9 dose that mean it's sending the signal for the picture?If these numbers are correct aren't they saying this system is functioning the way it should and I should have a playable system?

Well I went through and replaced all the caps that come with the kit, I did the anti static diode fix with new caps ,made new anti static strips for the switches put in the new regulator ,replaced all the chips except the 4050 buffer chip that's soldered to the board (I have 20),I checked grounds all seem good ,I have good voltage in an out of the regulator ,caps are charged up good .I have voltage at the rf module, but I still have a non working heavy sixer. WTF ! I have 100 ohms out of the rf cable. I have a three pin rf box, at the ground it's 0 the center pin is 4.96 and the last pin is 4.16 volts. When I check the 3 soldered connections at the rca port on the board where the rf cable plugs in for output from the rf module I get 0 from all three like I'm checking a ground ,Shouldn't I be getting some kind of readable voltage from the rf module out?I turned the system off and checked the two outside plugs for continuity to the whole ground system(case)and I have continuity,I then check the center pin to make sure I don't have continuity and that checks fine no continuity so know short. Am I correct in thinking the rf chip is bad because of no signal on the center terminal when its powered up? Any help would be great

Thanks. I've got the overhaul complete but it's still a wash out,it doesn't work.

Are these things polarized?I just need to know which way they install if it matters or not,thanks.

Are these things polarized?I just need to know which way they install if it matters or not I don't see anything to indicate either way,thanks.

I'm not using the rf switch box I'm using the rca to f adapter plug.Well that's what I thought too ,"why isn't this thing working"it has me scratching my head a bit Iv'e tried it on three different tvs and nothing. That's why I was thinking that maybe there is something wrong in the rf box.

Hi to all I'm new here but have already learned a lot,I bought a 2600 heavy six and just had to replace the RF cable to get it up and running,it had a little distortion to the left when you played games so I decided to recap the big 2000 uf 16 volt cap with a 2000 uf 35 volt.The unit worked before the cap replacement but now when you turn it on it doesn't even produce a picture just white snow no signal. The voltage reg is working fine 5.1 on output .01 on the ground pin and and I think it was 9 or 10 on the input. The power adapter is up there around 15 volts but drops under load to 10.4,the cap I replaced is charging at 10.4,all the traces seem to be good I've checked for continuity through the ribbon cable,all the chips ,switches and the ground traces,it all seems to check out as far as that goes.I haven't checked for voltage across the chips cause I need to map out what gets what and from where.I reinstalled the old cap and the same deal,I'm thinking that just replacing one cap that everyone else has shouldn't have killed this thing.As far as I can see I didn't see or feel any kind of static discharge but who knows.I have the complete refresh kit from console5 and new TIA chip,riot and mpu on the way, plus I have plenty of buffer chips. I did find the Mpu socket is raised up on one end from the board itself but it checks good for continuity I think it was just a sloppy solder job from the factory it worked before so I think it should be ok. I want to do the static field manual updates before I install the new chips.I'm thinking I had a static discharge or the sixer was getting ready to die ,I only had it a couple of weeks before the cap swap.Is there any kind of signal I can read from the Rf cable coming out of the Rf modulator to see if its out putting the right amount of voltage etc? I want to keep this as is no av mods so any help would be great thanks.