another rca addition:early xl100

[technicolor]

Originally Posted by KV-1926R

What exactly went wrong with those?

I'm looking forward to seeing this thing running with a signal. That green-tinted screen doesn't look promising though.

I barely touched the control pots and that green popped up, I'm sure some very careful fine tuning can work that out.

what does concern me is the channel indicator stays on 12. Not sure if the channels are changing when i turn the dial.

I'll get it out of the truck today and have some more news tonight

[Jon A.]

I doubt that it's anything serious. Any resistance in the knob?

Also, I'm wondering if the XL-100 was actually introduced in 1974. I found these ads from then:

[technicolor]

Originally Posted by KV-1926R

I doubt that it's anything serious. Any resistance in the knob?

Also, I'm wondering if the XL-100 was actually introduced in 1974. I found these ads from then:

I'm getting resistance, so i think it's working.

Nice find on those ads, didn't realize that some of the rca cabinets were at $700 in 74. Wonder what the zeniths were going for then.

[Jon A.]

I have never seen the inner workings of such a tuner, so I can't begin to think of what might be preventing the number from changing. I guess the only solution is to feed it a signal and dial around until its found, then line up the number and re-connect whatever came loose. I had to perform a similar procedure when testing my much-newer 20" XL-100, the on-screen display doesn't work, so I used the auto-program button to lock on to the signal.

[zeno]

Originally Posted by technicolor

I barely touched the control pots and that green popped up, I'm sure some very careful fine tuning can work that out.

what does concern me is the channel indicator stays on 12. Not sure if the channels are changing when i turn the dial.

I'll get it out of the truck today and have some more news tonight

Little plastic gear usually bad. Still changes channels OK. Pull
tuner assy you may be able to glue it. May use the same gears as the
more common 19" sets.
Price of Zenith would have been the same for the same level set.
IIRC RCA & Zenith shared 40%+ of the market at the time.
Big rivalry at the time. Sony just starting to make a dent especialy
in the yuppie areas. When selling a Zenith almost always had to
go up against RCA. The gals wanted Maggies for the cabinets
but the men usually called the shots. Everything else cost less except Sony & maybe SC.

73 Zeno

[mftalbot]

Originally Posted by KV-1926R

I doubt that it's anything serious. Any resistance in the knob?

Also, I'm wondering if the XL-100 was actually introduced in 1974. I found these ads from then:

I ran the prices quoted in those ads thru the inflation calculator at the BLS. In 2013 dollars those XL-100s went for around two and a half to three grand. Holy crap.

[Jon A.]

I had to laugh a little at that, wow. Imagine that, 3K for a low-end TV.

[Bill R]

GPS jammers don't have anything to do with video equipment. If you have a question fine, but this is not the place to push your jammers. Probably illegal here anyway.

[Jon A.]

Careful there mate, coming in here with sales pitches will get ya booted mighty quick.

[Kamakiri]

It might, rabbit, it might

[Jon A.]

Captain Swanky takes care of things at warp speed of course.

[Kamakiri]

So wait a minute. I need to be a swanky captain, huh? Well, I COULD pull that off with THIS avatar

** sorry for the thread drift **

[Jon A.]

Might I suggest Photoshopping a Federation uniform onto Ken Delo? Or better yet, perhaps a picture exists of him actually wearing one?

[technicolor]

Originally Posted by KV-1926R

What exactly went wrong with those?

I'm looking forward to seeing this thing running with a signal. That green-tinted screen doesn't look promising though.

Got a chance to run my satellite receiver on it. all good.

[Jon A.]

Excellent. By the way, did you have the back off it yet, and see any motors? Wondering if it's a remote set.