Another craigslist project.. A sears console with no raster.

[Sealtest]

This set was built in May 1986, so it really does seem to be right at the end of Sears' usage of Sanyo.

I checked and resoldered all of the components on the CRT board with no luck. I can still see some very dark raster but it looks like the lum section has a cold joint. Next step is to discharge the set and fix all the joints in that particular section. There is an IC in that area so the hope is that the joints for it are cold. Every now and then a Zenith system 3 or CCII comes in with no raster and resoldering that white resistor pack always fixes it, so maybe the IC chip in this set will have the same issue.

Hopefully this set will live. It'll make a nice addition to the ever growing stack of working sets in my basement (no one wants TVs around here so we make walls out of them for fun).

[zeno]

Sears started labeling Sanyo's as LXI about the time of the
switch to "Brand Central" when they started selling brand named
sets. Sears bought most sets without a factory warranty so
only they could do the warranty. This was never told & pissed a
lot of people off when something broke a few days out & would do zero
for you. Mom & Pops would stretch things & so would the factory
if it were from an independent.

73 Zeno
LFOD !

[Sealtest]

Originally Posted by zeno

Sears started labeling Sanyo's as LXI about the time of the
switch to "Brand Central" when they started selling brand named
sets. Sears bought most sets without a factory warranty so
only they could do the warranty. This was never told & pissed a
lot of people off when something broke a few days out & would do zero
for you. Mom & Pops would stretch things & so would the factory
if it were from an independent.

73 Zeno
LFOD !

So Sears stopped selling "Sears" TVs and just sold name brands without any rebadging? Actually growing up I don't recall ever seeing store brand TVs like JCP or Sears unless they were pretty old, but by the time I came around CRT TVs were on the way out. When did stores in general stop selling sets with their name on them?

Also If all goes well I will hopefully have the CRT tester attatchment for this set Friday, or if my buddy lets me I'll just bring the whole set to his house and test it in my station wagon. If the CRT is bad I don't know what to do with this set. I don't want to take it to the scrap yard but my family hates all the old sets hidden around the house.. Also why I bug so many people on here with repair questions

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Sealtest

So Sears stopped selling "Sears" TVs and just sold name brands without any rebadging? Actually growing up I don't recall ever seeing store brand TVs like JCP or Sears unless they were pretty old, but by the time I came around CRT TVs were on the way out. When did stores in general stop selling sets with their name on them?

Also If all goes well I will hopefully have the CRT tester attatchment for this set Friday, or if my buddy lets me I'll just bring the whole set to his house and test it in my station wagon. If the CRT is bad I don't know what to do with this set. I don't want to take it to the scrap yard but my family hates all the old sets hidden around the house.. Also why I bug so many people on here with repair questions

The forum members and myself never thought that you were that young.
I started very young as well. 60+ years ago.
If the CRT is good, maybe your buddy will take it in.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by zeno

Sears started labeling Sanyo's as LXI about the time of the
switch to "Brand Central" when they started selling brand named
sets. Sears bought most sets without a factory warranty so
only they could do the warranty. This was never told & pissed a
lot of people off when something broke a few days out & would do zero
for you. Mom & Pops would stretch things & so would the factory
if it were from an independent.

73 Zeno
LFOD !

I had a Funai sourced Zenith 13" TV-VCR combo. The Zenith model number was pre-fixed by the letters SR.
They were always intent on selling the customer a maintenance agreement.