picked up this rca colortrack

[technicolor]

Got this the other day. Picture is crooked, not sure if i knocked something out of alignment going down the stairs. Also had a hard time with the channel tuner, was finally able to manually get to channel 4 so i could run a satellite receiver. But altogether pretty happy with the purchase.

[radiotvnut]

That looks to be a nice set and I think it's the first generation colortrak from '76 that's built like a tank. I think it's also a remote set (uses an ultra-sonic remote, not IR). The reason for the crooked picture is most likely due to the deflection yoke being out of position. Do you have the control door that goes over the tuner?

[1993ctc175]

And I am wondering What Cassis Model is it???

I think that I am a fan of the 1976 RCA's

[sampson159]

now that is a fine set!fold down chassis that weighed a ton and rarely needs repair.one of the best sets from that era second only to the zenith chromacolors.

[radiotvnut]

IIRC, CTC81 for the 25" sets and CTC74 for the 19" sets. For some reason, RCA fealt the need to stick a carry handle on the 19" sets. I don't know why because those sets were among the heaviest, if not the heaviest, 19" color TV that I've ever seen. It's much easier to move by picking the set up from the back/bottom with both arms instead of trying to carry it by the handle.

[technicolor]

Originally Posted by radiotvnut

That looks to be a nice set and I think it's the first generation colortrak from '76 that's built like a tank. I think it's also a remote set (uses an ultra-sonic remote, not IR). The reason for the crooked picture is most likely due to the deflection yoke being out of position. Do you have the control door that goes over the tuner?

I did some reading the tuner is some auto channel changer, one button. I tried playing with the flat head adjustments, it still auto rolls. Press the button and it will skip most channels, including 3 and 4, rf channels i need to run a satellite receiver.

Thank god i was able to push the tuner button to 4 with my finger. Hooked up my receiver and bam nice pic. Granted it's mono but still pretty nice sound it has two 6 x 9 speakers. Maybe when i get some experience i may try too adjust the picture, it tilts to the left a little, but for the time being i don't want too mess with it.

There are 8 graphs on the tuner panel. with adjustment buttons labeled alphabetically, each one has an adjustment knob, does anybody know what they do?


edit: learned another thing too. aside from wanting to see a raster with snow, change the god damn channel during a potential buy!!

[technicolor]

Originally Posted by sampson159

now that is a fine set!fold down chassis that weighed a ton and rarely needs repair.one of the best sets from that era second only to the zenith chromacolors.

U think that thing is heavy, that maggy i picked up the other day, Jesus that thing is heavy.

[radiotvnut]

It's been a long time since I've looked at one of those tuners; but, I think the row of "bar graph" adjustments is for setting the UHF (ch 14-83) channels. You probably won't need to fool with these adjustments unless you have one, or more, low power analog UHF stations in your area. The UHF positions on the dial should have letters A thru H on the dial. First, you set the AFT to off. Then, advance the tuner to the A position. Next, rotate the knob that corresponds to position A until you tune in the desired UHF channel (for example, channel 17). When these sets were new, they came with a sheet of channel tabs and once the channels were set, the owner could remove the letter tabs and replace them with whatever channel number that corresponds to whatever channel is tuned to that position. Once the "A" position is tuned, advance the tuner to the "B" position and repeat the procedure. The VHF channels (2-13) are programmed in the same way. Just set the tuner to channel 2 and then adjust the corresponding knob for channel 2 until the best picture appears for channel 2. Then, advance the tuner to 3 and do the same thing for the channel 3 position. Once you have all the channels set, return the AFT switch to the ON position.

Those tuners have a means for setting them to skip unused/unwanted channels; but, for the life of me, I can't remember how it's done on this set. I'm sure someone knows and will chime in.