Tuesday 22 March 2011

Hantarex monitor connectors

I asked on UKVAC forum about replacement Hantarex connectors for a tube swap I am currently doing but didn't have much luck when it came to finding new stock. It seems most were under the impression that Hantarex used custom connectors not available to the public, it was pointed out there are compatible housings. The problem with the compatible housings is that they don't have the tabs to stopping you plugging them back to front.

This isn't good because if you plug in either the power or yoke connector back to front you are going to blow the chassis and maybe even the yoke also I am a bit of a perfectionist so back to the search :). Trying CPC first bought up nothing then on to RS, what a massive site! after about an hour of searching I found what I was looking for. They are made by Tyco Electronics (formerly AMP?) and still use the same part numbers used in the Hantarex manual, so why didn't a google bring up the RS page? arghh.

2way housing #280590 RS #509-1641 - used for the degaussing coil
4way housing #280591 RS #509-1657 - used for power
6way housing #280592 RS #509-1663 - used for video and yoke
crimper pins #280702-1 RS #668-9381 - used with all above

These connectors are used on MTC90/900/900e/9000 and 9110 after that came Polo which changed the power and degaussing coil connectors to molex but kept the video and yoke Tyco.


Thursday 17 March 2011

Naomi / Triforce / Chihiro Compact Flash

Here is the CF to Sega CF guide as promised. It doesn't have as many pictures as I would have liked or go into as much detail as I had planned. I will most likely update it in future but it has all the infomation you need to make your own. Also remember you can use any IDE CF reader, I just chose the Unitek as it came in a nice case. :)

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Happy modding.