Stereo speaker input puzzler - Zenith C845

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by jeffsod

Does the radio have a phone setting? It might have been able to replicate stereo while playing albums.

I'm not sure what you mean by "phone" setting, unless you're referring to the "phono(graph)" position of the radio-phono selector switch near the RCA phono input jack on the rear apron of the chassis.

[KentTeffeteller]

jeffhs,

Zenith marketed a companion speaker and FM MPX adapter for your radio. That plug was for that device. The device was called a Stereo Companion.

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by KentTeffeteller

jeffhs,

Zenith marketed a companion speaker and FM MPX adapter for your radio. That plug was for that device. The device was called a Stereo Companion.

Thanks for the info.

I'm not sure we're on the same page. My C-845 has no plugs on the rear of the chassis except the RCA phono input jack and the AC interlock. What I am referring to (the external speaker terminal strip) is shown in the picture I've attached.

The adapter you mention doesn't ring a bell. The one Zenith FM radio that I can remember having an external stereo FM adapter was their model MH-902 from the 1960s, known as the Zenith "Stereo Multiplexer", which worked with the main receiver to provide stereo FM reception. I was not aware (until now) of aftermarket stereo adapters being available for any of Zenith's other high-end table sets, so it was news to me when you mentioned the "Stereo Companion". That adapter must have been introduced at the same time as the C/H-845 series but before the MJ-1035, the latter being factory-equipped for stereo FM.

[jeffsod]

Sorry I meant to say Phono. I know some radios were stereo in phono but didn't have stereo receiving capabilities.