This is a cool set, by coincidence I saw two different auctions on eBay today with the remote for this set.



http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/ele/2100314542.html

Wow these sets were really ahead of thier time. I remember back in 1976 when I was born, all the way to the early 90's we had what I believe to be a ctc-40 something that had rotary tuners in a beautiful oak cabinet with a black top made to look marble like. It developed some out of tolerance resistors or caps in the vertical circuit that caused the vertical to stretch and when I was young I had no idea what to look for of course. My dad junked the set and bought a 32" Trinitron in 1994. That set is still in the family. Older sets sure lasted forever. That RCA plunked away 20 years and that Trinitron still plunks away and has had heavy use. The speakers are shot and the CRT is getting a tad pink and out of focus now.
I bet if the RCA was repaired and kept it would still be working.

This RCA uses the CTC92 chassis. That's the flat modular chassis that uses the MDR "do not service" regulator module.

i love that set!wish it were closer.i would grab it in a heartbeat.

Nice cab...this had to be top of the line..or close...

What do you mean by the 'do not service' modules on the ctc-92? Admittedly, this is one chassis by RCA I have never seen, used, fixed, etc. I had a ctc-89 from 1977 with a dead green gun, and a 1980 ctc-97. But never one of these.

They had a regulator module that had "do not service - replace module" stamped on it. They don't even show a schematic of the module in the Sam's Photofact service data.

Wow these sets were really ahead of thier time. I remember back in 1976 when I was born, all the way to the early 90's we had what I believe to be a ctc-40 something that had rotary tuners in a beautiful oak cabinet with a black top made to look marble like. It developed some out of tolerance resistors or caps in the vertical circuit that caused the vertical to stretch and when I was young I had no idea what to look for of course. My dad junked the set and bought a 32" Trinitron in 1994. That set is still in the family. Older sets sure lasted forever. That RCA plunked away 20 years and that Trinitron still plunks away and has had heavy use. The speakers are shot and the CRT is getting a tad pink and out of focus now.
I bet if the RCA was repaired and kept it would still be working.

These late 1970's/early 1980's RCA's must be the hot item on Ebay/Craigslist. I've seen so many on there so far.

RCA's from that era are still common. Heck, many of them are still in use.

They had a regulator module that had "do not service - replace module" stamped on it. They don't even show a schematic of the module in the Sam's Photofact service data.

i fixed a lot of those do not fix mdr there was a zener diode on there that would short it was a 30 volt zener. steve

RCA's from that era are still common. Heck, many of them are still in use.


Except for the "direct address" sets--THOSE are VERY hard to find!! I got my CTC-5, 29JC20 Zenith roundie, and TWO G-2000 sets--but I STILL have not "secured" a DA RCA CTC-74 or 81 yet!! I ALMOST had one, a console ctc81DA, last spring on CL from columbus--but it "got away" somehow. It was listed as free--and i claimed it, and even offered a bit of money--but the people REFUSED to sell it to me all of the sudden. Maybe they discovered you CANNOT use it without the remote(Which I TOLD them--to make sure it was the "one I wanted" and I am SURE it was....)

still see a few in the thrift stores.crts bad and cabinets beat all to hell.nothing exotic,just plain jane rca consoles from the late 70s.too far gone for me.i vaguely remember the set rca2000 mentioned.that was a good set.i didnt try for it then.i thought he got it?i have been in similar situation.made a deal,drove about 100 miles and got the call,"i decided to keep it."even made up a lame excuse that the set wasnt "right"and they didnt feel good about it.trying to protect me.the more i more i deal with people,the more i learn.

Reminds me of the time someone offered me a bunch of old TV's and radio's for free. When I called him back to let him know I was on the way, he informed me that someone who he had promised the stuff to, over a year before calling me, showed up to claim the stuff. Yeah, right. How convenient. And, I could name more idiot stunts like this.

I suspect that where you messed up on that RCA DA set was offering them money. That probably got them to thinking that if you were willing to offer money on something that they were giving away; then, it must be very valuable and perhaps they should keep it in hopes of someone one day offering then thousands for it.

that is right.never offer money.they think the have just hit the motherlode.like the antique roadshow.high appraisals.they will never get that kind of money.the estate sale where they were pricing items via ebay.i walked out of that one.i will haul it away for you if you dont want it.when i get there,i will load it and then give them something.no obligation.i paid for it.anything free comes with strings attached.i have sold an item and then went back to the people and split it with them.i know it sounds strange with my heritage,but it has happened.it has gotten me much more than just keeping the money.always pay something when you are there to get it.never make a deal over the phone.as we were always trained,"you cant sign a contract on the phone"

I've had a few people give me stuff with strings attached. Usually, it's someone wanting their TV fixed for free, two years after they gave me a valuable '70's hong kong made transistor radio and a sack of dud tubes. Most folks that give me things don't care what I do with them. They just want the stuff out of the way.

Years ago, we were riding around and I spotted a late '60's Magnavox color console TV sitting on the curb. My Mother insisted that I do the polite thing by asking the owner if I could have it. So, I knocked on the door and this 110 year old woman finally came to the door. I asked her if I could have the TV and she said that it was no good. I made the mistake of telling her that I could use it for parts and then she decided it was worth money. I reminded her that it was out on the trash pile and that I wasn't going to give her money for something she was throwing away. She said that if I could use it, it should be worth something to me. To piss her off, I offered her $5. Of course, she refused and said she'd give the TV to her son. I told my Mother that I was never asking permission to take someone's trash again. If it's on the street, it's open season. The only way I wouldn't take something from someone's trash would be if the owners actually came out and told me to leave it alone. Had I gone back to that woman's house late that night, the TV would have probably still been there and I could have gotten it for free.

that happens alot around here.if you express interest or need,it becomes of value.i asked a woman once,"you always keep such valuable things at the curb?"she told me to take a hike",jew boy!"i came back after dark and took it,i left 5 dollars in her mailbox.then again,i have lots of people stories in my 60+years.