Today's Mystery Guest (RCA CTC-4)

[Phil Nelson]

I hate to cry Uncle, but I don't think I can take this set any farther without getting it aligned. I contacted the local collector club and asked if they know anyone in the Pacific Northwest who would try that if I delivered the chassis (or the entire TV), but got no response.

When I move the fine tuner, there is a very broad area in the middle of its travel where you bring in a fine B/W picture. You can only get color (true color, if it's a good day, or rolling bars, if it's not) at the opposing extremes of the tuner's range. This occurs on different channels, not only one.

On other sets, I have bypassed the tuner/IF and injected video and audio directly, but injection is not such a simple matter in a CTC-4, if I understood Pete's earlier remarks correctly. I guess I'll wheel this guy out of the shop and work on something else for a while.

Regards,

Phil Nelson
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