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| Click here to select a new forum. | | inside the 5500 | Posted by: billtchr on 2008-01-21 04:50:42
What is the large open space for to the right of the hard drive when looking inside a 5400/5500 from the back panel? There seems to be a spare power cable or something, but no other connectors that might attach to anything...
| Posted by: LCGuy on 2008-01-21 05:24:58
I haven't touched a 5xxx in years, but to me, that sounds like the bay for the TV tuner.
| Posted by: equill on 2008-01-21 07:01:21
LCGuy has nailed it. NTSC (N.Am.) or PAL (Aus.) tuner, and the ribbon cable is for power and signal. There are usually a few kits with tuners (some with NTSC TV and FM) floating about eBay, often NIB. See, eg, fuzzstjohn.
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| Posted by: billtchr on 2008-01-21 11:53:23
Aha! I knew it had to something different like that, but couldn't think what.
Thanks for the info!
| Posted by: LCGuy on 2008-01-21 18:40:28
If you have a good look in there, you'll see that there's some rails in where that plug is, those rails are what the TV board goes into, to hold it in place.
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