Big Ball O' Wax MUSE Thread - Page 2

Well, I've bought a MUSE decoder.  I already have a HiVision LD (Chaplin -- I think everybody has that one), so all that remains is a player.

With all the technical papers I have, I ought to be able to build an encoder, but first I need a signal source & a standard decoder for reference.  I'm coming close!

This decoder is remarkable.  The US-style polarized plug, along with labels on it, lead me to believe that it may have been officially imported by Sony (it's a model MST-2000) for demonstration purposes or something.

I decided to sit down and revise my original MUSE/Hi-Vision article, based on the information I have gathered. New version, same old address.  Of particular interest, the new version addresses the "green tint" issue.

Also, I have begun to try to create a user's guide for the Sony MST-2000 MUSE decoder. This is a big .PDF (A2 paper size, that is, but only 275 KB) including full-scale illustrations of the front & back panels, based on measurements made by yours truly. I'm not even sure yet whether my unit works, as I haven't had the opportunity to apply a MUSE signal to it, & I don't have the remote control. I wish I had a manual — it would be in Japanese, but I can make shift to read that language — but I wish I had a remote more.

Well, I've obtained manuals for the Sony MST-1000 & MSC-4000 decoders, as well as the Victor HV-MD2, courtesy of various correspondents, & for the MST-2000 courtesy of Sony Japan Customer Service (good people).  That should allow me to provide more useful & extensive user guides.  I have also acquired a copy of The Test Disc, although I still have nothing to play it on, & a test-pattern generator which provides a clean 1125(1035)i60 signal.  I am looking into the possibility of acquiring MUSE test equipment from Japan, & continuing to investigate emulating the MST-2000 remote control which I don't have.

Incidentally, I would really be grateful for the opportunity to use a MUSE LD player for an afternoon, somewhere in the area bounded by Houston, San Antonio, Oklahoma City, & Tulsa (that being about as far as I can drive in a day & return).

Well, my MST-2000 user guide (PDF, 400 KB) is basically complete, except for a couple of unanswered questions which I will need a MUSE LD player to test (I'd actually like to buy one, but they're hard to find, especially within my budget), & a couple of remote control codes I haven't identified yet.  I may never be able to sort out the two audio codes, & one of them may be a null, so it's really only the OSD one that I have to figure out.

As mentioned, I have materials to start on user guides for other models, although I would welcome more.  I have received a request to do the Victor HV-MD2 next.

Anyway, comments are welcome.