VHF Tuner Alignment: where is the overall oscillator adjustment?

[old_coot88]

Originally Posted by LukeSimon

...A better design would be for Magnavox to have chroma tint control after the chroma bandpass, so that alignment of the bandpass doesn’t impact the hue.

Phase of the burst signal is what the tint control has to regulate, thereby the phase of the 3.58 oscillator. Its output is then referenced to the wideband chroma bandpass signal, to feed the demods.