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There are missing connector pieces in this PCB that I was working on and I swear that there was no connector there in the first place, so I ruled out me going insane.I circled the connectors in gray. Are these connector pieces for something else off the board I have?

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PCB Details

This PCB belongs to a Sharp 1999 TV. Was connected to four other small PCB one the buttons for the TV, the other the jacks on the TV, the speakers, and deflection coil.

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It may or not be used by your specific tv. But it is not uncommon for a pcb to have a populated but unused internal connector. The same board may be used in multiple model tvs or with different but equal modular parts (power supplies, output boards etc) so they use a general board. Design once and use in modular fashion as needed.

It could also be a debug or test interface.

Good luck.

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