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PYE Australia Circa 1971 6
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PYE Australia Circa 1971

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Radios-TV VRAT

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Fabulous Fablon

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Linda Lovelace Experience

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Humbars on a Sony KV2702

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D|E|R Service “The Best”

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The one that got away 18
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The one that got away

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Technical information

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The Line Output Stage 22
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The Line Output Stage

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The map

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Tales of a newly qualified young engineer.

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Tales of a Radio Rentals Van Boy

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Sanyo SMD 30
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Sanyo SMD

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Disastrous Company Rebranding 32
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Disastrous Company Rebranding

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Memories Of The TV Trade

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Crazy house 36
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Crazy house

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Dirty TV screens 38
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Dirty TV screens

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Dual Standard and Single Standard CTV’s 40
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Dual Standard and Single Standard CTV’s

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The Winter of 62/63 42
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The Winter of 62/63

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A domestic audio installation 44
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A domestic audio installation

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Music centre modifications 46
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Music centre modifications

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Unusual record player modification 48
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Unusual record player modification

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Mishaps In The Trade 50
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Mishaps In The Trade

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A Lesson In 'Fast Recovery' 52
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A Lesson In ‘Fast Recovery’

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Exploding Resevoir Capacitor and Terrified Budgie

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An embarrassing pain in the proverbial region

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Give us the beans!

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Racing and smoke

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Flash and Embarrassment

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Mischief in the Pub

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Elusive transmitter

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Duracells, they just go on and on and on….. 64
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Duracells, they just go on and on and on…..

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DDouble D DDebs

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Run, run, run away….

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No access

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The very first job

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The Apprentice #2

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Ham Radio Fun

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The Competitors Window

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Al Jolson

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The G8

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Sticky tapes, in more ways than one!

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That’s not the set I bought!!

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Customers, Customers, you’ve gotta love em!

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Harold and the Chicken

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The formidable Mrs Cherry

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The case of the dangerous mains flex

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Now where’s the volume?

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Think I’ll have a cup of tea

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The Good Old Days

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Workshop Explosion

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Welcome To Field Service – Part 2

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Welcome To Field Service – Part 1

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Unusual Customer

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The Year Of The Vest Pocket Radio

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The Problem TV

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The Exploding Radio Cassette Player

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The Eccentric Flautist

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The VIP Customer

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The Trade Show. Hard Work Or An Excuse For A ‘Jolly’?

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The Job Card

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TV Slot Meters

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TV Dinner?

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Stray Capacitance

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Stores Destroyed!

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Spares ‘Off The Shelf’ And Quick Repairs

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Philips Technical Advice For The Trade

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Parrot Fashion

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Origins Of Mr Twiddler

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It Wasn’t All Fun And Games!

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Innocent GEC 2110 Chassis?

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I Wondered Where Those Screws Came From!

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G11 Bites Back!

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Did You Hear Anything?

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Big Bad John!

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A Little Knowledge

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I’m Not Paying

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Yet another “Cats” story

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Ceefax (Teletext) Turns 50 72
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Ceefax (Teletext) Turns 50

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1976/77 Rank Arena AC6333 - Worlds First Teletext Receiver 74
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1976/77 Rank Arena AC6333 – Worlds First Teletext Receiver

Hitachi VIP201P C.E.D Player 76
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Hitachi VIP201P C.E.D Player

1972 Ultra 6713 78
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1972 Ultra 6713

1969 Philips G22K511 80
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1969 Philips G22K511

1979 Ferguson Videostar Deluxe 3V16 82
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1979 Ferguson Videostar Deluxe 3V16

1971 Beovision 3200 84
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1971 Beovision 3200

1971 Bush CTV1120 86
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1971 Bush CTV1120

1971 Ferguson 3712 88
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1971 Ferguson 3712

1971 Ferguson 3710 90
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1971 Ferguson 3710

Aug 1967 Ferguson 3700: Serial No.1816 92
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Aug 1967 Ferguson 3700: Serial No.1816

1968 Baird M718 94
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1968 Baird M718

1967 Baird M702W
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1967 Baird M702W

1972 Baird 8749 96
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1972 Baird 8749

1972 Ferguson 3713 98
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1972 Ferguson 3713

1970 HMV 2703 100
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1970 HMV 2703

1970 Ferguson 3703 102
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1970 Ferguson 3703

1969 Baird 8724 104
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1969 Baird 8724

1969 Bush CT187CS 106
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1969 Bush CT187CS

1968 Decca CTV22C 108
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1968 Decca CTV22C

1968 HMV 2701 Colourmaster 110
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1968 HMV 2701 Colourmaster

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1976/77 Rank Arena AC6333 – Worlds First Teletext Receiver

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PYE 1980s Brochure 114
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PYE 1980s Brochure

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Ceefax (Teletext) Turns 50 116
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Ceefax (Teletext) Turns 50

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Philips 1980s KT3 - K30 Range Brochure 118
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Philips 1980s KT3 – K30 Range Brochure

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Zanussi Television Brochure 1982 120
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Zanussi Television Brochure 1982

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Ferguson Videostar Review 122
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Ferguson Videostar Review

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She soon put that down 124
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She soon put that down

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1983 Sanyo Brochure 126
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1983 Sanyo Brochure

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Wireless World Teletext Decoder 128
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Wireless World Teletext Decoder

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Unitra Brochure

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Rediffusion CITAC (MK4A)

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Thorn TRUMPS 2 130
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Thorn TRUMPS 2

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Grundig Brochure 1984 132
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Grundig Brochure 1984

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The Obscure and missing Continental 134
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The Obscure and missing Continental

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G11 Television 1978 - 1980 136
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G11 Television 1978 – 1980

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Reditune 138
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Reditune

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Hitachi VIP201P C.E.D Player 140
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Hitachi VIP201P C.E.D Player

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Thorn 3D01 - VHD VideoDisc Player 142
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Thorn 3D01 – VHD VideoDisc Player

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Granada Television Brochure, 1970s 144
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Granada Television Brochure, 1970s

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Long Gone UK TV Shops

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      • DECCA CTV19
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      • DECCA CTV25
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      • EKCO CT102: Green stripes on picture
      • FERGUSON 3711
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      • GEC 2010
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      • GEC 2040
      • GEC 2040 SERIES
      • GEC C2002H
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      • GEC C2148
      • GEC MODEL 2028
      • Granada Rental: TV VCR Equivalents
      • GRUNDIG 5011
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      • GRUNDIG 5011GB
      • GRUNDIG 6011
      • GRUNDIG 717GB
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      • HMV 2701: Picture defocused , fades and disappears
      • HMV 2704
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      • ITT CVC2 CHASSIS
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      • ITT/KB CK500: Corona discharge
      • KORTING 51765
      • KORTING 90° COLOUR SET
      • KUBA PORTA-COLOUR
      • NATIONAL PANASONIC TC42G
      • Philips CP110 Stock Faults
      • Philips CP90 Stock Faults
      • PHILIPS G6 CHASSIS
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      • PHILIPS G6 S-S CHASSIS
      • PHILIPS G8 CHASSIS
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      • Prestel Training & Thorn 9650
      • PYE 691 CHASSIS
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      • PYE 697 CHASSIS
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      • PYE 697 Chassis: No Field output and tuning unstable
      • PYE 713 CHASSIS
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      • PYE CT203
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      • RANK A823 CHASSIS
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      • SANYO CTP 5101
      • Set up EHT :Thorn 3000/3500
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      • TANDBERG CTV1
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      • TANDBERG CTV2 CHASSIS
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      • Granada Rental: TV VCR Equivalents
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      • Bush TV125 LOPT Transplant
      • BUSH/Murphy LOPT
      • Differences Between A640, Z146 & A793 Line Output Transformers
      • Servicing The FireBall Tuner
      • Servicing The Murphys

    • B&W Service Hints Index

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      • ALBA T644
      • ALBA T717
      • ALBA T909
      • BAIRD 167
      • Baird M676: Frame Cramp
      • BRC 1500 Chassis, D|E|R Advice to Engineers
      • BUSH T67
      • BUSH TV105
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      • BUSH TV113
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      • BUSH TV128U
      • Bush TV135R
      • Bush TV135R
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      • Bush TV135R poor frame sync
      • BUSH TV148U
      • BUSH TV161
      • BUSH TV161
      • BUSH TV161 SERIES
      • BUSH TV22
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      • BUSH TV24
      • BUSH TV24
      • BUSH TV24A
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      • BUSH TV315
      • BUSH TV43
      • BUSH TV66
      • BUSH TV75
      • BUSH TV85
      • BUSH TV95
      • BUSH TV97
      • COSSOR 927
      • COSSOR 938
      • COSSOR 938
      • COSSOR 950
      • COSSOR CT1973A
      • DEFIANT 410X
      • DEFIANT 901
      • DEFIANT 9A41
      • DEFIANT T172
      • EKCO 330T
      • EKCO T161
      • EKCO T221
      • EKCO T2317
      • EKCO T283
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      • EKCO T327
      • EKCO T348: Raster Ripple
      • Ekco T368
      • EKCO T415/F
      • EKCO TMB 272
      • Ekco/Ferranti models
      • EKCOVISION T221
      • EKO T221: Decreasing sound volume
      • FERGUSON 206T
      • Ferguson 406T series: Sound muted
      • Ferguson 406T: Field hold
      • FERGUSON 505T
      • FERGUSON 506T
      • FERGUSON 506T
      • FERGUSON 546T
      • FERGUSON 636T
      • FERGUSON 992T
      • FERGUSON FR20
      • FERRANTI 14T6
      • FERRANTI 175K6
      • FERRANTI 17K3
      • Ferranti T1002: Lack of Width
      • FERRANTI T1095
      • G.E.C. B T5348
      • G.E.C. BT1743
      • G.E.C. BT2155
      • G.E.C. BT308
      • GEC Sobell "universal" LOPT Replacement
      • GRAETZ KORNETT 1100
      • HMV 1870
      • INVICTA 126
      • INVICTA 126
      • ITT VC200
      • ITT VC51 CHASSIS
      • K.B. LVT50
      • K.B. VV70
      • KB K V905
      • KB KV017
      • KB KV125
      • KB LFT50
      • KB SV048
      • KB VC1 CHASSIS
      • MARCONIPHONE 4613
      • McMICHAEL M21T
      • McMICHAEL M7IT
      • MURPHY 240
      • MURPHY 410
      • Murphy 659X: No Raster
      • MURPHY V114
      • MURPHY V204
      • MURPHY V270
      • MURPHY V410
      • MURPHY V759
      • PAGEANT 7P20
      • PAM T908
      • PETO SCOTT 733
      • PHILIPS 1229U/15
      • PHILIPS 1400A
      • PHILIPS 170 CHASSIS
      • PHILIPS 210 CHASSIS
      • PHILIPS 210 CHASSIS
      • PHILIPS 210 SERIES
      • PHILIPS 21TG1000
      • PHILIPS 320 CHASSIS
      • PHILIPS 320 SERIES
      • PHILIPS 563A
      • PILOT CV87
      • PILOT TVIIOF
      • Pye 11U
      • Pye 11U chassis
      • PYE 17 Series: No Picture - Weak Sound
      • PYE 368 CHASSIS
      • PYE C17
      • PYE V110
      • PYE V14
      • PYE V4
      • PYE V4
      • PYE V4: Vision motorboating
      • PYE VT17
      • PYE VT7
      • RANK A774 CHASSIS
      • REGENTONE 14T
      • REGENTONE TEN 4
      • RGD 1756
      • SOBELL T175
      • SONY TV9-90UB
      • STELLA ST6417U
      • STELLA ST6417U
      • TELETON TA12
      • THORN 1400 CHASSIS
      • THORN 1400 CHASSIS
      • THORN 1500 CHASSIS
      • THORN 1500 CHASSIS
      • THORN 1500 CHASSIS
      • THORN 1500 CHASSIS
      • THORN 1590 CHASSIS
      • THORN 1591 CHASSIS
      • THORN 1600 CHASSIS
      • THORN 1690 CHASSIS
      • THORN 950 CHASSIS
      • THORN 980 CHASSIS
      • ULTRA VT915
      • Video CN4215: Field Sync Loss
      • WESTMINSTER T1455

    • B&W TV Circuits & Servicing

      • Servicing The Black & White Sets
    • B&K CRT Charts
    • Submit Service Tip
Video Recorders

VCR Information

  • VCR Contents

    • VCR Service Hints Index

      • Ferguson 3V29/3V30
      • Ferguson VCR: Stock Faults
      • PYE 731 CHASSIS - VCR OPERATION
      • Servicing The Philips TurboDeck
      • Sony VO1810
      • VCR Faults AKAI
      • VCR Faults Alba
      • VCR Faults Amstrad
      • VCR Faults B&O
      • VCR Faults Blaupunkt
      • VCR Faults Ferguson
      • VCR Servo Fault Finding

    • VCR Other

      • Cleaning VCR Heads
      • Granada Rental: TV VCR Equivalents
      • Hints On Servicing a VCR
      • Operation of the N1700 / N1702
      • Philips N1500
      • Philips N1500 Servo Operation
      • Philips VR2022 Upper Head Drum Change procedure
      • The Philips N1500;Television 1975
      • Thorn VCR's;Know Your Heads
    • Submit Service Tip
Vintage Electronics Blog & Forum 147

Thorn Information

  • Thorn Contents

    • 3000/3500 Circuit Description
    • BRC 1500 Chassis, D|E|R Advice to Engineers
    • BRC 3000 Panel Actions
    • BRC 3000/3500 Diagnostics
    • BRC Thorn 3000/3500 PSU
    • BRC Thorn Chassis Guide
    • BRC/Thorn 3000 Trader
    • BRC/Thorn 3000: Thick Film Replacement
    • BRC/Thorn Component Guide
    • BRC/Thorn Rectifier Tray
    • CTV PCB Repairs
    • Decode BRC/Thorn Numbers
    • Ferguson SRB1 Receiver
    • Prestel Training & Thorn 9650
    • Repairing A BRC/Thorn Tuner
    • Servicing the BRC 3000/3500
    • Set up EHT :Thorn 3000/3500
    • TA8659CN; Jungle IC
    • Thorn 'Jelly-Pot' LOPT & EHT Tray
    • Thorn 'Preh' Channel Selector Units
    • Thorn 1400 Chassis Part 1
    • Thorn 1400 Chassis Part 2
    • Thorn 1500 Chassis
    • Thorn 1580 Chassis
    • Thorn 1590 - 1581 Chassis
    • Thorn 2000 Series:Setting Voltages & Limits
    • Thorn 2000 Tripler Rebuild
    • Thorn 3000 PSU Repairs
    • Thorn 3000/3500 Test Rig
    • Thorn 8000,8500 Circuit Description
    • Thorn 850 Chassis
    • Thorn 8500 Chassis, D|E|R Advice to Engineers
    • Thorn 8500 Setup
    • Thorn 900 Chassis
    • Thorn 9000 Fault Finding
    • Thorn 950 960 Chassis
    • Thorn 980 Chassis
    • Thorn Advice on the emergence of CHIP components (SMD)
    • Thorn Electrical
    • Thorn Factory; Assembling the 800/850 Chassis
    • Thorn Remote Controls; A guide
    • Thorn TX250 Chassis
    • Thorn/Ferguson TLO's
    • Thorn/Ferguson TLO's
General Tips

Other Service Tips

  • Other Contents

    • Other Service Hints Index

      • Build a Simple CRT Tester
      • Build a simple LOPT tester
      • Build A Simple Winding Tester
      • Build A Zener Diode Tester
      • Capacitor Code Reference Chart
      • Crowbar Circuit
      • Drive Out Moisture from LOPT Overwind
      • How To Test A Transistor Using A DMM Or Analogue Multimeter.
      • Leader LCT 910A
      • Non Destructive Tube Reactivation
      • Ohm's Law
      • Resistor Capacitor & VDR Colour Codes
      • Resistor Tolerances
      • Ringing a LOPT
      • Test a Bridge Rectifier
      • Test A Diode
      • Test A Transistor
      • Transistors: Possible Substitutes
      • Typical ESR Values for Electrolytic Capacitors
      • Zener Selector

    • Radio & Audio Hints Index

      • 1984 Roberts R900
      • Basic Radio Repair
      • Basic Valve Amplifier Servicing
      • Ekco PT438 noisy volume control
      • Ever Ready T: Low Gain, Instability
      • Jason FMT1, FMT2 & FMT3
      • PYE P123BQ: Receiver Intermittently dead
      • PYE P65PMBQ:Hum on mains
      • Pye Q8, Ekco PT378 & Ferranti PT1104
      • Sinclair IC10
      • Vidor "Lady Margaret": Short H.T. battery life
      • Vidor CN396:Hum Poor Gain
    • CTV PCB Repairs
    • Maplin Universal Modulator Dip Settings
    • Mullard AC128-BF451 Part 1
    • Mullard BFQ10-OC36 inc 2Nxxx
    • Mullard Circuits For Audio Amplifiers
    • Mullard Maintenance Manual
    • Submit Service Tip
Vintage Brochures

Brochures

  • Brochure Contents

    • Choose a Brochure

      • Audio
        • Amp Receivers & Tuners
          • Armstrong 223/224
          • Armstrong 425/426
          • Armstrong 500
          • Armstrong 600
          • Bryan
          • Dulci
          • Goodmans 1973-1974
          • Goodmans StereoMax
          • Heathkit
          • Jason
          • Leak Tuners
          • Linear Tuners
          • Pioneer
          • Quad AM2
          • Quad FM1
          • Quad FM3
          • Quad FM4
          • Rogers Receiver
          • Sony
          • Wharfedale
        • Amplifiers
          • AKAI Amplifiers
          • Amstrong 600 Series
          • Armstrong 220/225
          • Cambridge P60
          • FAL Amplifiers
          • Ferrograph F307 MKII
          • Goodmans 1973-1974
          • Goodmans Maxamp 30
          • J.E.Sugden Amplifiers
          • Jason Tape Unit
          • Leak
          • Linear
          • Quad
          • Quad 303
          • Quad 33
          • Quad 33-303
          • Quad II Amp & 22 CU
          • Radford
          • Rigonda
          • Rogers
          • Rogers 1963 Catalogue
          • Rogers Rravensbourne
        • Cassette
          • 1973 Ferguson 3440 8-Track Stereo
          • 1976 Hacker HCD-1000; Cassette Unit
          • AKAI
          • Ferguson (1973) Brochure
          • Ferguson Cassette
          • Grundig Cassette
          • Leak Cassette
          • Philips Cassette
          • Pioneer Cassette
          • Pioneer Radio Cassette
          • TDK Cassette Tape
        • Headphones
          • Ferguson (1973) Brochure
          • Pioneer Headphones
        • Music Centres
          • Ferguson (1973) Brochure
          • Ferguson Music Centre
          • GEC Music Centre
          • Goodmans 1973-1974
          • Grundig Music Centre
          • Leak Music Centre
          • Pioneer Music Centre
        • Pick-up Arms
          • SME Pickups
        • Radio
          • AKAI Radio
          • Alba Radio
          • Cossor Radio
          • EKCO Radio
          • Ferguson (1973) Brochure
          • Ferguson Radio
          • Ferranti Radio
          • GEC Radio
          • Grundig Radio
          • HMV Radios
          • Philips Radio
          • Pioneer Radio Cassette
        • Radiogram
          • Decca Radiograms
          • Ferguson (1973) Brochure
          • Ferranti Radiograms
          • Grundig RadioGrams
          • Murphy Radiograms
          • Rigonda Radiogram
        • Reel to Reel
          • AKAI Reel-to-Reel
          • Ferrograph Reel-to-Reel
          • Grundig Reel-to-Reel
          • Philips Reel-toReel
          • Pioneer Reel-to-Reel
        • Speakers
          • Dulci Speaker
          • Goodmans 1973-1974
          • Grundig Hifi Box/AudioRama
          • Heathkit Speakers
          • JBL Speakers
          • KEF Speakers
          • Leak Speakers
          • Pioneer Speakers
          • Quad Speakers
          • Richard Allan Speakers
          • Rogers Speakers
          • Tannoy Speakers
        • Turntable
          • AKAI Turntables
          • Connoisseur (Sugden) Turntable
          • Dulci Playing Desks
          • Ferguson (1973) Brochure
          • Ferguson Record Deck
          • Garrard-301 Turntable
          • Garrard-401 Turntable
          • Goodmans 1973-1974
          • Heathkit Record Player
          • Leak Turntables
          • Parmeko System 12
          • Philips Record Player
          • Pioneer Turntables
          • Radford Turntable
          • Rigonda Record Deck
          • Transcriptors: Skeleton
      • Black & White TV
        • 1930s 1940s Black & White
        • Alba Black & White
        • Baird Black & White
        • Boots B&W Portables
        • Bush Black & White
        • Cossor Black & White
        • Decca Black & White
        • DER Black & White
        • EKCO Black & White
        • Ferguson (1973) Brochure
        • Ferguson Black & White
        • Ferguson Portables 82-86
        • Ferranti Black & White
        • GEC Black & White
        • HMV Black & White
        • ITT Black & White
        • Marconiphone Black & White
        • Marconiphone Colour B&W Brochure (1974 )
        • Murphy Black & White
        • PAM Black & White
        • Philco Black & White
        • Philips Black & White
        • PYE Black & White
        • Radio Rentals
        • Rediffusion Black & White
        • RGD Black & White
        • Thorn TX250 Chassis
        • Ultra Black & White
      • Colour TV
        • Alba Colour TV
        • Aphelion Colour TV
        • ASA
        • Baird Colour TV
        • Bush Colour TV
        • Decca Colour TV
        • DER Colour TV
        • Dynatron Colour TV
        • Ekco Colour TV
        • Ferguson (1973) Brochure
        • Ferguson Colour TV
        • Ferguson Portables 82-86
        • Ferranti Colour TV
        • GEC Colour TV
        • Granada Rental: TV VCR Equivalents
        • Grundig 1984
        • Grundig Colour TV
        • Hitachi Colour TV
        • HMV Colour TV
        • ITT Colour TV
        • Keracolour Colour TV
        • Luxor - Skantic
        • Marconiphone Colour B&W Brochure (1974 )
        • Marconiphone Colour TV
        • Multi Broadcast
        • Murphy Colour TV
        • Philips 1980s KT3-K30 Range Brochure
        • Philips Colour TV
        • Philips G11 Project CTV
        • Philips G11 Range
        • Philips G8 Colour TV
        • PYE 1980s Brochure
        • PYE Colour TV
        • Radio Rentals (1980s)
        • Radio Rentals Colour TV
        • Rediffusion Colour TV
        • Roberts Colour TV
        • SABA Colour TV
        • Salora
        • Sanyo Brochure (1983)
        • Sharp Brochure
        • Stella Colour TV
        • Tandberg Colour TV
        • Telefunken Colour TV
        • THOMSON Television & Video
        • Ultra Colour TV
        • Unitra Brochure
        • Zanussi Television Brochure 1982
      • Disc Systems
        • GEC McMichael V5000
        • Hitachi VIP201P C.E.D Player
        • Hitachi VIP202P C.E.D Player
        • Philips LaserVision
        • VHD
      • Video Recorder
        • AKAI Video
        • Ferguson Video
        • ITT Video
        • JVC Video
        • Philips N1500 & N1700
        • Philips Video 2000
        • PYE Video
        • Sony Betamax Video
        • THOMSON Television & Video

    • Adverts

      • 1967;Finance Your New Colour TV
      • American Colour TV
      • British Relay Television
      • CTV Press Adverts

    • Catalogues

      • Argos
        • 1973-74 Argos Catalogue No.1
        • 1974 Argos Catalogue
        • 1975 Argos Catalogue
        • 1975-76 Argos Catalogue
        • 1976 Argos Catalogue
        • 1976-77 Argos Catalogue
        • 1977 Argos Catalogue
        • 1977-78 Argos Catalogue
        • 1978 Argos Catalogue
        • 1978-79 Argos Catalogue
        • 1979 Argos Catalogue
        • 1979-80 Argos Catalogue
      • Various
        • 1973-74 Benson & Hedges Golden Gift Collection
        • 1977 Philips Electrical Appliances Catalogue
        • 1977-78 Green Shields Stamps Catalogue
        • Heathkit : Home Constructor

    • Trade Papers

      • Colour Trade Magazines
        • Colour is Coming! June 1967
        • Dealers Colour TV Guide
        • Early Colour TV Prices