Early 80's 10" Quasar Color
 

Hey TV people!
I was at the local thrift store today and saw a mighty fine looking Quasar color portable from 1982 for 8 bucks. I believe it looks like a 10", it looks slightly smaller than a 12" to me. I'm thinking about getting it. What do you guys know about these little TV's and is it worth grabbing or should I pass?:scratch2:

Channel numbers on top and a swivel base? If so, grab it. The original remote was a miniature version of the tv. Those may have been later though sicne one of mine was model TP2156YH April 1985.

Nope It's a knob tuned set. One thing I noticed that was interesting is that the screen is made up of dots instead of the usual color lines.

Edit:
I found a picture of a TV that I think looks near Identical to it.

Hell, I've got about 2 or 3 Panasonic's with the same CRT I bet. Free, working as found, trashday hauls. Two 19" one 13", one is LED electronic tuned ColorPilot IIRC. Landfill soon. Not that they're bad but I'm try'na save the old American workhorses.

I had a friend that called his girlfriend "Quasar". I asked him why he called her that and he said "Her works are in her drawers!" :scratch2:

For 8 bux, it's about a "no-brainer"...Get it, enjoy it, & rejoice in the knowlege you saved it from the landfill, or some other ignominious fate..

I got the TV! Pretty nice. I just had to make a few adjustments to it.

Now you need to watch some Lawrence Welk reruns on it!!!!

Enjoy.

No I'm watching "Airplane!" on it.

8 Bucks how could you go wrong? A combo at a fast food burger joint is 7 bucks and change. The TV will last longer than that!

The only think I don't like is that the audio buzzes when there's a bright image on the screen when I use my RF Modulator. Over the air analog looks and sounds fine though.

There are some coils in the audio circuit that you can probably tweak to get rid of the buzz.

Any idea where they might be located or look like?

One other thing I'd like to know is if there is a horizontal position adjustment. The picture is just slightly off center.

Not 100% sure, but the coils for an early 80s knob tuned set like this should be on the mainboard on or underneath a small silver (shielded) box that attaches via coax to the VHF tuner itself.

Do yourself a favor and mark down the original position before tweaking those coils though.

Nice set, let's see the chassis pics!

EDIT: about the horizontal width/centering, this can be either a coil or a VR. This set should certainly have a sticker inside with a layout of the testpoints and major components; possibly even a schematic. Take a pic of that and we'll know how to guide you.

If you have a model number, I can see if I have a sams photofact on that set and I can tell you exactly which adjustments you need to be concerned with.