Philco Model 53-T1886 Code 125 AM/FM/Phono/TV Combo

[Kevin Kuehn]

Thant's a decent looking and compact combo. Does it have 17 inch CRT?

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn

Thant's a decent looking and compact combo. Does it have 17 inch CRT?

Yes, it does use a 17" CRT, its a 17YP4 Tube it uses. I have a B&K Picture Tube Tester, and the test meter has a Normal and Special setting, and in the Normal Setting for the meter, the picture tube registers as dead, but in the Special Setting it registers as nearly pegging the meter out on the good end of the meter and has extremely good cutoff, and the manual for this picture tube tester says that some picture tubes need to have the meter set in the special mode in order for the tester to test the tube properly, but it doesn't specify which tubes need the special setting in the setup manual.

The Turntable/Changer for this unit appears to be a Voice of Music made unit, and its a 3 speed unit (it plays LPs, EPs and SPs as it calls each speed setting rather than using the actual playback speeds of 33, 45 and 78, and it seems to be seized up.)

[Kevin Kuehn]

Does the CRT respond normally as you turn the filament voltage down, as in the emission gets less? I'm not familiar with a BK normal/special setting. What is the B&K model number?

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by Kevin Kuehn

Does the CRT respond normally as you turn the filament voltage down, as in the emission gets less? I'm not familiar with a BK normal/special setting. What is the B&K model number?

Its a model 465 CRT Tube Tester, from what little information I could find about it online, it was the last CRT Tester that B & K Made before the CRT Size change took place in 1969 when they made it so that the viewing area measurements had to be what the tube size was given in.

filament of the picture tube glows nice and bright and it seems to respond to filament voltage changes.

[vortalexfan]

A little update: I located the Sam's Photofact for this TV on feebay and I'm waiting for it to arrive in the mail currently, but the radio portion of this TV, I thought was AM/FM but it turns out its just AM only (I took a closer look at the tuning dial and it only covers the AM Band) but I do think this thing is capable of FM radio as well through Channel 6 on the TV Tuner (much like many TVs were back then) so I guess Technically it is an AM/FM set, just not in the way I thought it was originally.

Is the record changer on this unit covered in the Sam's for this TV? I'm asking because I was attempting to see if the speed control switch and changer control knobs would turn and the changer control switch works but the speed control switch is locked up and doesn't want to rotate which I'm wondering if its due to a flat idler tire or maybe just hardened grease?