MS9 - black box where frequency jumpers are supposed to be.

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MS9 - black box where frequency jumpers are supposed to be.

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I was fiddling around with my NAC this weekend, cleaning up the insides and what-not, and I noticed the monitor chassis has a small black box where the jumpers for 15/24khz are supposed to be.
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Anyone know what this is? Is it some auto-switcher? Or is my chassis not a standard dual-res one?

I've done a quick google search and didn't come up with anything...
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Actually, looks like I found something on the BYOAC forums:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.p ... #msg919059"

Turns out that relay is for auto-switching! I'll try this out tonight after work, but if it is, I'll be :awe:
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I've heard that these exist, I do hope you have one! :awe:
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Turns out it is an auto-switching relay! I plugged in my UVC Jamma box, set to 24khz and it recognized it immediately.
Wicked! 8-)
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That's awesome! :awe:
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Cool. :D
bet those werent made in large numbers.
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I think there must be more too it that as the monitor must have some additional circuity to sense/detect the input resolution before switching the mode.
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There are empty spots for several parts in that area: resistors, transistors, diodes and even a 16-pin IC. All surface-mount of course.
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Amazing find! Auto-Switching MS9's, whoda thunkit!?
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FrancoB wrote:I think there must be more too it that as the monitor must have some additional circuity to sense/detect the input resolution before switching the mode.
I can take a better picture of the markings on the box. I remember seeing some input/output details while I was back there, perhaps that would give you guys a better idea of how this works.
If anything, this would be good to add to the wiki pages...
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Would be awesome if someone (craig maybe) could offer to mod jumper-switching chassis to auto-switching if the parts needed and implementing a mod is easy enough. :think: