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Originally Posted by Kiwick

Talking about oddball power connectors, when i was a kid (about 10 years old) i had a 5" Russian "videopocket" B/W set, the power socket on the TV was a 6 pin affair and had both 230Vac and 12Vdc inputs, the 12Vdc car lighter cord had the same connector as the 230Vac one but wired differently

At some point i lost the original AC cord, then i found out that a standard figure 8 power connector would fit just fine between two pins of the set's power socket, so i plugged it in and... BLAM! i blasted the set with 230 volts on the 12Vdc input & toasted every single transistor and IC in the set!

Well all came good in the end, as my granny bought me another identical set (they were very cheap) and i also had a broken set to tear apart & have fun with, it was incredibly well built, it had a box-shaped chassis with several hinged modules! i still have the "surviving" set today along with its cords.

I'd love to see pics of your videopocket some time! Soviet consumer electronics really intrigue for a couple of reasons. Their construction techniques were, erm, interesting to say the least, and because they were never sold here in the 'States, for obvious reasons, we don't see them often. Was the videopocket an attempt to clone one of the early Japanese solid state personal portables, like Sony's 5" Micro-TV?