Found a Sony KV-1215 portable

[zenith2134]

Hey guys, hows it going? Thought I'd share a little about my latest find.

So, I went to an estate sale yesterday morning and found a little Sony tv in a bedroom, cord all tied nicely and antenna tucked away safely. I plug it in and it fired right up, with a decent picture. I got it for free, since 'no one seems interested in that old tv'. Thanks, I sure am.

Got it home, gave it a thorough bath in pledge (woodwork doesn't have a scratch anywhere) and windex and I left it on for a while.

After a little adjusting, the set lost brightness and the red was full-on intermittently. Found the G2 pot was practically desoldered from the vid-out board , and the r/g/b/ background pots weren't making good contact to their board. Tonight I am happy to report I saved another one! Looks great, watched some news on it just now and I am very pleased. Anyone know the year of this set? I ran a search yesterday when I brought it home, and someone suggested 1969-ish but I honestly don't think its that old.