2" Miniature TV/Radio Strange Problem

[compucat]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

I have a couple of those little guys...Problem I have w/'em is the tuning knob & whatever its hooked to, seem to be kinda "Rubbery" & make it hard to tune in an SW station easily...They ARE Cute l'il buggers, though..

That rubbery feeling is called backlash and yes there is a lot of it. Even on AM I have to rock the knob back and forth to fine tune. I can see the main design objective for these sets was miniaturization hence the very small knobs and no bandspread through reduction gears or anything like that. I absolutely love the 2" B&W picture on these, so clear and when you turn it off, the picture collapses to a dot like the sets of old.

Here is a picture of it from the auction listing. This set is cosmetically mint including the fitted carry case and yes i have the snap on front cover and carry strap.

[Sandy G]

Originally Posted by compucat

That rubbery feeling is called backlash and yes there is a lot of it. Even on AM I have to rock the knob back and forth to fine tune. I can see the main design objective for these sets was miniaturization hence the very small knobs and no bandspread through reduction gears or anything like that. I absolutely love the 2" B&W picture on these, so clear and when you turn it off, the picture collapses to a dot like the sets of old.

Here is a picture of it from the auction listing. This set is cosmetically mint including the fitted carry case and yes i have the snap on front cover and carry strap.

Part of it, too, in MY case, especially, could be trying to use "Island-Sized ARTHRITIC paws" on such a teeny-tiny tuning knob.... (grin)

[compucat]

I have been using this set on and off for the past several months and the problem I was having of the upper FM band fading out has gone away. I am thinking it was a capacitor that has reformed from use. This set was NOS until I bought it last year. That means it has been sitting unused since the 1980s. I had two identical transistor radios from the 1960s I bought NOS in the early 2000s and both did not work due to dried out electrolytics. I recapped one and it works like new. The other one is still waiting. This little TV works great with my agile modulator broadcasting on channel 5 tuned to MeTV. It is fun to watch period shows on it right over the air. The radio is quite decent too. My wife says it looks like a car radio with the low profile form factor. I have another one of these in the Realistic branded AM/FM version with no multi standard reception feature.