Monitor for Amiga 600 problems

[GiKoMoRa]

Hey dudes,i have an a600 connected to an old tv via rf cable,i also have a dss8+ for sampling on the amiga,the problem i am having is that there seems to be unwated interference going on when im sampling,im pretty sure it has to do with the tv being connected to the amiga.When i turn on the tv i get a burst of static and then it switches on but there is a small amount of noise still present around 15khz,it just sounds like a little reception noise,tv is fine.Problem is i think this background noise is being sampled by the dss8+ so i always have samples with a narrow high gain peak at around 15khz which is incredibly annoying and very hard to edit out completely after the fact.So i bought an old dell monitor,since its a monitor it shudnt suffer from any background noise at all,problem is its not displaying the screen correctly,its very fuzzy and jumpy and impossible to make out anything.My question is whats my best option here?I cant solder so ecs indivision or whatever its called is out the window.I dont care about colours or high quality i just want to be able to sample,thats all i bought the amiga for. icard

 

[Merlin]

Check the electrolytic capacitors on the audio section of the motherboard. They can leak and on some models, we've known them to be fitted the wrong way around at manufacture.

If the heads of the caps are domed, or you can detect a 'fishy' smell, then the caps need replacing.

 

[GiKoMoRa]

No idea about computers motherboards or anything technical but thanks for the reply i will try to figure out a way to follow your instructions,cheers!

 

[GiKoMoRa]

ok,so i had sum1 check it out for me,capacitors all fine,no problems with amiga.

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tried on 1084 monitor,same problem.

 

[Harrison]

Could the sampler just be sensitive to picking up the 15Hz signal from the Amiga's output?

You could try getting an Amiga to SCART RGB cable that is long enough to have the Amiga some distance from the display to see if that helps. Otherwise, another option could be to remove the actual RF modulator from the A600 to see if that is generating the signal you are sampling. You then obviously wouldn't be able to plug the Amiga into the aerial socket of an old TV, but really it isn't a good way to connect a display anyway and a proper monitor or SCART cable from the RGB port should be the one used.