I don't usually make restoration threads, but I thought it would be appropriate in this case since I've had this Austrian Hornyphon delivered to me for a complete rebuild.

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Hornyphon was the Austrian division of Philips. The set adheres to the CCIR broadcast standard and runs off of 220VAC at 50Hz. I'll be making no modifications to this TV whatsoever, so I'll be restoring it to factory specification. The owner of this TV set lives here in Sacramento; a Physicist and ardent collector who wishes to maintain the originality of this rare example of early European TV.

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So, a little bit about the story behind this set. As it was explained to me by the owner (who I'm not yet positive wants his actual name mentioned) this TV set was the very one in use in his family home in Austria when he was a child. Recently, it became necessary for him to clean up his family’s estate which this set was still a part of. He had it crated and couriered over from Austria to his home here in Sacramento. Aside from the set’s rarity (especially in the US) and collector value, it also maintains quite a bit of sentimental value.

I'm going to be rebuilding the electronics and returning everything to factory specification. He wants every capacitor, resistor, and diode replaced. The power supply and tuner are going to be kept original- not modified for US power, as the owner will be running the TV from a custom 220VAC 50Hz power supply which he built. The signals will also be fed into the TV using either PAL DVD or a custom CCIR signal converter.

Something unusual to note about this design is that it is entirely DC coupled.

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Here's a youtube video I made of the initial inspection... watch as a I fumble around with my narrow angle iphone camera:

http://youtu.be/IVSjCuJ2NQM

Comments, technical and historical details appreciated, this is the first time I've ever been into a European set. :)

You're a BRAVER man than Me am, Gunga Din...

Cool set. It should be interesting to see the resto of a euro model TV.

With a name like 'Hornyphon' someone just has to watch a porno on it. :D...

:thmbsp: Thank You Tom , I'm glad I wasn't the only one thinking that .

All I know of European TV is that what we call a Horizontal output , they call a Line output . That it . So I'll be watching this thread to see all kinds of different looking European TV parts ....

I don't usually make restoration threads,

The lack of Dos Equis container in the first photo hurts. You could have pulled off one hell of a punchline. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Interesting_Man_in_the_World


Otherwise that's a fine looking set you have there, even if it has a name that should come in a plain brown wrapper. :scratch2:

While restoring it, you should be able to safely feed it 60hz power(at the appropriate voltage, obviously.), the transformers will just be a bit more efficient, and the filter caps have an easier time. The only reason you might not be able to is if it uses the line frequency to derive some sort of internal signal (vertical sweep?) I have no experience with CCIR, only some late-model PAL and SECAM multistandard stuff. I wish you the best of luck, and I think you'll find that the components are going to look more or less just like a US unit of that vintage. (Unless it uses soviet parts, at which point I wish you the very best of luck in the endeavor!)

Hi Stellar TV!

I just saw your interesting post.
I am not more the "old one" since my mother was killed in a hospital and my
forum activities has changed.
Another point is that I am fighting with other problems, too.
All this reduced my time to support other forum members.

Because nobody else is helping you out here some informations:

Channel 2A: (see european Standard B)
This channel was only in one town in Austria available (and not in the rest of Europe): St. Pölten
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_channel_frequencies

The Octal-socket-plug at the rear is a plug for the cable remote.

This set has a music/speach push-button, this is good when watching
shows with music videos, will give you the right bass.

There might be a tweeter behind the front panel.

Do you want a service manual by email?

Best regards,
TV-collector :stupid:

Hello!

It seems that this device was stored in good enviroment, what makes an restoration much easier. Unfortunately I have no schematic for your TV but I guess this will be a usual standard tube setup with PCC 88 and PCF 80 in the tuner. Further there will be some EF 80s for IF stages and so on. The CRT is definitely the same type which is also built in my combo:

http://videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=256949&highlight=austrian+combo

All these tubes are usually really reliable. You will have to replace all paper caps and check all high value resistors. Philips electrolytic capacitors are usually also reliable and mostly don't leak but they might have lost capacity.
If you like you can show your customer the photos of my combo and tell him greetings from Austria.

Greetings Josef

Wondering about the quality of the parts in the set right now......
Would a spot check of caps, and resistors maybe determine if parts of such high
quality were used, that mass replacement would be a mistake.....?

I would be interested in seeing a list of parts that are still within rated value as you
replace them....

I would go on like username suggested. Replacing every part might cause more troubles than it helps.
The quality of the built in parts is quite good but not perfect. The capacitors and resistors already mentioned before should be replaced or tested in every case. A line output tube or high voltage rectifier can also became defect after over 5 decades...

Greetings Josef

Hey stellar, how goes the restoration? You have not posted a thing since starting the thread....

Brigs back memories of my missionary days in Wien. Our group lived in a retreat house that has an updated mansion in the Grinzing district of the city. And, in the attic, what did one of my Austrian friends and I find? A set like this one! However, someone had performed an abortion on it and it was DOA when we found it. Sadly, it was mostly cold solder joints (remember soldering, kiddies?) that when touched-up, and tweaked, a bit worked like a champ. It was interesting in that an outboard UHF converter had been attached. Recepion was no problem... one of my bedroom windows had a nice view of the ORF stick at Khalenberg...!

73,

John
W3XWT/6

P.S. What happened to the set? It ended-up in the bedroom of the young ladies who spent the summer working in the retreat house...

Looks more or less like a standard mid-50s US set, w/a swanky cabinet. I would guess that it SHOULDN'T hold many big "Surprises", barring power supply and/or NTSC/European operating differences. By the time this set was made, TV design was pretty much a "Settled" matter, I would think.