GE PortaColor Schematics Needed

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by Findm-Keepm

What's to feel guilty about? Just about all of us kept them until we had the whole AA/AB/AC chassis line. I've got a PC-A Chassis mini-manual right by the computer, and it says nothing about returning it to the set, but instead offers "Service Information for Technician" right under the words "Mini-Manual"

The folded schematics in TV sets I remember did have a note on them "property of the customer" or "should remain with the set" or similar. I know I have a bunch of those from Sony TVs that I junked in the early 1980s.

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

The folded schematics in TV sets I remember did have a note on them "property of the customer" or "should remain with the set" or similar.

Removed from some "-2" and "-3" suffix manuals, and completely gone with the advent of the "PC" and "PM" series chassis. At one GE Service Training I attended, the lead presenter (who wasn't a tech) said a California legal case (ironically, involving photocopiers) made them remove the verbiage and add a serviceman disclaimer. My PC-A Mini-Manual says "Service Information for Technician Use Only" and "Accessible from Inside TV Set only"

Apparently, the California case was a liability issue, where a customer attempted to fix the copier him/herself and was injured. The accessiblity of the service guide/manual was the key to the case. GE lawyers took note, and the mini-manual became a "for the servicer-only" product.

Ain't tort law just wonderful?

GE stopped putting the manual in the later PC chassis series - cost cutting, I'm sure. Another irony - other than a few Tektronix sales presentations, GE was the only one that didn't charge for the food/lunch provided at the service seminars. The place was always packed...

Cheers,