Another Curtis Mathes Combo - Videokarma.org TV - Video

jstout66 · #1 10-28-2007, 10:28 AM

I picked up ANOTHER Curtis Mathes Combo at an estate sale yesterday.
It was the last day of the sale and it was going to get tossed and altho I didn't want it, I couldn't let that happen. It was in the main living room, and was probably still there because the stereo works and the cabinet is in great shape. Haven't "dug" into it yet, altho I did fire up the TV to see what would happen. High voltage comes up with a picture and the screen goes immediatly blank. What do you think that could be?
I'll take the back off today when I have time, but from what I could see, it looks like an RCA CTC 17 chassis. The tube (rectangular) has a slight green halo and thru the vent holes I can see it has a brightner. .
Turntable was replaced sometime in the 70's with a BSR.
Design is neat, because it has two pull out drawers on the front. One for the radio and one for the turntable. Cabinet is solid wood.
I'll try and get pictures posted, but if anyone wants it and can come to Omaha, it's yours. I have some other intersting sets you can take as well. (if wanted)
The Curtis is model: 53MO42, and I think is from 1967

jstout66 · #2 10-28-2007, 03:56 PM

well... I took the back off and had a look. The chassis is DIRTY. This set saw a TON of use. Lots of repairs I would guess into the mid 80 to late 80's.
Chassis is more like a CTC-15. The flyback was changed, but I think my problem may be with that. There is a group of wires leading to some side board. They are all covered with corona "dope", however, the "dope" has worn off one of the wires and there is a single strand still soldered to the board. I'll try to re-solder and cover it back up with some "dope" and see if the high voltage will stay on, or if that is even the problem. Like I said.. pix comes up for about 15 seconds and then screen goes blank. This is a very nice looking set. Like I said, I'll try to get pix posted, but if anyone wants it, it's yours. I also have a 67 Maggie Frnch Provincial remote set, and an Admiral 21" "mini" console. All sets are complete and the Maggie and Admiral have had all bad tubes changed. Maggie lost video and Admiral has an intermittant problem where it looses signal.