XL100 Curbside Find - Videokarma.org TV - Video

ctc17 · #1 02-23-2010, 11:22 AM

Im not normal into solid state but this thing is Cool and I cant turn my back on a US made set. It has a bright clear picture.
It looks like it had been sitting out through a few good rain storms so I let it bake in the car for a few days to dry out.
CTC97 What problems did these have?
just need to find a remote

Dude111 · #2 02-23-2010, 11:41 AM

Wow if she was exposed to rain and still works,thats a treasure there!!

I hope you can get her working nice and strong like the day she came off the assembly line!!

Good find!!

bgadow · #3 02-23-2010, 01:20 PM

That's getting close to the set leadlike has been searching for.

I have some old RCA remotes; does anyone know what it's supposed to look like?

Geoff Bourquin · #4 02-23-2010, 07:47 PM

The connections between tuner and control module are often bad....To fix resolder the stakes that are soldered to one module and plug into the other module. I don't remember which one is male and which is female but you'll know when you look at it.
I think this is one of the sets that had a bad audio coil...Mushy audio that might buzz too. Retuning the slug wont fix it either. I think the coil form changes as it ages and kills the coil Q. It's the one in the can in front of the delay line

The remote should be a half-round unit about 8 inches long. I've seen both black and silver. It's ultrasonic so there is a little transducer grill on the shooting end of it. 4 buttons

leadlike · #5 02-23-2010, 09:23 PM

Oh god...that IS my set! Too bad it is 3,000 miles away. Well, at least now I know what THE set is.

For those who don't know about my search for this tv, you can look here:

http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=245999

ctc17 · #6 02-23-2010, 11:01 PM

PM me a contact info that will be good for awhile and ill make sure you get it once I get bored with it.
This thing is low hours and the crt is STRONG. Its not even close to trash.

radiotvnut · #7 02-23-2010, 11:49 PM

Those sets had a heck of a nice picture. I had a 19" CTC97 with a rotary tuner that we used in the living room until my Mother got ready for a bigger set.

zenith2134 · #8 02-24-2010, 03:29 PM

I too used a CTC-97 for a long time. Still got it somewhere I think. Great pic's on that set.

leadlike · #9 02-24-2010, 06:04 PM

PM sent!

bgadow · #10 02-25-2010, 08:55 PM

Hmmm...am I getting warm? Found these two...

leadlike · #11 02-25-2010, 09:26 PM

The one on the right-I remember the vol. up/on button being blue like that. It's so cool seeing this stuff again....I haven't seen that remote in at least twenty years, but I wouldn't forget an old friend like that.

The one on the left appears to be some sort of chromed plastic? If it is, then it isn't a match.

bgadow · #12 02-25-2010, 09:56 PM

These two are identical, I just put one upside down. Maybe the one you remember was all black? I know about what to look for now, anyway. Could be some more like these buried.

ctc17 · #13 02-25-2010, 10:02 PM

I bet thats it. On the set pushing both vol up and own turn it on then turning the volume all the way down and then some shuts it off. Kinda like the space command remote.
That one took me a minute to figure out...

I dont really trip on remotes to deep anymore now that I am forced to use this digital converter box crap. I guess it would be nice have for collection sake

leadlike · #14 02-26-2010, 06:19 PM

Yeah, the remote I remember was all black, so I guess while the faceplate is identical, the cradle is a little different with having that plastic chrome treatment. Very close, though.

Cosmic Charlie · #15 11-09-2011, 02:21 PM

Leadlike, did you ever determine the year of manufacture?. here are a few images of my 70's RCA XL 100. It was a hand me down when my parents upgraded probably in the 90's, it has a remarkable clear pic and bright brilliant color. It now serves duty as my shop area (work bench) TV. CC