My CTC-16XL Project.

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Originally Posted by DavGoodlin

Good to hear this is coming along, considering my break from early color 21-fun (till I'm driven indoors by cold) I have nothing new to report.

A video posted by Shang066 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caS-GKl19KA highlights the desirability of an RCA CTC16XL and how its easier to diagnose than a Zenith 24NC31, which will requires advanced troubleshooting!~

For my CTC20, a few issues remain including focus taking a few minutes to dial in, sound issue due to PC board connection, it did take a replacement of all the electrolytics to fix the pesky sync issue.

I always had the opposite experience from Shango. When I get an unrestored Zenith it typically works for the most part as is and just needs a few caps changed and some tweaking to work good.

Most RCAs I've encountered have had bad grounds, burnt jumpers, bad sockets, bad boost rectifiers, burnt flyback tires and various other issues that have to be found by troubleshooting.