Vintage Magnavox 7t5003 Portable TV

[Robb]

Bought this Rare Vintage Magnavox 7t5003 Portable TV at an estate sale today for $5 bucks.
Works like new. Black and white, Made in Japan 1971
Good cosmetic shape.
It is tube, not solid state.
It looks to be a 9" size screen with plexi plastic cover

Here's a video I made of this set: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGZ2nJPvweo

[radiotvnut]

Nice find and should be a good performer. That one looks like it was built by Toshiba for Magnavox.

[Rod Beauvex]

Interesting that it doesn't say "No user serviceable parts inside."

[compucat]

Originally Posted by Rod Beauvex

Interesting that it doesn't say "No user serviceable parts inside."

That is the giveaway that it probably has compactron tubes in it. That is a great looking set, probably early Seventies.

[Rod Beauvex]

Oh, I had thought it was an SS set. :/ :p

My second clue should have been the 1.1 amp draw.

[Robb]

It's a tube set ??
Anyone know the year ?
How does the front plastic screen cover come off ?
I want to polish it.

[radiotvnut]

This one will surely be a tube set.

Magnavox made some hybrid 9"/12" sets that had a horizontal output/damper tube, a horizontal oscillator tube, and a vertical output tube. The rest of the set, including the HV rectifier, was solid state with the sound and IF circuits on plug-in modules. I think your set may be a little older and has more tubes; but, I could be wrong. The hybrid set I'm thinking of was, I believe, a true Magnavox and one of their last tube models.

[compucat]

Originally Posted by Robb

It's a tube set ??
Anyone know the year ?
How does the front plastic screen cover come off ?
I want to polish it.

In the early Seventies, tinted plastic sun shades were a popular feature on many portable TVs. Most were just a press fit over the screen with no clips or other retaining mechanisms. Check around the cover. There may be an indentation or other finger hole to remove the cover. Don't force anything and don't use any kind of pry tool to remove it. It should come off with relative ease. I never liked those covers. They dim the picture and are often easily scratched. I had a little 9" Panasonic that had one. I never used the cover. I polished it up real good and put it away. I only put it back on when I sold the set.

I just noticed in your ninth picture from the top there is a really good view of the finger hole for removing the sun shade. It is in the lower right corner of the screen on your set.

[radiotvnut]

I'm going to guess '72-'73.

[Robb]

Originally Posted by compucat

There may be an indentation or other finger hole to remove the cover.

Yes there is a little indentation on the bottom right.

[AUdubon5425]

Just FYI: There were some of these little 9" sets made where the sunshade was permanently attached. I remember a G.E. 9" in particular (circa 1970.)

[zeno]

Originally Posted by Robb

It's a tube set ??
Anyone know the year ?
How does the front plastic screen cover come off ?
I want to polish it.

USUALLY the screen is held on by 4 claws. Just needs a little
pry on them & it pops out. Look for them near the corners,
there are usually 2 small cuts in the screen. Sometimes they just
push in place & are held by the tight fit. A few are pernament
so pry carefully !
As said on the other list I am 99% sure its a Sharp set.

73 Zeno

[Robb]

Originally Posted by zeno

USUALLY the screen is held on by 4 claws. Just needs a little
pry on them & it pops out. Look for them near the corners,
there are usually 2 small cuts in the screen. Sometimes they just
push in place & are held by the tight fit. A few are pernament
so pry carefully !
As said on the other list I am 99% sure its a Sharp set.

73 Zeno

How does it pop back in ?

[zeno]

Originally Posted by Robb

How does it pop back in ?

Just snaps back in. If you have ever taken apart a flat
monitor they use claws but much more aggressive ones.
Hard to put into words, maybe someone can put a pix up.

73 Zeno

[Robb]

Thanks.