Help identify RCA XL-100 Series

[Zeldaguy85]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Looks 80s. The XL-100 and Colortrak names were used from the 1970s to early 2000s so they do zilch to identify the set.

If you take the back off look for a chassis number. It will be something like CTC-68 or CTC-177 or similar that will tell you what electronics it uses (you can pull a Sam's repair manual with the chassis number) and approximate date (if you look up the Sam's number that number came out at a specific date that can be computed). Most makes ran 1-5 different color chassis in a year and stuffed those into dozens to hundreds of models. Model number is used to differentiate cabinet styles, colors and optional electronic features.

When color isn't properly while when color level is 0 then you have a grayscale adjustment issue... Sometimes it's sleeping sickness and will wake up out of adjustment and comeback within a couple of hours of continuous use (play a movie and see if it's better at the end), other times the guns have aged differently for each color and the grayscale adjustments need to be performed...Some newer sets adjust grayscale automatically.

The black colors look fine when playing a game / watching a movie, just appears tan when it's Idle, or if you turn the color knob all the way down. I'll look inside soon and see if I can a number to match with a Sam part, thank you for that tip