Author Topic: Question about Philips CM8802 (Read 1946 times)

dougal · « **on:** May 17, 2009, 11:23:55 AM »

I just bought a Philips CM8802 for only 10 Euro from a car boot sale .

It works perfectly connected to my Amiga 1200 using Amiga RGB to Scart cable .

I notice it has a Blanked out TTL RGB socket .

If i had to push the blank cover off would there actually be the connector behind it ?

freqmax · « **Reply #1 on:** May 17, 2009, 12:35:21 PM »

Unscrew and have a look?

GadgetMaster · « **Reply #2 on:** May 17, 2009, 12:39:16 PM »

Quote from: freqmax;454571

Unscrew and have a look?

Be careful if you do that. CRT monitors have capacitors that store thousands of Volts that can be potentially lethal.:eek:

Don't touch anything in there unless you know what you are doing.

dougal · « **Reply #3 on:** May 17, 2009, 12:45:13 PM »

Ok just saw a PDF manual which said that that option is not available on the CM8802 anyway ..

So i wont be getting a 1000 volt shock today :-)

jupo42 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 17, 2009, 05:59:25 PM »

Probably not... On the C= monitors like that, the covered connections cover gaps where the ports were never soldered onto the circuit board.

Now, whether you could solder on a port and get it to work, that's another question...

freqmax · « **Reply #5 on:** May 17, 2009, 07:12:18 PM »

You don't get any shock if you keep control over your fingers..