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Old 10-10-2017, 01:14 AM
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Realistic Portavision 5" Color TV 16-107

Picked up this great little set at a thrift for $5. Couldn't resist. It works. I tested it at the thrift shop. I'll have pics when I get it set up. Looks to have a striped shadow mask. I want it as a monitor for testing connections to analog sets from my TIVO boxes, etc.
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Old 10-10-2017, 07:25 AM
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I had a BUNCH of thease things at times. GREAT trading fodder.. But they DID make a much better picture than you had any right to expect...
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Old 10-16-2017, 07:33 PM
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This set reminds me of the TMK set in the other thread.Rat Shack used to be great when they printed the schematics in back of the instructions.
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Old 10-16-2017, 11:35 PM
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Not only did they provide the schematics, but service manuals. You had to pay for the manuals, but they were very complete.
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Old 10-17-2017, 09:49 AM
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Not only did they provide the schematics, but service manuals. You had to pay for the manuals, but they were very complete.
Yes .Their service manual where great and reasonable priced.
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Old 10-08-2020, 10:00 AM
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How good was the image quality on the smaller color portavisions, compared to a casio color LCD or a sony watchman like the FDL-22?
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Old 10-08-2020, 03:13 PM
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I think the tiny LCDs at the time were definitely proof that "content is king" (meaning the picture quality was not very good, but good enough if you were mainly interested in watching on a mobile device, and not how good the picture looked).
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Not only did they provide the schematics, but service manuals. You had to pay for the manuals, but they were very complete.
Do you have access to the manuals? Or like a scan of them, I need them for my set
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Do you have access to the manuals? Or like a scan of them, I need them for my set
It looks like a TMK, A.K.A. Toyomenka build. They were a surprisingly
good sets & ran a good parts dept. Sams dont list the RS set, SO.......
You got to ID the set. Look on the model tag for a FCC ID or type acceptance
number. Then go to FCC.gov & search the number there. If its listed
it will give the OEM brand & model. From there you can search for the
manuals. Also you may post problem it has & maybe get a simple answer without a manual.

BTW this works for other electronics with those numbers. Monitors, radios,
metal detectors .............


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Old 12-22-2023, 10:00 PM
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It looks like a TMK, A.K.A. Toyomenka build. They were a surprisingly
good sets & ran a good parts dept. Sams dont list the RS set, SO.......
You got to ID the set. Look on the model tag for a FCC ID or type acceptance
number. Then go to FCC.gov & search the number there. If its listed
it will give the OEM brand & model. From there you can search for the
manuals. Also you may post problem it has & maybe get a simple answer without a manual.

BTW this works for other electronics with those numbers. Monitors, radios,
metal detectors .............


73 Zeno & merry Christmas !
LFOD !
Unfortunately it doesn't have an FCC ID anywhere.
Oh and some bum eBay seller had the manual attached to one of these they were selling but weren't willing to sell the manual on it's own, and I don't really need a whole new one of them

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