1983 RCA XL 100 Console TV

[Console User]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

That's known as color bleeding. The CRT has seen better days.

Yes, I have heard it referred to as color bleeding. However,my TV Tech Repairman has also referred it as blooming. I will add this note as well. This color bleeding isn't occuring on the retro shows that were made back in the days of this style of set. It is just more pronounced on the new broadcasts and even that it's not terrible. We will probably keep on using it the way she is.

[zeno]

Originally Posted by Console User

Yes, I have heard it referred to as color bleeding. However,my TV Tech Repairman has also referred it as blooming. I will add this note as well. This color bleeding isn't occuring on the retro shows that were made back in the days of this style of set. It is just more pronounced on the new broadcasts and even that it's not terrible. We will probably keep on using it the way she is.

BLOOMING symptom is the pix will expand as brightness goes up.
With changes of scene it will "breathe" in & out. Very common on tube
sets but very rare on solid states.
BLEEDING or FLAMING is a streak to the right of a bright scene.
Can be one color or any color or white. Almost always weak CRT.
Turning up brightness & contrast make it much worse.

BTW since you have a "knob job" tuner forget the cable switch.
There are 12 presets for VHF fine tuning, one for each channel.
It is a screw so you can turn it quite a few times. Most the time
you can go to the next channel, ch5 can go to ch4 or ch6.
Proper way to FT is turn off any AFT & auto color switches,
fine tune for best pix then put the AFT on.

73 Zeno

[Console User]

I changed my Converter Box to a different brand and this seemed to help with alot of the situtations I had explained above.

[Console User]

This 1983 RCA XL100 is 31 years old this past January. Is it necessary to take to my TV Shop and have it gone through? It seems to be working just fine now since I made some minor adjustments to it. The gentleman I bought it from had it worked on but don't know how many years ago that was as he hadn't used it for years.

If I have leaking caps. won't there be residue of leakage on the mainboard inside the cabinet?

If there was loose solders I would think I would have some wierd things visible wouldn't I?

Any information would be helpful and greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[rca2000]

Many times turning up the screen control a bit will help with bleeding...if it is not too bad. Just do not turn it up to where retrace line show. Turn it to that point, then back it down till no retrace lines are present, with the brightness turned all the way down.. Then it should be right.

[Console User]

Originally Posted by zeno

BLOOMING symptom is the pix will expand as brightness goes up.
With changes of scene it will "breathe" in & out. Very common on tube
sets but very rare on solid states.
BLEEDING or FLAMING is a streak to the right of a bright scene.
Can be one color or any color or white. Almost always weak CRT.
Turning up brightness & contrast make it much worse.

BTW since you have a "knob job" tuner forget the cable switch.
There are 12 presets for VHF fine tuning, one for each channel.
It is a screw so you can turn it quite a few times. Most the time
you can go to the next channel, ch5 can go to ch4 or ch6.
Proper way to FT is turn off any AFT & auto color switches,
fine tune for best pix then put the AFT on.

73 Zeno

I love the name "knob job" that is clever!!