finally scored a flat chassis

[sampson159]

thats a nice looking set.saw one once.it was in the shop for repairs.very nice set.have to get all the bugs out first before i decide on the cabinet.

[Carmine]

I have two Avanti (one flat chassis, one vertical). I also have a flat chassis in ye-olde, medieval-gothic dungeon cabinet.

Personally I like the Avante style, but is has to be in a room full of "modern" furniture. The sides are formed plywood. If it is of good quality (probably) I think it would look nice in a wood-tone. Paint the pedestal semi-gloss black.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Jeffhs

… It seems that you used an old console TV cabinet, with a shelf installed, to display the radios. This seems like as good a solution as any to the problem of cats jumping on shelves and knocking the radios off. ...

That's just an old cabinet with the doors missing, I used to use it to hold books and records, but I thought it would be a good place to keep radios and tvs. I keep the radios down low now. Although on the top (not seen in the picture) I have a bunch of VHS tapes that keep getting knocked down

Originally Posted by Jon A.

...Ron, this 1979 System 3 console should give you a good idea of what your Avante wold look like in black. Looks like the base is chrome-plated, very nice.

That's one of the very few system-3 era Zeniths I wouldn't mind having. But I've never seen even one. In comparison, I've seen loads of those ones in the silver plastic curved cabinet which I don't think looks nearly as nice.

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I think the Avante would look nicer with finished wood on the sides and a black base than painted black on the sides with a white base, but then I like them the way they came white with the white base.

[sampson159]

reseated all ic s,went through color circuit.no change.it might be an ic.no progress made so far.shiny black is looking pretty good right now!

[zeno]

Put normal-align switch in align ( not the service switch ).
Adj. APC control for least amount of color bars going through
picture. Go back to normal & see if its better. & dont forget
that 330 ohm, it can cause some subtle problems when
just starting to go.

73 Zeno

Originally Posted by sampson159

reseated all ic s,went through color circuit.no change.it might be an ic.no progress made so far.shiny black is looking pretty good right now!

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by zeno

Put normal-align switch in align ( not the service switch ).
Adj. APC control for least amount of color bars going through
picture. Go back to normal & see if its better. & dont forget
that 330 ohm, it can cause some subtle problems when
just starting to go.

73 Zeno

Is that the 330 ohm resistor on the 9-90 board?

[Jon A.]

Originally Posted by Adam

That's one of the very few system-3 era Zeniths I wouldn't mind having. But I've never seen even one. In comparison, I've seen loads of those ones in the silver plastic curved cabinet which I don't think looks nearly as nice.

Those curved Zenith cabinets are among the ugliest TV cabinet designs in my opinion, but as I always say, ugly sells. A Chromacolor II in a cabinet like that I would try to get for parts, a System 3 I wouldn't touch.

[zeno]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

Is that the 330 ohm resistor on the 9-90 board?

In the flat chassis 9-57 IIRC. Same resistor & function. IIRC
the only difference from 9-57 & 9-90 is the connectors are staggered on the
-57 & in a row on -90 but near identical otherwise.......
Hybrids, flats & uprights are much the same circuit wise.

73 Zeno

[zeno]

Originally Posted by Jon A.

Those curved Zenith cabinets are among the ugliest TV cabinet designs in my opinion, but as I always say, ugly sells. A Chromacolor II in a cabinet like that I would try to get for parts, a System 3 I wouldn't touch.

Must be thinking of the "panorama" set. Built to sit in a corner. Very good seller but if you like modern sets there were better lookers than that
one at the time IMHO.

73 Zeno