Atari Tempest - Monitor Removal

Tempest™
D.
Monitor
Removal
The
following procedure should only
be per-
formed by a
qualified service technician.
WARNING
—
A
Shock
Hazard
High
voltages
may
exist in any
televi-
sion
or
monitor,
even with
power discon-
nected. Use
extreme
caution and do
not
touch
electrical
parts of the yoke
area
with
your
hands or
with metal objects
in
your hands!
Implosion Hazard
If you
drop the
monitor and the
picture
tube
breaks, it will
implode! Shattered
glass
and the
yoke can
fly
6
feet or more
from the
implosion. Use
care
when
re-
placing any monitor.
To remove
the color X-Y
monitor,
follow
steps
1
through
6 listed
below. Refer
to
Figure
13.
1.
Open the
control panel
as described in
Section
C, Opening
the
Control Panel. Be
sure the
game
is
unplugged from
its wall
outlet!
2.
Remove
the monitor
shield
retainer
at
the
top
of
the
monitor
shield.
Unscrew
the
three
Allen-
head screws
that
secure
the
monitor
shield re-
tainer
to the
game
cabinet.
Lift
out the
tem-
pered
glass
monitor
shield.
3. Carefully
remove
the four
staples
that secure
the
cardboard bezel
and remove
the bezel.
As an
extra
precaution,
we highly
recommend
you dis-
charge
the high
voltage from
the picture
tube.
4. Open
the rear
access
panel and
unplug the
15-pin monitor harness
connector.
Unfasten
the
monitor chassis from
the monitor
bracket.
5.
Remove
the four
sets of hardware
that
secure
the monitor frame
to the wood frame.
6.
Carefully
pull
the monitor
chassis
out the front
of the
game.
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