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A Christmas Tale remembered
Mitsubishi PAL Decoder
Converge The RBM A823
Murphy Line Output Transformer Replacement
1977/78 22″ ITT CD662; CVC30-Series
1982 20″ ITT 80-90 Model (unknown)
Retro Tech 2025
Fabulous Finlandia; 1982 Granada C22XZ5
Tales of woe after the storms. (2007)
Live Aerial Mast
Total collapse
What Not To Do
1983 Philips 26CS3890/05R Teletext & Printer
MRG Systems ATP600 Databridge
Teletext Editing Terminal
Microvitec Monitor 1451MS4
BBC Microcomputer TELETEXT Project
Viewdata, Prestel, Philips
Philips Model Identification
1976/77 Rank Arena AC6333 – Worlds First Teletext Receiver
PYE 1980s Brochure
Ceefax (Teletext) Turns 50
Philips 1980s KT3 – K30 Range Brochure
Zanussi Television Brochure 1982
Ferguson Videostar Review
She soon put that down
1983 Sanyo Brochure
Wireless World Teletext Decoder
Unitra Brochure
Rediffusion CITAC (MK4A)
Thorn TRUMPS 2
Grundig Brochure 1984
The Obscure and missing Continental
G11 Television 1978 – 1980
Reditune
Hitachi VIP201P C.E.D Player
Thorn 3D01 – VHD VideoDisc Player
Granada Television Brochure, 1970s
Long Gone UK TV Shops
Memories of a Derwent Field Service Engineer
PYE Australia Circa 1971
Radios-TV VRAT
Fabulous Fablon
Thorn TX10 Chassis
Crusty-TV Museum, Analogue TV Network
Philips N1500 Warning!
Rumbelows
Thorn EMI Advertising
Thorn’s Guide to Servicing a VCR
Ferguson 3V24 De-Robed
1968 HMV 2662 BRC 1400 Series Chassis
I'm posting this on behalf of Gary (405 Fan)
Hi Gary here,
Today I popped over to see Chris and pick up my 24" HMV 2662 dual standard tv which I won on e-bay back in November. Graeme (valveboke) kindly transported it up north.
I have a soft spot for this particular model as it's the the same as the one my grandma rented from Rumbellows years ago. This set had not been used for about 10 years so I thought it best to check inside first. It doesn't seem to have had a soldering iron on in it's life. It still has the original dropper and tripler fitted. The only non Mazda valve fitted is a Mullard PCL805. Also the original Mazda gold star tube is there.
When powered up a narrow picture appeared. Looking at the circuit diagram I thought it must be a resistor in the width circuit. On checking R141 it read 10meg when it should be 3-3meg . Replacing it restored the width to normal. As you can see it has a good tube but the only downside is the state of the cabinet, Its badly scratched. I think I'll sand it down and then apply some teak oil, or maybe someone could suggest doing it a different way .
Just wish my grandma was here to watch it with me.
Regards.
Gary.
Hi Gary,
Thankfully, the damage doesn't look too serious on your cabinet, and I suspect it could be quite significantly minimised without resorting to a lot of hard work.
I did a little article on restoring, or moreover, recovering a badly mauled Bush TV24.. Granted, the Bush had a highly polished finish (originally at least) versus the "natural wood effect" of your HMV.. It could be worth a look at at least before deciding how drastic you need to get.
Don't forget to look at that black Callins capacitor in the audio amplifier section, if it's still there, change it!
Marion
Looks great with a good CRT, surprisingly so as these squared up types often gave some corner defocusing from new, think this model will date from 1969 with the squared up type of CRT.
Is that the tuner knob I found at Davids?
Can't wait to see it.
Cheers,
Brian
Hi Gary,
I would rub down those scratched cabinet surfaces with two grades of sandpaper.
A slightly coarse paper for the first rub down and and followed with a fine paper.
A clear French polish to finish the job.
I believe this cabinet style was introduced in 1970. A similar cabinet styling theme was continued in the HMV 3500 series CTV. Was it the model 2715?
Also the model 2725. 1975 to 1977.
Till Eulenspiegel.
Hi
The set must be at least 1970 as the mains lead has the blue & brown colours . I'm not sure but didn't the new colour code start from 1971.
Regards.
Gary.
Certainly leaflets promoting the new colours were published in 1969. The KB KV125 I recently took delivery of has red/black conductors and uses the VC51/2 chassis; whilst the one my parents owned used the VC51/4 chassis and that used blue/brown.
The VC52 (KV025/1) model I had used the new colour coding, I understand it was introduced on 1st July 1969.
Brian
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