Philips VG-8010 Documentation
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One Philips service manual covers both the Philips VG-8010 and the Philips VG-8000, and it includes the VU-0022 external power supply that both computers use, the same supply as the Philips VG-5000.
VG 8000 / VG 8010 service manual
[edit | edit source]File:Philips VG-8000 VG-8010 Service Manual.pdf is Philips's Service Manual, Home computer VG 8000/00/19/20, VG 8010/00/19, 26 pages, with the specification, notes and adjustments in English, Dutch, French, German and Italian. The cover refers to a separate Repair method VG8000. The scan was made by Hans Otten in 2001 from an original supplied by Bas Kornalijnslijper of the MCWF.[1]
| Page | Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cover and specification |
| 2 | Notes, warning and adjustments: PAL encoder clock (C900), modulation depth (C901), RGB encoder voltage (R576), UHF channel (L650), supply voltage (R168) |
| 3 and 4 | Functional diagram; specification of the ICs, including the VG 8010 RAM board |
| 5 to 10 | Layouts of the RGB and PAL encoder boards, the main board and the 32K RAM board |
| 11 and 12 | External power supply (VU-0022): circuit diagram, board layout and parts list |
| 13 and 14 | Electrical parts lists: main board, PAL encoder, RGB encoder, 32K RAM board |
| 15 and 16 | Mechanical parts lists and exploded views of the computer and the power supply |
| 17 | Symbols used in the circuit diagrams, with the capacitor voltage code |
| 18 | Service Information CT85-2 of 7 February 1985: in some VG 8000 and VG 8010 units crystal X871 on the PAL encoder is replaced by an oscillator circuit |
| 19 to 26 | Circuit diagrams: PAL/CVBS encoder, main board, keyboard matrix including the French layout, 32K RAM board, RGB encoder |
What it does not contain
[edit | edit source]- The electrical parts lists are selections of replaceable parts. For the computer they list only the four 10 µF electrolytics on each encoder board, and for the supply C196, C197, C200 and C203; the other electrolytics appear only on the circuit diagrams.[1]
- There is no troubleshooting chart. The Repair method VG8000 named on the cover is a separate document; the MSX Archive's service manual directory, which holds this manual, has no copy of it.[2]
- An MSX Resource Center member could not find the reset circuit in it; it is drawn on the main board diagram and listed on the functional diagram.[3]
VU-0022 power supply manual
[edit | edit source]Philips's separate service manual for the VU-0022, part number 4822 727 15121, is hosted as File:Philips VU-0022 Power Supply Service Manual 4822 727 15121.pdf and described on Philips VG-5000 Documentation. Its circuit diagram carries the same drawing number, 36498 C12, as the supply diagram in the VG 8000 / VG 8010 manual.[1]
Other documents
[edit | edit source]The Internet Archive holds a Portuguese VG-8010 user manual (item ManualDoUtilizadorPhilipsVG8010), a 1984 Philips catalogue for the VG 8010 and a 1985 French Philips brochure covering the VG-8010 and VG-8020. They are not hosted here.[4]
Pages that cite these documents
[edit | edit source]- Philips VG-8010
- Philips VG-8010 General Maintenance
- Philips VG-8010 Troubleshooting Guide
- Philips VG-8010 Capacitor Replacement Guide
- Philips VG-8000
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Philips, Service Manual, Home computer VG 8000/00/19/20, VG 8010/00/19, PDF pages 1 to 26. Hosted as File:Philips VG-8000 VG-8010 Service Manual.pdf. Source: MSX Archive, https://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/docs/service_manuals/philipsvg8010sm.pdf (retrieved 2026-10-21); the same file is Internet Archive item philipsvg8010sm.
- ↑ Index of /pub/msx/docs/service_manuals, MSX Archive—link(accessed 2026-10-21) Directory listing including philipsvg8010sm.pdf; repair-method documents are present for the VG 8235 and NMS 8250 only.
- ↑ VG8010/00 - Video noise and power up trouble, April to November 2023—link(accessed 2026-10-21) emilen72: the reset circuit is missing from the service manual; Jipe: the functional diagram shows the reset control near the Z80 (IC652), using TS400 (BC548B), IC670-2 and IC670-3 (74LS04) and IC673-4 (7406N).
- ↑ Internet Archive search results retrieved 2026-10-21: ManualDoUtilizadorPhilipsVG8010 ("Philips VG-8010 Manual Do Utilizador (PT)", 1985); philips-homecomputer-catalog-8010-1984 ("Philips Homecomputer Catalog MSX 8010 1984"); philips-microordenateurs-msx ("Philips - Micro-ordenateurs MSX", June 1985, featuring the VG-8010 and VG-8020).