What is this??

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by Eric H

The chassis in the bottom of the cabinet doesn't seem to be hooked up to anything, I suspect it was the power supply chassis for whatever was originally in the cabinet.

I agree. There is a socket on the back of the power supply chassis into which a mating multipin connector, at the end of a multiconductor cable, would be inserted, with an AC outlet next to that socket. This could have been a power chassis for an amplifier or a radio tuner; hard to tell just by looking at the thing. The entire setup indeed looks like a cobbled-together TV-radio combo, with the aforementioned power supply just left in the bottom of the cabinet for no particular reason.

[jr_tech]

Originally Posted by Jeffhs

I agree. There is a socket on the back of the power supply chassis into which a mating multipin connector, at the end of a multiconductor cable, would be inserted, with an AC outlet next to that socket. This could have been a power chassis for an amplifier or a radio tuner; hard to tell just by looking at the thing. The entire setup indeed looks like a cobbled-together TV-radio combo, with the aforementioned power supply just left in the bottom of the cabinet for no particular reason.

Another possibility: There *is* a similar sized Jones multipin plug on the radio chassis connected to a drooping wire... perhaps the other end of the wire should be plugged into the bottom chassis? I don't see an obvious AC power cord attached to the radio chassis. The AC outlet on the bottom chassis would seem to be in a good location for supplying power to the TV...note the TV cord unplugged, just a few inches away. My guess is that the bottom chassis *is* a part of the combo, but has been unplugged (perhaps for testing?) and is now "loose" in the bottom of the set. Just a WAG, however.

jr

[WISCOJIM]

German radio? Loit is north of Hamburg, near the border with Denmark.

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