Majestic 1600

[jeyurkon]

When I downloaded the photofact I got all excited because they showed an optional circuit for connecting a color adapter! But, I can't find a connector or switch that would be present. I guess it must be for a different version of the chassis.

I could add it, but it wouldn't be historically correct. I wonder which model actually had it. It would be fun to build a col-r-tel.

It shows the set using either a 16KP4 or a 16TP4, so I guess it has the original CRT. Other versions of the chassis used a 16GP4B.

It appears that someone has re-soldered the CRT base. It needs to be glued back on, or at least handled with great care.

I tested the CRT with a B&K 465. It appeared to be dead, but eventually woke up to about 340 uA emission and a life of 5 seconds. The G1 cutoff is slightly out of range, but not bad. It looks like it's not strong, but probably usable. Any opinions out there about the emission I measured?

There is a switch and an input for a turntable. I wonder if it had a matching turntable and what it looked like?

John

[Steve K]

John:

The color connection was on the later chassis. There was a color conversion kit available for your chassis which had a swith to change over to color. According to Riders, Majestic had a "slave" color set. I'm not sure if any were ever built. You mentioned the Col-R-Tel, actually your set would have been CBS color whereas the Col-R-Tel was a later NTSC convertor. I'm working on mine now and hope to have it working in a few days.

Steve