Finally I have one Zenith! - Videokarma.org TV - Video

Komet · #1 07-29-2012, 06:04 PM

Yeah, finally I have a Zenith color tube set! Today I and a friend have drove for 400+ miles for pick up the Zenith (for me) and a Phonola with Philips K8 tube color chassis (for my friend)

Both sets were given to us by another collector, who has bought several sets from the U.S. (especially Zenith)
My Zenit is a 13H8 model I think. Works but needed new capacitors in vertical output section

*zenithfan1* · #2 07-29-2012, 06:46 PM

That Zenith is SWEET! That's the model I've always wanted and never could find. Great score!

Glenz75 · #3 07-29-2012, 07:25 PM

Great find indeed!

That Zenith looks really cool and that Philips K8, could you take some more photos of that, I am quite interested as here in NZ we had the Philips K9 and K11. Is the K8 a hybrid set? Cheers Glen

Sandy G · #4 07-29-2012, 07:56 PM

Awrite ! Methinks ya done GOOD !

lnx64 · #5 07-29-2012, 08:17 PM

I am in love with the Phonola.. That is one seriously AWESOME looking TV.

colorfixer · #6 07-29-2012, 11:59 PM

Does the set have mods to run PAL or is it factory PAL?

Reece · #7 07-30-2012, 05:53 AM

That Zenith is the same year and color and style cabinet of a B&W Zenith that I have I bought new spring of 1970. The only thing is the B&W cabinet is a little smaller and there's only one lower knob on the front, volume on/off. Contrast, brightness, and vertical are on the lower right side.

Komet · #8 07-30-2012, 11:44 AM

Thank you all, the restoration will start in these days

@ Colorfixer
My Zenith is 110V NTSC. It's been imported from US last year

@ Glenz
The Phonola K8 uses a Philips chassis because this brand has aquired the Phonola for making different style cabinets for his TV and sell these in Italy. It's very rare and is the last Philips color chassis with tubes. 110 degrees CRT.

I have the KM2 (multistandard version of K9 chasiss... a real monster...) and two K11 (early and late version).

Here you can see this chassis

http://obsoletetellyemuseum.blogspot...hilips_27.html

Komet · #9 07-31-2012, 05:27 PM

I powered up this Zenith... I have an image but tremble the vertical lines... probably bad sync separator or horiz. oscillator.

Glenz75 · #10 07-31-2012, 07:42 PM

Komet - Thank you so much for the link to that awesome vintage TV museum blog and thanks for the info on the K8. Look forward to your progress on the Zenith.

Cheers! Glen

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Originally Posted by Komet

@ Glenz
The Phonola K8 uses a Philips chassis because this brand has aquired the Phonola for making different style cabinets for his TV and sell these in Italy. It's very rare and is the last Philips color chassis with tubes. 110 degrees CRT.

I have the KM2 (multistandard version of K9 chasiss... a real monster...) and two K11 (early and late version).

Here you can see this chassis

http://obsoletetellyemuseum.blogspot...hilips_27.html

Electronic M · #11 07-31-2012, 08:32 PM

Wow that is a nice Zenith! I'm not sure if I've even seen an American tube set with a screen under 20" in person, and I live in the Radio belt of America! Those sets only had moderate sales when new because for the money most folks wanted a big screen for the living room. They are more rare on top of that because when a small screen set broke it was much easier to carry to the trash than the big consoles.

I'd do the sam's recommended horizontal oscillator adjustment on that set first before diving into the circuitry for bugs if I was in your shoes.

DavGoodlin · #12 08-01-2012, 11:26 AM

Nice Set Komet! Is there a chassis number on that? I dint see the usual sticker on the HV cage.

I may have some service notes on that...maybe but I never saw a Zenith that small either, I have a 16" Zenith of the same year - chassis 12A10C15

dieseljeep · #13 08-01-2012, 01:12 PM

[QUOTE=Electronic M;3043459]Wow that is a nice Zenith! I'm not sure if I've even seen an American tube set with a screen under 20" in person, and I live in the Radio belt of America! Those sets only had moderate sales when new because for the money most folks wanted a big screen for the living room. They are more rare on top of that because when a small screen set broke it was much easier to carry to the trash than the big consoles.
Are you refering to, just the Zenith offerings?
Zenith's first small screen tube color set was the 15Y6C19???. It was a heavy little beast, with an RCA 15LP22A crt and a large power transformer.
A little better than a Porta-Color, and a lot more expensive.

Electronic M · #14 08-01-2012, 05:08 PM

Small screen sets in general. Though I should probably except the portacolor from that as it was the cheapest(not just quality wise...) color offering for a number of years.

I think I have one of those little CRTs(I ought to check the number) with a scratched face(I'm planning on making it into a test jig).

Komet · #15 08-01-2012, 05:39 PM

Hello Dav, also my set has the chassis 12A10C15

Weighs a ton

Uh... I checked some voltage, and the main is 235V instead of 288... When I start the set is all ok, but when flyback works it fall to 235V... I disconnect the rest of the chassis from the power supply and I measured 288V... Oh God not a bad flyback...

EDIT: I have tried to reduce the AGC gain with his trimmer for testing, the trembles are reduced but no stopped. The left side of screen trembles more than the right side...