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Old 01-16-2016, 03:15 PM
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Exclamation 1984 RCA XL100 from an estate sale

I saw an estate sale in my area today with some promising pictures, so I decided to check it out. Walking up, I spotted an old console TV on the driveway. Then I started running. I asked the guy running the sale what he wanted for it, and he said "PLEASE take that thing! Load it in your truck!" So I had to ask my grandfather to help me load it in his truck. After that we had an awsome lunch at Milo's. The TV works, but it has a few issues. It has really bad blooming, among other things.

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Old 01-16-2016, 03:17 PM
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Another. It won't let me upload more than one picture at a time for some reason.

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Old 01-16-2016, 05:29 PM
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Here's a pic of my 1984 RCA XL100. Still works perfect. I wouldnt say I ran for this, but I didn't waste much time taking the van down a block from my house to load it up from next to a dumpster it was sitting by. I'd rather have a colortrak 2000, plus, or dimensia but now way I was going to turn down any 84 set.

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Old 01-16-2016, 05:28 PM
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My parents had that same set. I helped pick it out from a place called "Phil and Jim's"(out of business). Lots of press-board. Don't spill water on the top or it will bubble up.. Had it for 20 years and never broke down, not even a bad CRT
Phil and Jim's commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaaROqaVEl0
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Old 01-16-2016, 06:30 PM
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When I picked it up from the estate sale, water had condensed all over it and now the top is quite bubbly. It's got these thin horizontal lines in the picture now. It's not blooming as bad now, though.

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Old 01-17-2016, 12:21 AM
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Digital or mechanical tuner? Ours was digital with remote. Red numbers
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Old 01-17-2016, 12:27 AM
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Digital. It shows the channel number in the lower right of the screen. I looked everywhere, but I couldn't find a CTC number on this set! The picture tube is a 25VGDP22.

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Old 01-17-2016, 08:28 AM
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In pix #1 I think I see jail bars. In the last pix it
has retrace lines. IIRC the big filter can at the rear
is two section. One is the power supply filter, the other
is for the 200V. The 200V part is probably bad. Its
typically from 5mfd -22mfd. If its OK you can
turn down the G-2 on the CRT socket to get rid of
the retrace.

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Old 01-17-2016, 09:14 PM
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Well, I have some good news. I talked to my friend in Atlanta, and he instructed me to lower the screen adjustment on the back. That solved the retrace lines problem. I put in a new 33 Mfd capacitor thinking that would fix the jailbars, but it had no effect.

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Old 01-19-2016, 09:10 AM
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Some sets used 2 caps in series, Fisher comes to mind.
If not that 'lytics in the separate MSC board gave trouble, it may be
coming in on the tuning voltage or other line. Usually it is
the 200V. A very common problem across all brands.
BTW CTC### usually on a big tag on the chassis or FBT.

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Old 01-18-2016, 10:30 PM
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After finishing the long, laborious task of cleaning my room, I was finally able to install the TV.

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Old 01-19-2016, 09:01 AM
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After finishing the long, laborious task of cleaning my room, I was finally able to install the TV.
Using the word "install" made it sound as if you had put it in the wall or something. Looks good though.
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Old 01-20-2016, 11:53 AM
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Using the word "install" made it sound as if you had put it in the wall or something. Looks good though.
Yes, that set does look good in your room. The room must be fair-sized if you are able to fit a console TV and a floor-standing Zenith antique radio in there, but you did it. That is all that counts. My apartment is too small to accomodate even one console TV, but I do have a collection of small table radios, almost all Zeniths from the 1950s and '60s. What can I say, I like Zenith.
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Yes, that set does look good in your room. The room must be fair-sized if you are able to fit a console TV and a floor-standing Zenith antique radio in there, but you did it. That is all that counts. My apartment is too small to accomodate even one console TV, but I do have a collection of small table radios, almost all Zeniths from the 1950s and '60s. What can I say, I like Zenith.
Thanks, I appreciate that. I think the room is 13' by 9', but I could be wrong.

The TV is a remote set. It says Remote Control right under XL100. It has the regular volume up/down, power, and channel up/down. It also has some channel memory buttons.
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Yes, that set does look good in your room. The room must be fair-sized if you are able to fit a console TV and a floor-standing Zenith antique radio in there, but you did it. That is all that counts. My apartment is too small to accomodate even one console TV, but I do have a collection of small table radios, almost all Zeniths from the 1950s and '60s. What can I say, I like Zenith.
You must have a really TINY studio apartment. Back when I lived in an apartment I was able to fit 5 TV consoles (4 were as big or bigger), 3 radio consoles, 3 table TVs, ~40 table radios, a few cubic feet of LPs, 2 equipment cases (one stereo one video), a bunch of other stuff, and a bed in my bedroom and STILL have an open patch of floor the size of a dinner table (granted I usually worked on electronics on that patch of floor so it would shrink).
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