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Old 07-16-2006, 05:59 PM
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That was their high end line (similar to the Diemnsia line). It probably has a CTC-140, or CTC-169 chassis. If there's a large multi pin connector that looks like the European SCART connector near the A/V jacks, it's a 140.

Both can produce an excellent picture and are reliable apart from a few common problems. In my opinion, the 140 and 169 were by far the two best ever RCA designs (I prefer the 140). 1987 would have been when GE owned RCA.

The CTC-140 suffers from bad soldering in various places, particularly the power supply. The 169 sufferes from bad caps in the power supply which eventually causes the power supply to blow. They can have other less common power supply problems such as bad rectifier diodes.

Google groups will give you more information that you want on both chassis.
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