View Full Version : Help identify a 1950s Magnavox


bandersen
08-29-2019, 09:33 AM
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.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48642349647_86c824cc57_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2h7mKSP)

dieseljeep
08-29-2019, 10:53 AM
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.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48642349647_86c824cc57_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2h7mKSP)
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. :scratch2:

bandersen
08-29-2019, 02:31 PM
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.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48643831732_f620210745_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2h7ums1)

Tom9589
08-29-2019, 03:55 PM
These are definitely Magnavox knobs. You can see the hinges where the control door was once mounted.

init4fun
08-29-2019, 04:20 PM
:thmbsp: 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
10-09-2019, 01:25 PM
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.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48871695656_1a1e455270_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hsCdsm)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48871891837_9d767c25e5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hsDdLM)

electronjohn
10-10-2019, 08:23 AM
Wow...hardly a speck of dust in there! (Unless the guy gave it a quick vacuum:))