Documenting Nanao ms8-33 Autosync 15/24khz.

Guy in uk has a 36” nanao wide screen Mitsubishi tube

Likely the fabled monitor from a Virtua Racing deluxe:

virtua_racing_deluxe.jpg
 
Following Mrhide’s kind invitation, here are some photographs and references from my Nanao MS-3620-S.

This monitor is fitted to my Sega Virtua Racing Deluxe under Sega part number 200-5240. The original tube is a Mitsubishi W86KTTZ211X.

After comparing my boards with the MS8-33 photographs in this thread, several clear family relationships appear.

1 — Power Board

The general layout is extremely close. Both boards also use transformers carrying the following references:

  • 5F13517A1
  • 5F13516A1
  • 5F16518A1
2 — Deflection Board

  • MS-3620-S: PCB-DEF 05A00515D1 / 5T00960
  • MS8-33: PCB-DEF 05A00515E1 / 5T00960
The PCB family and secondary reference are therefore shared, with a different revision suffix.

3 — High-voltage assembly

  • MS-3620-S: PCB-HV 05A00514D1
  • MS8-33: PCB-HV 05A00514E1 / 05T00959
The flyback enclosure, external heatsink and daughterboard arrangement also appear very similar.

4 — Video daughterboard

Both video boards use a Mitsubishi M51387P and have a very similar component and RGB-output layout.

5 — Control board

  • MS-3620-S: PCB-CONT 05B00752B1 / 05U02057
  • MS8-33: PCB-CONT 05B00752C1 / 05U02056
These references and layouts strongly suggest that the MS-3620-S and MS8-33 were developed from a common Nanao electronic platform, with model-specific revisions or adaptations.

I am not assuming that the boards are electrically interchangeable. Voltages, component values, tube and yoke requirements may differ, so this is a documentary comparison only.

Thank you again for documenting the MS8-33. This is the first genuinely significant technical lead I have found for the MS-3620-S in more than ten years of searching.
 

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extremely happy that my pictures are helping someone who's been searching info for 10 years! :happy:

and looking at your pictures, I am pretty certain it's the same boards. which means that your 36 inch screen can do 15hz!
 
Thank you Mrhide — that is very encouraging!

The purpose of all this research is ultimately to repair this monitor, which has not worked since I acquired my Virtua Racing Deluxe more than ten years ago.

The chassis has been stored separately for many years, and I have avoided powering it up without proper documentation or a safe diagnostic plan. Discovering how closely related it is to your MS8-33 is therefore a very important step for me.
 
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