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using TV to display audio signals
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CatchAce



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PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 4:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Kerr_Avon wrote:
No don't. ........ perfectly good old oscilloscopes are about 20USD.


where exactly have you been looking? i repeatedly come up with the general consensus (google) that even the meagerest of scopes is not a dime below $200 USD.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

check craigslist. i just got a Leader LBO 523 and a bunch of probes for $40. Was asking $75 but I haggled him down.

I also got an EEG/ECG machine for $5 from a junk store down the road. Has an audio in and a CRT screen.

Check out my youtube channel to see both in action.

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

hi

so i've done this to an old B&W tv i found in the attic.

i left the vertical wires in place and connected an input jack to the horizontal wires. This gave me vertical waveforms when i ran audio into it.
so i rotated the coils 90 degrees to get horizontal waveforms.

the advantage of this is, that i can use the Vhold and Vsize trimpots to adjust the display to the respective waveform and somewhat "lock" the waveform to the sceen.

this is how it looks when i hook it up to one of the speaker outs of my home stereo:

old CRT tv as an oscilloscope/visualizer from the shizcake on Vimeo.




however, i would like to make this thingy standalone by adding a built-in amplifier. Because now, i can't turn up the volume on my stereo without altering the amplitude on the screen.

i had this module laying around, but the waves on the screen lose their smooth sexyness when i use it via my stereo's rec out.

pls compare the 2 attached pics



so my question is, what are my options? get anothe hifi amp and use it solely for the TV?
or are there any good low-distortion, low cost, low effort amp kits/modules/plans out there that are recommended for sth like this?

the coil reads around 1,7 ohms btw, not sure how long my stereo wants to deal with that..

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ben


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PostPosted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

bikini-inspector wrote:

so my question is, what are my options? get anothe hifi amp and use it solely for the TV?
or are there any good low-distortion, low cost, low effort amp kits/modules/plans out there that are recommended for sth like this?

the coil reads around 1,7 ohms btw, not sure how long my stereo wants to deal with that..


I suggest going to a pawn shop, or 2nd hand shop, and pick up an old ugly relic stereo amp that nobody wants. Most solid-state amps should be able to kick 1.7 ohms. I would be careful driving your new display TV with a good home hifi.

Thanks for sharing...

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bikini-inspector



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

yeah, that's what i thought.

missed the flea market this morning because i was hung over, so maybe next week..


i've been thinking a little: would it make sense to put a transformer on the input (1:1 maybe)? would this fix impedance issues for the amplifier?
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

bikini-inspector wrote:


i've been thinking a little: would it make sense to put a transformer on the input (1:1 maybe)? would this fix impedance issues for the amplifier?


It might, but the only way to know is to experiment.

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bikini-inspector



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

so i finally found an old schneider 6145ea "HIFI" amp at the flea market for 8 bucks. Sounds crappy, but works fine for the tv on the rec out of my regular amp and has 3 more switchable inputs (2 of which are working Smile).

don't care too much if this thing will be fried, so i ditched the transformer idea and hooked the tv straight to a speaker out.

anyway, thank you for your time and have a good one!
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YashN



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:34 pm    Post subject: Using TV/Monitor chips to do audio Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

I have seen some of these installations, but inspired by the electronicpeasants, I have salvaged a lot of monitor chips.

What I would prefer is to find ways of reusing these chips for audio.
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Glitch-Militia



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 2:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Here's mine.

I connected the wires from the horizontal deflector coil to the vertical supply
Then I connected the wires from the vertical deflector coil to a small amplifier.
The output is very small. It is a horizontal line.
I'm not quite satisfied. But it still looks nice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6oTqdsvitY
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 9:33 am    Post subject: next stage: coloured Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Servus! The initial post by daniel mentioned, that it is possible to get a colour adjustable circuit bent tv running. unfortunately the links he provided in the beginning of the topic do not work anymore and I can't seem to find a hint on how to do that elsewhere. does someone know, where to find this information, as I am ok with most of the fiddling around but I cannot seem to figure it out by myself. he mentioned censtron doing that in 2006... yours, brother jacob
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