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From: johng@trwind.UUCP (John Greene)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.video
Subject: Re: MTS Stereo TV Decoder query
Message-ID: <464@trwind.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 89 18:17:57 GMT
References: <2943@rtmvax.UUCP> <329@carroll1.UUCP>
Reply-To: johng@trwind.UUCP (John Greene)
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In article <329@carroll1.UUCP> tkopp@carroll1.UUCP (Tom Kopp) writes:
>In article <2943@rtmvax.UUCP> mazda@rtmvax.UUCP (John Wilson) writes:
>>
>>	Are any such (any brand) MTS Decoders still in production?
>>	Is the MPX OUT signal a composite FM signal of both audio
>>my building a decoder using the ECG1655 TV STEREO DECODER Integrated
>>circuit or equivalent?
>
>
>to an 'upgrade' kit.  The original (article) used an FM stereo decoder...
>the LM1884 is a fairly new (less than a year?) chip specifically designed, like
>the 1655, for TV stereo.  Good luck!
>
>
Actually the part is not all *that* new as I have a 1984 data book that has that
chip in it.  I would not hold all that much confidence in the article printed in
Radio Electronics.  I was so disappointed in the errors and mistakes in their
designs that I won't even look at the magazine anymore.   
-- 
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