Admiral PS17F22 restoration

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I recently spotted this set on eBay with a local pickup option at a reasonable price so decided to go for it (apologies to egrand).

It's an Admiral PS17F22 from 1959 and my first vintage remote control set. These are photos from the actual ebay listing run by one of those 'Sell It on Ebay' stores. When I went to pick it up I saw how they take their photos - a nice light box and big professional digital camera.


It's also apparently the world's first wireless portable remote control TV.


Here's how it looked in the back of my car. I hope that brown goo will clean off the screen.


Here's a look inside. The 17CWP4 CRT has good emissions but the needle wavers a bit near the good/bad zone when testing for G1 shorts.




Here's the ultrasonic receiver and relay driver. It uses a discriminator tuned between the two tuning fork frequencies. Normally, the output is 0 but when one frequency is received it goes negative and positive for the other frequency.


That either steps the volume/power switch or engages the channel motor.


Overall, the set is in very good condition, but the remote is not original and is missing one tuning fork.

I eventually found out the remote is supposed to fit into this magnetized pocket on the side. I posted an ad in the classifieds and hope to find one someday: http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=261474


I've never worked on a set like this and can't wait to see it actually work