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Picked up a Sony KV-1221R today
It appears to be from 1981 according to an ad I saw on Google Magazines, though there's no date on it. It was $429 at the time, I paid $15.
CRT is strong and bright but was running a little bit green, also the controls were filthy, you could either have no color or full saturation so I took it apart, adjusted the tracking and De-Ox'd the controls, now it works great! Cosmetics are good but not perfect, it is 36 years old after all, older than a CT-100 was when this was made. The only input is the VHF Coax or UHF screws. It's a remote set but I didn't get the remote, and the newer ones won't work with it. |
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My parents had a similar set growing up, but it was a 15" or 17". The LEDs and method for programming the channel presets is really funky!
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Neat little set. I wonder if the stock remote is ultrasonic or infrared.
Yet another example of Sony's oddball but often interesting engineering. I had a KV-1926R whose on-screen channel display went all the way up to 999. Also, channels had to be added or deleted with the original remote. |
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Infrared, the window is just to the right of the tuner buttons. I read that all Sony’s from 84 on use the same remote codes, but this predates that so I need to find an old remote.
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Here we go, the correct remote, model RM-702. They pop up on the bay every now and then. There's one on there right now but the price is pretty ridiculous.
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Older than a CT100 RCA? No way, your Sony was made in 1981, The RCA CT100 was from 1954.
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He meant it's older than the CT100 was when this set was made. The CT100 would have been 27 years old at the time. I didn't notice that part at first, I see how it could easily be misinterpreted. I edit stuff all the time because I feel it could have been worded better.
Last edited by Jon A.; 10-29-2017 at 02:25 PM. |
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Though I had a CTC-101 which I think was made in 1981...
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