Emerson ECR1350 tuning...

[RetroHacker]

I rescued a cute little Emerson from the roadside a while back - even had the original remote sitting on top of it. It's a 13" set, late 80's. It has electronic tuning, and the front panel boasts 110 channel cable compatible.

Anyway, the original problem was vertical foldover. I changed a couple faulty electrolytics in the deflection circuits and got a nice picture. Buttoned it all up and hooked it up to the cable. I get great picture and sound, but when I try to tune it to anything above 36, it skips the higher channels. Entering manually with the remote doesn't work either - if I type in some other channel, it brings me right back to the channel I was already on.

I've tried all three cable mode selections on the front panel control, fiddled with the memory settings, etc. Still can't get a channel above 36.

I have the Sam's, and it doesn't mention anything. I also did a quick Google search, and it seems that other people have this same problem with this set.

Did cable TV change sometime between then and now that I'm not aware of?

-Ian