Apple Studio Display 17 Documentation

Documents for the Apple Studio Display 17, the 17-inch CRT Studio Displays of 1999 and 2000. Apple's Service Source for the 1999 VGA models is described at Studio Display (17" CRT, 16" viewable image size) Service Source.

Chassis service manual (DA796)

A 51-page service manual for the display's chassis, with no maker's name or cover. Its exploded-view parts list names the cabinet "DA796 (Apple)" in blue and in dawn grey, the replacement parts list is headed "Model: M6496, Date: 1998. 10. 25.", and the schematic is titled "DA796 [APPLE]", P/N 3854T17021A, dated 28 October 1998. Its figures match Apple's: 27 kV at the anode, 180 V on the B+ supply and two focus controls on the flyback.

Contents (PDF pages)

• 1-4: specifications, timing chart, control locations, wiring diagram
• 5-6: disassembly (tilt/swivel assembly, top shield, main total assembly, main bracket and frame)
• 7-9: block diagram and its description
• 10-12: adjustments (B+ 180 V ± 0.5 V at C951 with VR901; high voltage 27 kV ± 0.2 kV with VR501; raster centre; factory mode; white balance and luminance; focus) and the alignment set-up
• 13-20: troubleshooting flowcharts (no power, no character, no raster, no vertical deflection, power management, degaussing, tilt, OSD)
• 21-25: printed circuit board layouts (main, video, control and piggy boards, both sides)
• 26: exploded view with part numbers (CRT M41KZV31X61, Mitsubishi; flyback 6174T13003C)
• 27-50: replacement parts list with every designator and value
• 51: schematic diagram, with voltages and waveforms

What it does not contain

It gives the maker's part numbers only, not Apple's service part numbers; for those use Apple's Service Source. The factory alignment steps need the maker's alignment program and adaptor.

Pages that cite it

• Apple Studio Display 17, Apple Studio Display 17 General Maintenance, Apple Studio Display 17 Troubleshooting Guide, Apple Studio Display 17 Capacitor Replacement Guide

Download: Apple Studio Display 17-inch CRT Service Manual (DA796 chassis).pdf

Setting Up Your Studio Display 17-inch CRT

Apple's 26-page set-up manual, © 1998, for the 1999 display. Contents: Your Display at a Glance (p. 6); Setting Up (p. 7), including graphics cards, more than one monitor and the electronic user's manual; connecting the display (p. 9); turning it on (p. 11); installing the Apple Displays software (p. 12); Using Manual Controls and the On-Screen Display (p. 13); Safety Instructions (p. 20); Troubleshooting (p. 21), covering a dim, flickering or missing picture, sleep mode, picture quality and placement, resolution changes and the Control Strip. It has no service information.

Data sheets

• Apple Studio Display (17-inch CRT), L03537A, January 1999, order number M6221LL/A: specifications, resolutions, supply (90-264 V AC, 150 W maximum), size and weight (45.9 lb).
• Apple Studio Display (17-inch Natural Flat Diamondtron CRT with Apple Display Connector), L05473A, July 2000, order number M7770ZM/A: 28 V DC ± 1.5 V input through the ADC, 113 W maximum, two-port USB hub, 45.8 lb.
• "Important Information About Your Studio Display Cable", LL0834SD, December 1998: the cable ends in a VGA connector and connects to a Macintosh monitor port through the VGA-to-Mac adapter.

Studio Display (17" CRT, 16" VIS, ADC) Service Source

Apple's 60-page Service Source for the 2000 ADC model, dated 11 March 2003. Take Apart covers the monitor stand (a customer-installable part), rear housing, CRT shroud, discharging the CRT and removing the anode cap, the deflection board and mount assembly, the video cable, the CRT and the front bezel. Adjustments is the read-me for Apple's Mac-based "Cabernet" rework software, used with a CA100 colour analyser connected to the Mac's serial port, with procedures for cutoff, beam landing and calibration. It has no symptom charts, parts list or schematic, and its CRT discharge step names tool 076-0392, the part number Apple's other display manuals give for the high-voltage probe.