CTC-10 with remote
 

I picked up this set today. Saw it on CL last night and went out to get it this morning, sat in traffic for an hour and a half on Laurel Canyon, only to get to the store and see that it doesn't open for another 2 hours. I left my car parked out front, and walked to have something to eat, but still wound up just sitting in my car for an hour or so. I bought it, told them to hold it for me, drove to ucla to get one of my friends to help me lift it in and out of the car, a couple hours later, after lunch, we set out back to Hollywood to pick up the set, we load it in the back seat with the top down, and go back over the hill, sitting in traffic for another hour. Then we get here, unload the set, and I drive him back to ucla, and I sit in traffic again on the way back here. I spent the most of the day driving in bad traffic, but this set was worth it.

The CRT tests good on all 3 guns. The remote controls color and tint as well as channel and volume. It'll be a while before I get to this though because I want to finish a few other sets I already pulled the chassis out of first.

Nice set!

John

Adam,

The set would not fit in the trunk of your car?:D


polaraman

great find Adam. I look forward to seeing it in action :yes:

Congratulations on that one!!!

I had heard wind of it on Wednesday from Dr. Dan, but didn't act on it.

Where are you going to put that :scratch2:

Charles

On fitting lots of sets in a small space:
 

Not in the pics are my Zenith SC 300 and the 3 console radios currently in the bedroom.

And having the convertible makes hauling large sets a lot easier.

Now I'm getting back into this set. First I'm going to repair the remote, after I took it apart, I saw that one button was cracked. I'm going to try taking it apart and gluing it back together with some epoxy.

Before I get going on this set, I have some questions on soldering on circuit boards. What should I be doing to avoid lifting traces and making a mess of the boards, is there a particular technique involved in removing, and soldering to the boards? Also what is a particularly good soldering iron/gun for working on the boards? I've never had any trouble soldering to the old style point to point wiring, but never really managed to get the hang of working on the circuit boards.

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Congratulations!! That thing screams class! Very lucky and nice find! Thanks for the pics of your tvs, now I know I'm not the only one piling them up like that!:D

oh wow ...gr8 catch and you have some marvellous things in your collection ...I note the CED disk player on the floor under one of your sets!

An' I thought I had "The Sickness" bad...Hell, I'm a piker...(grin)

It's great that you found one which haves remote control. I know back then remote controls weren't a common things!

Adam, I may have a few of those remotes, if you need parts. I'd have to look, but I'm pretty sure I do. Also, that takes a funky silver-mercury battery... You can use the later RCA remotes for functionality, and just keep a clean original for display if you want.

Charles

Those pics are a year old from February, since then I sold a few of those, and picked up a few others. Thanks for the tips on soldering the boards. That is an odd battery 4.2v, are those (or some equivalent) still available? The old battery was still in there, and actually had caused some some corrosion on the battery terminals I had to clean up. I fixed the buttons that were cracked, then cleaned, and reassembled the remote.

lucky dog! You have a color remote set that will probably soon work.