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Old 05-19-2007, 03:38 PM
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Exclamation ebay way wrong date on VINTAGE MAGNAVOX TUBE RADIO TV PHONOGRAPH CONSOLE 1930




Talks a good story, his feedback ain't so great 94%, but he did include two pictures of the TV screen with a blank raster. Which does mean that the horiz flyback, yoke, and such hard to find parts look to be in good shape. But no snow or TV reception, so the tuner or IF needs work.

It's not from 1930...

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Old 05-19-2007, 04:31 PM
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I'm pretty sure that turntable is wrong, it should be a Collaro in there.

I'm not surprised that it works, I've never had a Maggie that didn't!
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Old 05-19-2007, 04:35 PM
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It looks as if it has a jack for an external colorwheel color converter.
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Old 05-19-2007, 05:01 PM
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TT is WAY wrong for that era of console. That TT appears to be a late 60's/early 70's VM and probably doesn't have near enough output to drive the amp. Original TT was probably a 78 only unit with a 2-3 volt crystal cartridge.
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Old 05-19-2007, 08:07 PM
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We have worked on a similar model but with no TV. I think it is from around 1950 and as I remember I think it orginally would have used a Webcor 3-speed changer.
Most of the old radio/phono consoles will not have a problem with any modern ceramic cartridges from what I have found....the only ones that seem to have a loudness problem with a lower output ceramic cartridge are the one-tube portable phonos using only an output tube.
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Old 05-19-2007, 10:33 PM
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What color wheel ever designed or proposed worked with a single RCA connection? I remember a Stewart-Warner set I had many moons ago had an octal connector marked for color.

I wonder if anything is connected on the back side of that jack.

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Old 05-19-2007, 11:27 PM
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Dave:

According to the schematic that jack is connected to the contrast control and ground.

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Old 05-20-2007, 08:08 AM
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Steve,

Maybe if color did not work out, it could be used for a bridged, wired remote for contrast. Very forward-thinking designing.

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Old 05-20-2007, 09:39 AM
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Since it has the modern FM frequencies it is probably early 1950's. The turntable is newer.
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Old 05-20-2007, 12:55 PM
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I started in on the eBay story, but the brown, bold, italicized, weird-font text started making me dizzy. And yes, that's a mid-60s VM turntable. Probably the original was 78-only. Nice set, but I can't get past all that text!

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Old 05-20-2007, 02:35 PM
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I'm with Chad on the original turntable being a 3-speed, with the rectangular CRT this set can date to no earlier than 1950...my hunch is '51 or '52.
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