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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
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Want to tell us a story?
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Thorn Chassis Guide
Remove Teletext Lines & VCR Problems
Ceefax (Teletext)
Suggestions
Website Refresh
Colour TV Brochures
1970s Lounge Recreation
CrustyTV Vintage Television Museum
Linda Lovelace Experience
Humbars on a Sony KV2702
1972 Ultra 6713
D|E|R Service “The Best”
The one that got away
Technical information
The Line Output Stage
The map
Tales of a newly qualified young engineer.
Tales of a Radio Rentals Van Boy
Sanyo SMD
Disastrous Company Rebranding
1969 Philips G22K511
Memories Of The TV Trade
Crazy house
Dirty TV screens
Dual Standard and Single Standard CTV’s
Radios-TV on YouTube
The Winter of 62/63
A domestic audio installation
1979 Ferguson Videostar Deluxe 3V16
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Ferguson 3C05 (BRC 4000) info.
Hi, whilst searching my spares dept i have come across blue plastic folder about 8in x 6in with Ferguson printed on it. It contains the operating instructions, installation instructions and the cct diagram for the Ferguson ctv model 3C05, which is the rare 4000 chassis. It looks to me as if it is the first time the info has been removed from the plastic folder. If Chris finds it usefull for the data library he is welcome to scan it. I will get one of my boys to post a couple of pics later, Malc.
A very interesting find, as you will probably know the C in the model number denotes an export model. The only 4000 sets specifically marketed in the UK I know of were the Ferguson 3731 (never seen one in the flesh), HMV 2726 both retail sets and DER 5762 for the rental market. We also had another model within DER which was a 5Cxx (can't remember the last two digits) which were originally destined for South Africa but never made it. These were VHF/UHF with a socketed ELC2000 series tuner, the IF and decoder bore a lot similarities to the five IC design in the 8500/8800.
Sadly as we all know the 4000 wasn't well received, the remote control circuitry was ultrasonic with all its problems. Being a Thorn it introduced us techs to the next generation of SMPS, the parallel chopper circuit. It also used a large number of hybrid thick films particularly in the convergence circuitry which could be troublesome but when working correctly, due to its complexity and thin neck CRT in my opinion gave the probably the best convergence of any large screen delta gun CRT. No fiddling round the CRT neck with this one, you detached the convergence board which was like a corded remote control and took it around to the front where you had control of both dynamic and static.
John.
John.
I would love to see a scan of this, it sounds very interesting.
I don't think I have ever seen that chassis before as in previous posts on here and Vrat.
Here are a few pics. they are printed in both English and German.
I was close !!
The cabinet of the 3C05 appears to be identical to the DER 5762. On the circuit diagram of the PSU, the resistors shown with black bodies are part of thick film packs.
Malc refresh my memory, what is the IC type shown in the diagram. Was it a TCEP100E or something similar? Remember changing a few.
John.
John.
IC301 - TCE-P100E
malcscott said
Here are a few pics. they are printed in both English and German.
Cathovisor said
malcscott said
Here are a few pics. they are printed in both English and German.Except it's Danish.
All from the same family of Germanic languages which includes German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and... English.
Don't forget whoever is lucky enough to find a 4000 series set I still have a few spares including the specialist ICs and thick film assemblies which I'd be willing to donate to the restoration process.
Till Eulenspiegel.
Hi David,
I have a promising lead on a Thorn 4000, so may well need to take you up on that offer of spares, especially the thick films. I should know more by the end of the month. If do manage to get one that will complete my thorn collection.
My Thorn collection at present:-
1 x 19" 2000
3 x 25" 2000
1 x 25" 3000 MKI
1 x 19" 3000 MKI
1 x 19" 3000 MKII
1 x 22" 3500
1 x 26" 3500
missing 4000
1 x 17" 8000
1 x 19" 8500
1 x 22" 8800
1 x 20" 9000
1 x 20" 9905
1 x 22" 9600
1 x 22" 9800
1 x 20" TX9
1 x 26" TX10
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Great news Chris, I really hope you pull this one off.
John.
John.
Me too but I suspect the angry mob might lynch me for yet another Thorn repair thread still not counting my chickens yet.
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