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On closeup, that's definitely not a remote set... It does have an electronic tuner though. As Jstout66 says, that little lens is the auto-contrast sensor. A useless gadget of the time, that a lot of manufacturers "had to have". I think Magnavox is guilty of starting that in the late 50s on black & white sets. On those, it was a huge round red lens.
One more note on that TV: It must be just about the last gasp of the CTC-81 series, and I don't think I've ever seen an 81 with that tuner! Most of the ones with that tuner were CTC-92, 99, and 101. Somebody is going to give me a CTC-81 with a standard click tuner, and it's in 100% mint condition with original papers and all. Same cabinet as yours shown at the beginning of the thread. I don't know what to do with it, so I'll post here when it comes. Hopefull it will stay where it is for awhile, but if anyone is interested, send me an eMail. It's in the Los Angeles area.
Charles
Last edited by Kaye-Halbert TV; 07-23-2006 at 01:29 PM.
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