NEC Professional monitor

[Rat]

I bought a NEC Multisync XM29 Plus (professional studo monitor) off of e-bay.... for the most part this thing works great. I do have a couple questions tho:

1. Does anyone know where I can get parts for this monitor such as the wired remote control and the IR remote control? .... Google didn't give me any results

2. I wonder if this unit has been dropped? The top and bottom of the screen has "pin-coushin" as opposed to the sides having it. There is no adjustment in the menu to fix it. Also, the top corners of the picture bow out slightly; have adjusted the trapazoid, pin-coushion and pin-corners to no avail. I know the fly-back is on it's way out.... hear the familiar zap every so often and it goes out of focus once every 20 - 30 hours and clears up after a power cycle.


Rat :rolleyes:

[Rat]

bump......anybody have any ideas?


Rat

[BipolarBill]

Originally posted by Rat
[B]1. Does anyone know where I can get parts for this monitor such as the wired remote control and the IR remote control? .... Google didn't give me any resultsB]Have you tried contacting NEC?

The pincushioning on top and bottom is somewhat common on large CRTs. It is not adjustable on any unit I've seen. Basically, the tube is slightly defective. I see this all too often. That's why I always buy monitors locally.

[Magua]

I know the fly-back is on it's way out.... hear the familiar zap every so often and it goes out of focus once every 20 - 30 hours and clears up after a power cycle.

Are you talking about a small click and a shake almost like selecting Degauss, just with a less violent shaking? I don't know exactly what causes it, but I know it was bad news with my old monitor. It used to do it maybe once or twice a week, slowly increased to a rate of several times a day. Finally it got to the point of doing it every 5 or so minutes, so I shut it down for the day. Then, as soon as the monitor fired up on reboot, it did it rapid fire, several times per second. That only lasted 2 or 3 seconds, not enough for me to turn it off. Crack. One last loud one, a little smoke (smelled like burnt hair), and thats all she wrote. Fortunately gateway replaced it with a much newer, nicer model.

[Rat]

Bill:
'NEC doesn't support this monitor anymore :rolleyes: ... they say I need to find the stuff used or maybe find someone who sold these units and see if they have any stock left :x

Magua:
It's definately a flyback zap..... haven't been using the monitor until the new flyback arrives (don't like sending 50,000 + volts thru the primary side)

Rat