MCS VTR Component TV

[gonzothegreat]

After I read about the bad caps, I opened mine up to check things out. The caps checked out visually so I brought it up with a variac and it worked perfectly! While I had it open I took some pics.

Internally it isn't much more than a late 70s vintage "portable" B/W with an additional board for the scope functions (the leftmost pcb in pic 3 with all the pots). The scope display scale only displays when the scope function is selected. The unit isn't exactly high end since the speaker inputs are RCA jacks and the case is plastic aside from the metal top cover and faceplate. The QC guys must have been napping as the dust screen on the speaker wasn't correctly aligned with the mounting holes (third pic).











There are plans on the 'net for hacking up old B/W tvs into quasi-scopes. Google TV oscilloscope.