Emerson TV, Can't Figure out What Year This Is?

[Magnavox300]

Originally Posted by old_coot88

As a RCA/Dumont/Emerson dealership back in the day, we used to sell Emersons with that same chassis in 'em.
They developed a problem of unstable sync/AGC, caused by a single small electrolytic cap (I forget the exact value and voltage). It was silvery colored, located on the pc board in the area indicated.
See if yours has that cap.

Thanks for the tip... That's neat you used to work for a dealership back then.
I checked, and no electrolytics on the PC board anywhere.
Just two large multi cans below...I just ordered all new ones today.

Cleaned up the heavy polished brass control plate and knobs...
It was this cool looking plate that made me think the set was from the 50's. Seemed to me that by '63, they were cutting back on such serious detail on sets...

The other thing is I can't find is a schematic for this set:
the tag from the CRT has the model# 1668
and the Chassis# 549C-566B
but I can't find either on the Sam's website, or anywhere else?
Actually Sam's has an Emerson 1668, but in the tiny photo, it looks like a completely different set, so I'm just not sure.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Magnavox300

Actually Sam's has an Emerson 1668, but in the tiny photo, it looks like a completely different set, so I'm just not sure.

One thing to note is that most makers back then put the same electronics in a wide assortment of cabinet options, sometimes having completely different control panel layouts on some models. I have sam's for a couple of my Zenith TV consoles where the screen size, cabinet, AND control panel look nothing like my sets, but from the chassis pictures and technical info it is clear that they are the the correct folders for my sets.

[DavGoodlin]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

One thing to note is that most makers back then put the same electronics in a wide assortment of cabinet options, sometimes having completely different control panel layouts on some models. I have sam's for a couple of my Zenith TV consoles where the screen size, cabinet, AND control panel look nothing like my sets, but from the chassis pictures and technical info it is clear that they are the the correct folders for my sets.

I can remember buying Sams photofact sets for about $5.95 at the parts jobber and seeing a set completely unlike the one I was trying to fix, then before I walked out, I pulled out the folder and saw the same tubes.

I have an Emerson 1657 (not a combo) with the same tuner and a fairly good 23CP4, also in Sams 502.
It's speaker is 8" round and below the CRT, same mahogany finish as Magnavox300's

Its possible the capacitor Old Coot Mentions is the screen grid bypass capacitor on pin 8 of the 6AW8 video amp.
This cap caused sync issues in RCA CTC7-9-11-12-16 IIRC