RCA 630TS - Modified with Motor

[cbenham]

Originally Posted by benman94

The difference between CBS and the Colrdaptor doesn't end with the flicker. Getting a set to pass the chroma on to a Col-R-Tel or Colordaptor can be difficult. The tri-stable switch can be touchy on the Colordaptor circuit, and all fine detail in the image is obliterated by a Col-R-Tel or Colordaptor. The CBS system is vastly superior to the Col-R-Tel or Colordaptor. It's simply much easier to get CBS color on a set than it is to get a Colordaptor working. I've tried both; my Colordaptor chassis is in a box of scrap, my 630TS has been modified for CBS rates and works flawlessly.

Any pictures you can post here? I'd love to see what your CBS-630TS looks like.

Also, if anyone wants tips and hints for converting a B&W NTSC set for use with a Colordaptor, I can provide that information. You can also purchase an inexpensive NTSC color converter unit from Aurora so you don't have to build or rebuild a Colordaptor chassis. You can build a color wheel with stage lighting gel that costs around $6 per sheet. Glad to help anyone who wants to build a color wheel set so you can see for yourself how great they look.

[maxm]

Here are a few photos under the chassis. While turning the set on its side the metal bracket for the top of the safety glass fell out of somewhere, a nice thing to find.

[earlyfilm]

Originally Posted by maxm

Here are a few photos under the chassis.

Max,

Thanks for the pictures! This is the most interesting set that has turned up on VideoKarma in a while.

I'm disorientated.

There is a whole bunch of black shielded cable that is not in a normal 630 set.

My 630TS is presently in safe storage and would be difficult to check at the moment, so I'm looking at both Sams and at my 8TS30 that appears to be relatively unmolested.

In you 2nd picture above, you have dual wafer switch with an extended shaft on it. Where does the extended shaft go and how is it labeled? Is it for sound or video or sync? Does it connect to the black "chicken head" knob in the below mentioned picture?

In your first post, the third picture shows a gold hammertone "project box" to the right of the chassis. Is that box attached to the chassis or was it just stuck in there with cables attached?

James