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bandersen 08-29-2019 09:33 AM

Help identify a 1950s Magnavox
 
I may be taking on a new project and I'd like to identify the set so I can look up the service info. So far all I have is a photo the owner sent me.

Also he says the set in this YouTube video titled '1956 Magnavox' looks identical.

https://youtu.be/xPxjXuBtRgw

Thanks.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c824cc57_c.jpg

dieseljeep 08-29-2019 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bandersen (Post 3214289)
I may be taking on a new project and I'd like to identify the set so I can look up the service info. So far all I have is a photo the owner sent me.

Also he says the set in this YouTube video titled '1956 Magnavox' looks identical.

https://youtu.be/xPxjXuBtRgw

Thanks.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c824cc57_c.jpg

Three years of Magnavox sets were similar. Upright chassis like many of the others in the same time frame, 1955-57.
It looks like the control panel cover was removed. The cabinet lifts off the base that the chassis and CRT are mounted. :scratch2:

bandersen 08-29-2019 02:31 PM

Thanks for the info. He sent me a photo of the back but there is no model number. I expect I'll need to take a look at the chassis.

I checked Rider but they don't show any photos of Maganavox sets.

I see what you mean about the control door. I hope he still has it.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...20210745_c.jpg

Tom9589 08-29-2019 03:55 PM

These are definitely Magnavox knobs. You can see the hinges where the control door was once mounted.

init4fun 08-29-2019 04:20 PM

:thmbsp: Thank You bandersen for posting that video , it was great to see how the control lid turned on the TV when opened and turned it off when closed , a TV feature I've never seen before .

bandersen 10-09-2019 01:25 PM

I'd never seen it either. Cool feature.

The owner finally sent me some new photos confirming it's a model U141LX4 made August, 1956.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...1e455270_c.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...767c25e5_c.jpg

electronjohn 10-10-2019 08:23 AM

Wow...hardly a speck of dust in there! (Unless the guy gave it a quick vacuum:))


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