[Dave A]

Found this Fernseh made for RCA today at a yard sale. Model 9QC94FMT.
$30.

7 tubes and an EM34 eye tube (Weak. Anyone with a spare?). Tube chart shows American tubes but German tubes are in the sockets. A few Valvo subs. Can't decipher date codes on them. Cabinet clean but for a ding on the right side rear. Only other one on the web is from ARF about 8 years ago. No schematic I can find. Phono is DOA. Can't change speed below 45. Jammed. Will not spin. That is for later or someone else. An ID on the changer would help if you know.

Wall power up and it works! No hum unless you crank it up. AM sound good on its internal rod. FM is less than great but just sounds like a weak tube in its separate tuner. Internal FM loop wire works great. Nothing to be found on LW or SW. A quick tube socket cleaning with DeOxit helped. It says stereo but only has one speaker under the dome cover next to the phono. The dome has a rear exit also via the back cover. Stereo is by added speakers using the internal stereo amp and the stereo switch on the front to kick in the multiplex. That explains why the balance control does nothing until speakers are connected. Later. The rear speaker connections are curious with the instructions for half-plugged in or full-plugged in. Not sure what that is.

Usually I don't touch these but it was too good to pass up. I could get to liking this. And it seems to be rare and now worth thousands of $...in my dreams.