Small question about CZ-601D monitor

[aje_fr]

Hello,
I just received this monitor from japan. But... Either I don't know how to use it, either it's not working.
Standby led is lit. I have plugged my x68000, switch it on but monitor is still in standby.
Do this monitor require a remote to be switched on ? or the signals from x68000 is enough ?
Before starting to open it, I want to be sure I didn't make something wrong
Best regards

[kamiboy]

Standby? My monitor has no such state. Once you push the front power button the monitor is turned on. You should see the 31khz led light up as soon as a connected X68000 is turned on.

If you do not then prolly the monitor suffered damage during shipping. Mine has a bunch of cold solder joints that I had to sort out. Before opening it make sure it is not the cable though.

[neko68k]

Mine also had a lot of horrible solder work inside. Suddenly MAX VOLUME OMG was terrible -_-

[SuperDeadite]

Sharp Monitors do have a Stand-by mode.
If you connect a TV control cable to the computer, you can set switch.x settings to
put the monitor in stand-by on shut-down.
Also when being used as a TV, you can use the keyboard to control it like a remote.

[kamiboy]

Interesting, I knew about the TV control cable but never knew what exactly it did.

[aje_fr]

Hello,
Thanks to all for your answer, sorry for being late but I got some trouble to login.
Well, I finally sort my problem by making a recap on the psu board of my monitor.
I'm actually doing a full capkit now. If somes are interested, I could post the full capacitor chart and farnell codes.
Bye

[repoMan]

I'm definitely interested, mine is aging badly and it started to loose randomly one of the color components. After some resoldering the problem is still there; so I'm starting to think bad about the caps.

[kamiboy]

I had the same problem with the red colour dropping out and did a full recap. It did nothing to solve the issue. So I just shotgun reflowed solder on the different boards until the issue went away. It was a cold solder joint, but at least my monitor has brand new caps now. I think I uploaded a cap chart here somewhere?

[repoMan]

Funny that it's indeed the red color the loose one, I'll try again a resoldering with a hot air gun, thanks for the tip!

[kamiboy]

Try tapping the different boards with something nonconductive to locate the problem. The dropouts will get worse the closer you get to the problems.