Hi Wilko,
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You are right, CRT screens are sensitive to the environment; steel, magnetic field of other devices if they are nearby, gravity...but I found the cause. When I noticed the display problem, I was working on the RF sections and was concentrating on them. I think I wasn't paying enough attention. What I thought was a tilt reversal was perhaps the orientation of the spectrum, as I regularly changed the instrument's orientation for testing. Why I say this is that I disassembled everything and placed the display on the table. The deflection coils were very stable and glued; they couldn't move. So, I think I made an observation error regarding the tilt reversal. I took the measurement with a ruler, and the display was straight. The metal casing covering this section had been removed before this measurement, and I demagnetized it, along with all the circuits, before reassembling. But when I disassembled it, I noticed that this section had already been disassembled and unfortunately reassembled incorrectly, and the case covering the CRT was misaligned, as was the outer frame for the display, which wasn't properly seated. I corrected everything, and now my screen is straight. The positioning of the metal case and the outer frame caused the tilt. The metal case containing the display was screwed tightly on the left side, but barely on the right side. Therefore, the right side was slightly raised above the aluminum frame, causing the tilt. Yves -----Message d'origine-----
De?: [email protected] <[email protected]> De la part de Wilko Bulte via groups.io Envoyé?: 22 mars 2025 03:39 ??: [email protected] Objet?: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] display tilt adjustment hp8591a You do not per chance have a steel workbench or similar? As I have found out the hard way ages ago (i.e. during my education) such an environment can affect tube trace alignment. Rotating the monitor on the desk made the picture change. Had me puzzled for quite a while, even more so because in my case it was a colour CRT. Wilko |