Got this one from the same house as the Philco combo. Not sure as to the year, Any ideas? It even came with the factory stand!
It was in the bedroom so I plugged it in and turned it on to see if it still worked, Nope! It just went boom and a puff of smoke came out the back! Maybe that cap blew up by the horiz out.

I've got that same model in my basement. I brought it home from the dump, and turned it on and got nothing, so i salvaged the tubes. If you need any parts, ect., I'd be glad to help.

Hi Jeff,
I gust got it going, Found the .1 at 1kv cap bad by the horiz out tube.
Works great now but has a bad spot on the vert lin control. Is that one still good on yours?

Originally posted by captainmoody
It just went boom and a puff of smoke came out the back!

Dry fart? :D

dry,stinky fart!

Interesting-- I've never seen a regular tube-type PortaColor with a slide pot volume control or a rocker switch for power on/off, similar to those on the PortaColor II.

As for when it was made, the fact that it has the brightness and vert. hold controls at the bottom, but has the continuous-style UHF tuner would make me guess 1974 or '73, but the hinged handle and the style of the tuning knobs would make me guess it was a few years older than that. So, have a look-see at the date codes on the tubes, and that'll probably be about as good a clue as you're going to get. :)

Glad you managed to bring it back to life!

--Marty

captainmoody: I'll take a look at it tomorrow to make sure its the same model. I'll check it and report back

The newest tube is dated 71-09 so I guess it is a late 71 model or 72.