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11-02-2003, 04:45 PM
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Zenith Space Command on eBay CHEAP!
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11-03-2003, 02:16 AM
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iirc that is a ultrasonic remote set.
i got a remote yesterday at the flea market. wanted a spare for my system3 portable.
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11-03-2003, 06:24 AM
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Based on the control panel on the set it looks like Infrared to me.
I have not seen a Zenith ultrasonic that operates the number keys. I think the last ultrasonic sets had the row of neon lamp channel numbers (can be wrong of course.)
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11-03-2003, 10:46 AM
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Their first remote sets with digital tuning and on screen display from about 1981 did use an ultrasonic remote. It looked like an IR remote with a numeric keypad, but was ultrasonic. I've seen a couple of the 19" sets like this, but never seen the remote. They redesigned these with IR remotes after a short time. They used the dreaded 9-160 main board.
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11-03-2003, 07:46 PM
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Looks like a 1981 model, It also has space phone and it is an infrared remote set. BTW, 1980 was the last year for ultrasonic remote for this one.
Zenith had 1 year that was unique for this model and it was "81. The other was in 1977, that had the CCII chassis, in "78 they went to the Sys 3. I have seen and owned a lot of this type, The oldest I had was from 1977 and was a chromacolor II The newest looked exactly like this one and was manufactured in june of 1981. The two I presently have are 1979 models with ultrasonic remote and what Zenith called "high performance television sound" Yes, They have the "dreaded" 9-160 modules, I don't mind them though, They are easy to repair and pretty reliable once gone through. There were very many of these sets sold in this area and I still find at least 1 or 2 every year on the curb during garbage day. Last edited by captainmoody; 11-03-2003 at 07:50 PM.
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11-03-2003, 10:07 PM
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I hauled one of those to the dump about 4 years ago. There was an intense thunderstorm overhead when I got there and everyone was hiding in their cars. I didn't want to hang around standing outside long for fear of geting electrocuted so I grabbed that sucker out of the back of the van and heaved it with all I had towards the trash pile 180 degrees releasing it like an olympic discus thrower. That sucker musta flown about 10 feet landing with a crash. My back hurt after I got home.
 Space phone my ass. Hello? ...its for U.
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11-04-2003, 01:18 AM
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So I guess no one wants it?
    
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11-04-2003, 05:12 AM
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the remote in the pic is ir.
but i am 99.999% sure the set is ultrasonic. and my table set with space phone has a full numeric keypad so you can dial the phone.
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11-04-2003, 07:56 AM
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The Chromacolor II model Did not have osd or digital tuning. The model pictured is actually an ir remote set Zenith DID make them KC8! Remember, That is a unique model made only that year.
Last edited by captainmoody; 11-04-2003 at 07:58 AM.
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11-04-2003, 08:08 AM
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This will clear things up, Here's a pic of my 1979 sys 3. This design carried on through the end of the 1980 model run.
1981 models looked like what is pictured on ebay.
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