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Old 09-07-2014, 07:36 PM
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Larry Melton (oldtvman)
 
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Location: Mishawaka, Indiana
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Originally Posted by sampson159 View Post
i saw plenty of jaw dropping pictures back in the service days.from the early 15 inch roundies to the 21 inch,23v and 25v sets.i remember the first zenith color roundie.a knockout picture!then came the chromacolors and sylvania gt sets.this was the pinnacle era in my opinion.customers would fiddle with everything.most of our service calls were just simple adjustments.once we replaced a crt in a table model set.when it was delivered,we immediatly got a call back.the picture was upside down.i went back with a tech and we flipped the whole set over.she was quite pleased until she realized that it wasnt right.tech straightened it all out by turning the yoke and setting it up again.customer was laughing like crazy over our little joke.she never forgot and told this story to everybody she knew

Better then that change the yellow yoke leads and make the lettering show up in reverse.
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