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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
The channel indicator on this set certainly is unique, as there doesn't seem to be a VHF channel selector--just the UHF one. Does the VHF window show in place of the UHF dial scale when the set is tuned to a VHF channel? I can think of another arrangement whereby the VHF channels are projected to the center of the channel selector knob (like many Zeniths of the '60s). A switch on the back of the tuner would shut off this pilot light and illuminate the UHF slide-rule dial when the VHF tuner was set to the UHF position. Another possibility is that this set was intentionally designed to receive only UHF stations, for use in newer cities such as Youngstown, Ohio, Fort Wayne, Indiana, et al. that have no local VHF channels.
BTW, the cataract on this set's CRT looks terrible. I bet the safety glass would fall off the front of the tube if one sneezed on it.
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I think that control design was only used for '64 and only on models sold at high-end department stores like Burdines or Maas Brothers. I think RCA dealers were not allowed to sell that control design. I suppose it was a way to have the RCA dealer's sell the "best" models. While this unique control/design is rare and neat in general, I think in '64 it was not quite as fancy or high-tech looking as the usual control design where the VHF #'s are illuminated in a seperate window. Plus these lighted VHF #'s are small.
Definately a great TV to have! How lucky to get an excellent original phospher color CRT to make the set look great off as well as on.