1981 rca xl100 color

[Jon A.]

I'm not that well known here. That may change though with the next place I'm looking to do a step placement in, it's much bigger and isn't severely understaffed.

[zenith2134]

After buying roughly 5 tv sets in one summer at various estate sales, I earned my nickname. The one guy laughed and told me, "I should be paying you to take it!" It was a 1984 Sharp 13" color with remote for 5 bucks. I got it because it had composite input plus an A/V output block.

[zeno]

Originally Posted by KV-1926R

I'll have to crack open my own set tomorrow. I had a lot to do today, a huge load of laundry for one, and it's like Mardi Gras in the laundry room. I hope it's the pots that need cleaning, I don't have a multimeter yet. ESR meter and basic tools first. That set took on a lot of soot from exhaust from the looks of it. I seem to have a knack for finding garage-dweller sets. Took the crowbar to one that wasn't worth fixing because getting rid of it whole would have cost me, kept two. Well, two out of three ain't bad.

Strongly recommend a meter first. ESR is nice but you can mine your
junk chassii for caps & other small parts. You learn more to if you
find the problem & not just replace every cap thats "bad". Save a lot
of $$ too. Meter has lots more uses & what gets used the most. Good luck.

73 Zeno

[timmy]

yes its a click type tuner like the old ones and it has a separate uhf tuner as well.

[zeno]

Originally Posted by timmy

well i acutually didnt put a cable wire to it yet but i now the person i got it from and he says it has sound but the picture is just snow like it has no cable wire on it at all. and the tuner is the old type like the ones you would see in the old 60s rca sets and there is no nuvista so ill check for power at the tuner for starters.

OK
I asked cause you cant have a classic dead tuner snow but audio.
When you hook it up take a screen shot. May be something simple
like the fine tune off. Since it has old style tuners you can disregard
what I told you, only applies to digital tuners.

73 Zeno

[holmesuser01]

Originally Posted by timmy

yes its a click type tuner like the old ones and it has a separate uhf tuner as well.

Chances are good that you just need to clean the tuner. It's not terribly hard to do.

I've done hundreds of them, but not even one in the last 20 years.

Good luck!

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by zeno

Strongly recommend a meter first. ESR is nice but you can mine your
junk chassii for caps & other small parts. You learn more to if you
find the problem & not just replace every cap thats "bad". Save a lot
of $$ too. Meter has lots more uses & what gets used the most. Good luck.

73 Zeno

For when I do get a multimeter, any recommendations for particular models?

[zeno]

Originally Posted by KV-1926R

For when I do get a multimeter, any recommendations for particular models?

Fluke is a very good meter but very $$$. They are sold on e-bay rebuilt.
Just be sure you get the manual & leads and it was meant to be
sold in US or Canada. Look at this one. Does caps also so its
a 2fer.

http://www.amazon.com/Fluke-115-Comp...productDetails

There are others out there from abt $20 but you get what you pay for.
A fluke will last your life odds are. Also has many more fetchers.
Only bad thing it only goes to 600V, but there are few times you
use it that high.

73 zeno
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[timmy]

ok tuner clean is in order for now ill check back with you guys on an update. i am disapointed that i dont have the number listing for the crt to test but the numbers i have for the 13 inch crt are close so if the plug is the same then i may try it at 6.3 volts just to see how good the crt is.

[zeno]

Originally Posted by timmy

ok tuner clean is in order for now ill check back with you guys on an update. i am disapointed that i dont have the number listing for the crt to test but the numbers i have for the 13 inch crt are close so if the plug is the same then i may try it at 6.3 volts just to see how good the crt is.

Almost all modern CRT's use 6.3 filament. Use the most common set-up for similarly numbered CRT's. The pin-out for your CRT is:

Filament 10 & ?? ( blurred ) probably 9
red K 8
Blue K 11
Green K 6
G-1 5
G-2 7
Focus 1 ( always separate on socket )

73 Zeno

[timmy]

the crt is a 13vbp22 and i could not even use my tester from 1978 because the crt takes a weird plug. it must have been a new type in 1981.

[holmesuser01]

I'm sure there is an adaptor around somewhere. I remember these little sets vividly.