You mean like a Sylvania Check-a-Color? I have one of those. :yes:

Nice! That must make life a lot easier. Did RCA make something similar?

Kevin

Yes, these devices are generically called "test jigs". I also have a Sylvania Chek-A-Color, model CK3000. They usually include adapter cables to connect to the yoke, CRT, HV, and ground of the chassis, and you plug in an adapter to replace the convergence yoke onto the chassis. One RCA model is the 10J106. The newer RCAs have a 19" CRT, and the Sylvanias have a 13" CRT that I have seen. With the adapters, you can connect any one of these to any brand of color TV chassis. In fact, the RCA and Sylvania jigs use the same adapters (as newer TVs were sold, both companies made new adapters for them, into at least the late 1980's).

Well, now I wan't one of these test jigs. Just for fun. :yes:

Kevin

I got one, its an RCA deal, has an impedence selector to match the yoke to the TV, no dynamic convergence (coils there, just not used), a 30kv analog meter. and a bunch of adapters. Never used it as not sure how to figure which adapter to use on different sets. It missing the entire back half of the plastic enclosure, making it somewhat fragile. Seem like it could be useful, but I think I would need to build a shelf to mount it above the bench just to get it out of the way (19' pretty big and heavy).

You service guys that used these back in the day, did you have them on roll around carts or just leave them around on the bench? Did they really get used a lot?

Dave,

Take a look at these items I just spyed on ebay. Maybe something you're needing?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vtg-RCA-TV-Indus...item587d454ef3

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vtg-RCA-TV-Indus...item587d454efc

http://cgi.ebay.com/RCA-COLOR-TV-TES...item5638f67eb4

Kevin

I've got a CTC-10C set, but its got a danish cabinet. I have no idea what model it is because the stickers are all gone from the chassis and CRT, plus the back was gone when I got the set... and the CRT was broken.

My plate safety glass is not tinted. It's clear.

The COLOR logo under the CRT fell apart on my set. I used super-glue to attach it back, and it is discolored now over where the glue was applied. I see it everytime I look at it.

As for durability, my set had several tubes replaced along with the CRT (an FBP... I didnt know about the color differences with the CYP) I've replaced one electrolytic can, and disabled the varistor. The set runs fairly well, and has decent color. I've had mine since 1975.

Probably the CTC-10 "Hathaway" model 211-CD-89 in Walnut. W/O remote. The remote version was "The Longport" model.

-Steve D.

Thanks for that information, Steve.

Hathaway sure doesent sound danish to me...

I have GOT to take some pictures of this set. Somewhere, I have an old Polaroid SX-70 picture of the set with color-bars on the screen.

I've got to say it: The pictures above of this set are sure showing some beautiful colors!! My set has never been that vivid!

Bruce

Bruce,

Go to Ed Reitan's Color TV History site: Ed Reitan's Color Television History
Address:http://www.novia.net/~ereitan/

Scroll down to CTC-10 Models, click on, to find a list that includes the "Longport"/"Hathaway" model.

-Steve D.

Thanks, Steve. That's my set. My knobs are different, as they came from a CTC-11. My 10C has survived 6 moves, and a couple of hauls up and down flights of stairs. I had issues with bad ground tabs at one point, but after I soldered it up, it never happened again.

Hi,

I think you have the same cabinet that I found my CTC-11 in. I wish I had the safety glass version, but I'm not complaning.

http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=249905

BTW, my camera makes the screen shot colors look a little more vivid than in actuality. You can tell that the color tint in the background is a little goofy. So apparently the camera is somehow adjusting to the bright light of the screen. It’s about impossible for me to get decent screen shots with the room lights on. It’s a pretty cheap camera, plus the guy operating it is not exactly a pro photographer. :no:

Kevin

Tonight, I have renamed my Roundie, "Jane." Kind-of goes with the Hathaway name.

Join the club! My digital "auto-everything" camera frequently auto-adjusts in ways that produce wrong screen colors. Black & white screens look blue, the entire screen is too bright because the camera adjusted to brighten the darker surroundings, etc.

Some cameras let you choose settings for different types of light. You can also bring more/different lights into the room, buy photography light bulbs with different color temperatures . . . it's a whole 'nother topic.

Phil Nelson

Phil, I hear ya... I'm just thankful we can all share the pictures as easily as we do these days. This would be a whole nother experience if we had to mail them out. I'm also very thankful that I can load pictures directly to this site, without a host. :thmbsp:

Kevin

How much storage for pics do we have, anyway? I've been posting a lot of pics, and the bar never seems to fill up.

I located nice (looking) Sylvania Test-a-color jig, complete with a pile of adaptors, but it seems the CRT shows bad grid leakage on the green gun. :( It has a MV13VAHP22 CRT in it. I wonder how scarce that tube is to find these days? Will a 13VAHP22 also work it this application? I've no idea what the MV stands for. Thanks for any ideas.

Kevin