Magnavox T809-14 chassis 19" color TV

[radiotvnut]

A friend who knows enough about TV's to be dangerous gave me this '81 19" Magnavox the other day. It uses the T809-14 chassis. All I had to do to it was clean the tuner and resolder the connector on the audio module. It took the picture tube about a half hour to "wake up"; but, it looks pretty good now. It uses a similar tri-pot tube like what was used in the Zenith System 3's. All of the T809 sets I've seen in the past had a seperate flyback and tripler. This one uses an IHVT. Also, I'll bet this was one of the last TV's to use a circuit breaker.

The same person is supposed to be bringing me an RCA XL100 console this week. He said he thinks it's the "stand up chassis with all the little plug in boards." Anyway, I sure hope so. I don't want to see another CTC110, 120, or 130 with a single knob varactor tuner!