Help identify a 1950s Magnavox

[bandersen]

I may be taking on a new project and I'd like to identify the set so I can look up the service info. So far all I have is a photo the owner sent me.

Also he says the set in this YouTube video titled '1956 Magnavox' looks identical.

https://youtu.be/xPxjXuBtRgw

Thanks.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by bandersen

I may be taking on a new project and I'd like to identify the set so I can look up the service info. So far all I have is a photo the owner sent me.

Also he says the set in this YouTube video titled '1956 Magnavox' looks identical.

https://youtu.be/xPxjXuBtRgw

Thanks.

Three years of Magnavox sets were similar. Upright chassis like many of the others in the same time frame, 1955-57.
It looks like the control panel cover was removed. The cabinet lifts off the base that the chassis and CRT are mounted.

[bandersen]

Thanks for the info. He sent me a photo of the back but there is no model number. I expect I'll need to take a look at the chassis.

I checked Rider but they don't show any photos of Maganavox sets.

I see what you mean about the control door. I hope he still has it.

[Tom9589]

These are definitely Magnavox knobs. You can see the hinges where the control door was once mounted.

[init4fun]

Thank You bandersen for posting that video , it was great to see how the control lid turned on the TV when opened and turned it off when closed , a TV feature I've never seen before .

[bandersen]

I'd never seen it either. Cool feature.

The owner finally sent me some new photos confirming it's a model U141LX4 made August, 1956.

[electronjohn]

Wow...hardly a speck of dust in there! (Unless the guy gave it a quick vacuum)