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03-20-2004, 09:30 PM
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A sharp little Motorola
Got this set back from a neighbor who I gave this to a year or two ago. It was passed through a few family members who needed a color set, and now it's back home as it was no longer needed. Funny but I didn't even remember it!
This is a Motorola CP401FW, made in Japan, and yep, she's got tubes  . Has a 14" viewable area on the picture tube, and it's in pretty good shape, still works well according to my neighbor, but I haven't since plugged it in yet.
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03-20-2004, 09:38 PM
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Well I decided to throw the plug in the wall to see what would happen....
Weird, but on stations with a weak signal, it works fine, but strong signals make the screen bloom and go dark, starting in the center first as a blackout across the raster and eventually it darkens the screen. Time to check some tubes. Here's a shot on a weaker station, still pretty good 
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03-21-2004, 10:51 AM
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Aint no way in hell I'm working on this set, part three.....
I can't see any way to get this thing out of the cabinet, and I ain't about to try to get my hands in there  Not that I'm even close to being a good TV repairman, but I'm gonna stick to black and whites and easy stuff
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03-21-2004, 12:43 PM
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The CP401FW 14" color portable Retailed for 329.95 per my June '69 dealer price list.
I saw two of those models come in the shop I worked at years ago with numerous problems. I don't remember us repairing either one of them. Would be fun to see what is wrong with yours.
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03-21-2004, 12:51 PM
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Sure do!
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03-21-2004, 08:35 PM
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thats a pretty cool set! Dwight gets another motorola! How many motos do you got now?
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03-21-2004, 09:43 PM
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Not enough! I must own them all!! Ok, I'm all right now...
I am trying to have an example of each of their portable and console models from 1965 to 1970. Already have the years 1971-1974 done.
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03-21-2004, 09:58 PM
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Do you have/need this one? Don't know what year it is but it looks 1965'ish
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=11074 Quote:
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03-22-2004, 05:57 AM
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I remember that set.....my sister and brother in law had one, I spent the night at their house and watched the Space Shuttle Columbia fly for the first time on that set back around, when was it, 1980?
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