Rather unusual little set

[radiotvnut]

Originally Posted by KV-1926R

Got this little gem at my shop for 3 bucks. I have never seen another one with knob-controlled electronic tuning. It was manufactured September 1991.

Is this a 12" B&W set? If so, it's rare to see this type of tuner on sets bigger than 5". Zenith made one 13" color TV in the mid '80's that used a similar tuner.

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by radiotvnut

Is this a 12" B&W set? If so, it's rare to see this type of tuner on sets bigger than 5". Zenith made one 13" color TV in the mid '80's that used a similar tuner.

It's a 12" color set.

It has an excellent picture, but I can't get a good screenshot of the thing. Also, it doesn't pull in all the channels my Trinitron does, strange. The tuner goes up to 69.

[zeno]

Originally Posted by KV-1926R

It's a 12" color set.

It has an excellent picture, but I can't get a good screenshot of the thing. Also, it doesn't pull in all the channels my Trinitron does, strange. The tuner goes up to 69.

Only goes to 69 cause it was made after cell phones took 70-83
part of the band.

73 Zeno

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by KV-1926R

It's a 12" color set.

It has an excellent picture, but I can't get a good screenshot of the thing. Also, it doesn't pull in all the channels my Trinitron does, strange. The tuner goes up to 69.

Take a picture of the back. many times it's easier to tell who built it.
Toward of the end of the sets labeled "Sears" or "LXI", Sears had several firms making their sets, including RCA and GE.

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

Take a picture of the back. many times it's easier to tell who built it.
Toward of the end of the sets labeled "Sears" or "LXI", Sears had several firms making their sets, including RCA and GE.

For now, a photo of the entire back, and a close-up of the labeling. It needs a good cleaning for sure.

By the way, I guess I didn't word the tuner range comment very well. Certain channels received by my Trinitron cannot be tuned in on this set even though the tuner covers those channels. Same with the 1986 Sears I just got.

Edit: I just watched a couple of shows on the latter with my Philips Colour Voice 2301 CATV converter hooked up. With that it pulls in the extra channels just fine. No idea why knob tuners won't do it. The converter requires the TV to be set on channel 2, and my 1991 Sears of course uses standby power and defaults to channel 3, so using the box on that would be a bit of extra work. I think my Jerrold StarCom III uses channel 3 though.