Awesome video Shango. I'm 19 and am big into vintage electronics. I've restored a 50's Admiral console that thankfully had a good CRT in it. I miss the pickup trip videos, those were always fun to watch.
You have to love the amount of information supplied with the set, it was really made with the service tech in mind. Today all you get is "Do not open, no user serviceable parts inside"
A real dynamic tweeter in that set? If anybody should inherit the Earth, I nominate the Japanese. Despite everything being built to a price, they don't hold back. They do the best they can to offer the best product possible under the allowable circumstances.
I did a search through a database of vintage newspapers on the off chance this Hitachi or something similar might have been advertised. There were only a few hits for this brand of tv in the US from 1965-1968 and all were portables. I agree with others this probably had the tuner changed and was sold to someone in the US military when they were stationed in Japan and then they shipped it back when they returned to the states. Great find and probably quite rare here. The inputs and outputs on the front and back for a recorder and turntable were a nifty idea - it's too bad something like that didn't take off in the states.
No worries shango, us having to endure some ads mid video is absolutely worth it for this beautiful piece of history not to become a damn fishtank. Cheers from Germany ✌️ Edit: I might be a Millenial but just killing these historical pieces for some shit is physically painful for me
If we can get more of these TVs restored, it's worth every single ad that you can throw at me. If that's what it takes to keep vintage electronics running and not getting their guts ripped out for a pretty wooden box... well, hit me with those ads!
Cosmetically that set is in stunning condition, they truly made electronic look like beautiful pieces of furniture back then. These days...well we all know what we have now lol.
@@MattExzy Nostalgic? I'd go back to using my old Motorola starTAC analogue flip phone in a HEARTBEAT if I could! No texting, no internet, JUST calls. Out of habit I still keep a phone book in the car, but it's because I got it in the mail and forgot to take it into the house lol. For real though, if they didn't shut down those towers I'd still be using that old phone. I'm only 40 but what I wouldn't do to go back to the days of next to no tech. Every now and than I leave my phone at home and I feel so free...almost like driving without my seatbelt on. Ya, I'm a weird one...
That's an interesting effect of the videos that I often don't consciously consider. It would be interesting to know what specifically about the content does that for you, it's probably something hard or impossible to explain
@@shango066 Same here and I would say for me it was mainly entertainment and help keep my mind off what now happened to be shitty in my life. Being an electronics tech myself, I started working at a TV repair shop when I was 15 back in 1990, so this is high class entertainment for me! Well what "normal" ppl classify as entertainment have never been so for me, this is it man! I get a happy feeling just watching it, Yeah I am a freaking nerd. Probably enough material for a full PHD. Luckily now days that is not the case anymore, I am at a much better place now that like 5 years ago when I first found this chan, but back then it surly did a difference. Well it was the usual crap, women, my repair business going downhill bcs the cheap Chinesium flooding the market etc etc., You know the drill.... But I since changed and niched myself towards vintage high end audio gear (still money to be made there and it got really popular over here the last years) as well that I found a job maintaining various communication equipment. Better to have two legs to stand on. That being said I still watch ever darn video Shangoo put up!, I love your style and II feel very much the same about things, must be a tech thing xD So I say thx for me as well and greetings from Sweden. Ps those older vids you have where you EOL TV repair shops, yeah those really hit home... Was at places like that I used to work. Well those are long gone, I think the last old school place struggled on until 2008 in that town Ds
@@shango066 I watch alot of repair /electronics channels, but I could watch your videos all day, you're a very rare individual, I like the thought processes and the way you don't just start swapping caps, youre what can only be described as a master of radio and television repair, and I feel privileged to be able to watch your content. Also your sense of humour and general personality has a calming effect over me. There was a video you made of an old TV repair shop closing down, and the old fella was clearing out the last of his stuff, and you said to him he was "the last one " it made me realise how lucky people are to still have you here dispensing some of this wisdom of a forgotten era, thankyou again, and for responding, it means alot.
Interesting how the chassis appears to be made for a tabletop model and designed to surround the neck of the picture tube but for the console model it’s mounted below it. Somewhere there’s a tabletop model Hitachi with the exact same chassis.
(@8:56) - I find it funny that right as he pans over the documentation showing various forms of interference (including aircraft), an airplane was flying overhead! Gotta love it! 😝😂
I noticed the channel dial is from 2-13 which might means it may have had the tuner changed because Japan TVs would have 1-12 on the dial. Awesome set and especially awesome it has all that paperwork.
Hey Shango, Japan still has a TV Licencing fee for NHK much like the UK does with the BBC. kadenfan.hitachi.co.jp/support/lng_hyoji/tv/pdf/data.pdf Hitachi still has a list of all the CRT TV's they have ever produced on their Japanese website.. here is the link the PDF.. the T-48C IS listed at 1965 year of start of manufacture, probably mid 65 judging by that nichion. That little revision card you found in the TV says that changes from the schematic the Horiz output tubes cathode is directly grounded instead of going through a resistor. and an extra 560ohm resistor has been added to the horiz output tube screen
That phrase gives me bad memories. Mid Century Modern! Come pick up this set spraypaint it pink and throw it out when it doesnt work! Make a necklace with the knobs! Mid Century Modern! Vintage Retro! The cheap ones are gutted for minibars! The expensive ones are kitchy decór pieces! Sorry that phrase just gives me hives. I do love this era of tech though.
A very nice tv, you scored well. I love it when you include the road trips to pick up sets etc, I get to see what it's like where you are. It gets very boring where I am. xoxo
I went through a complete restoration on a console B&W set a couple years ago. I listed it at a moderate price. The first guy that contacted me bought it without negotiating. After he was loaded and ready to drive off he said, "I'm just going to gut it out and build something in the cabinet." Before I could get my thoughts together he was driving away.
That's a bad feeling, I'm sure. All of your hard work and with the hope another person would appreciate and preserve it in time. It's also great to get some money for your time and efforts. I guess they are appreciating it in a different way that isn't directly in line with our thinking and wishes. On to your next repair or restoration. There are more to enjoy and try to save. Although as I often say, "They aren't making any more of these!" God Bless
What a beauty. Those old Hitachi sets lasted a long time. The CRT on my old color console got tired eventually, but only after a lot of hours. As soon as I saw 0766 on the back I assumed it was July of 1966.
Any date code of a Japanese product is probably in the "Year of reign of Emperor " system. During Hirohito's era, starting in 1926, was "Showa 1" , until his death in 1989, "Showa 61" . So a component from 1966 would show a year code of 40 or 41.
Shango, the video quality is absolutely amazing! I'd rather have this kind of resolution with ads than more standard footage with minimal ads. Also, thanks for showing us this cool piece, I try to save things whenever I can as well.
Hello from Dublin Ireland. We pay 160 euros a year per house to have a TV in our home. This money is for the national broadcaster RTE. Keep up the great work. ☘️🇮🇪
According to the schematic at 6:11 R901 6 Ohm 15W is added in series with the incoming mains when switching the fuse from the 100 to 110V position. Changing that resistor or adding another resistor to it may be a way to implement a 110 to 120V changeover. Also there is a section talking about the voltage selector in the manual seen at 9:05 where according to translate it mentiones to move the fuse from the leftmost (A) 100V position to the middle (B) 110V position if the supply is above 105V. And at 11:26 it looks like the fuse under the acrylic cover is still in the leftmost position which would be the 100V position. And wouldnt that imply 20% higher voltage on all the heaters? Including the CRT? Brightener deluxe?
some folks RELY upon the incredible electronic endeavors that you are so GOOD at! give us all a break during "theze timez," and just post for the sake of posting!! ..you're the MAN for theez "times."
I am extremely thankful that you got that beautiful little Hitachi BW console! I can certainly live with some AD interruptions, it's worth it because you saved that set, I know it was an expensive proposition. Thank you again for your videos and this rescue.
Hot damn that's in beautiful shape. Looks straight out of the late 60s early 70s. Japanese early electronics market was weirdly ahead of US. I received a Sony Solid State 750 but no external power cord to test it. Still wish I had someone like you locally Shango. Cheers.
From the good old days when different parts of the World had different things. Now they're all nearly identical whether in the store or when comparing international offerings.
That is a beautiful TV. I have a 1965 Japanese made Singer sewing machine that was sold new in South Korea at a Military PX base and it is 100 volts [ 50/60 cycles ] also. It is a model that was sold only in Japan and South Korea. It is the only one like it in the USA. I run it on regular USA voltage and it works fine.
Rather than run adds, include a paypal link somewhere. I'd be more than happy to kick a few bucks your way for all the entertainment you've provided all of us over the years.
by the way you mentioned the ads on this video - when you mentioned that i turned my ad blocker off for you. you deserve the compensation. I used to do the same for your older videos that had ads as well. I know you mentioned ad blockers before and that is why i feel that way. thanks for the great content. i have been watching you since the beginning.
The English lettering is proof of export TV. I am very glad you were able to share with us. The experience with Japanese via my ex wife. Still love Japanese technology of the history of my 60 year old life experience. The Japanese are an inscrutable folk. Rock on Shango066.
No problem with midrolls when they're needed, happy to be able to contribute in a small way to the rescue of this set. An unexpected privilege indeed. Typing this during one of said ads, since I believe your revenue is affected if i were to skip (plus they're showing me some hilarious Hitachi AC diagnostic ads, worth watching haha)
Hi Shang0. Cool set. We had one, My sisters husband, Brought back from Germany. It was a pal set, so didn't work with American N something. Thank you for sharing the trip.
Niiice,real nice one! I guess it's the one only(valuable) channel were I can stand commercials just to watch the video.And for this cause,it's worth it in my opinion!
There has always been huge US military bases in South Korea and Japan. The PX stores sold tons of Japanese items. Many of those came to the USA when the servicemen and their families returned to the US. They were all 100 volt.
Maybe that explains the 100/110 switch; they were intended to be shipped to the US. For those too young to know, in the US, standard household voltage used to be 110. That was the number I always heard as a kid in the 50's and 60's, somewhat electronics aware. All the feeds in my neighborhood were 110, I can't recall anybody with split phase 220. I never paid attention to it afterwards and always said 110 voltage. Sometimes I still do. Various internet searches also quote 110. Sometime later, voltages began to creep up. 117 and 120. I didn't notice, or think about it, until a got a Kill-A-Watt and saw it. Bit sure when 220/240 feeds started to appear. Could have been as early as the 50's (?) when electric ranges became popular, then central ac.
I am so glad there are people like you still rejuvenate and rebuild these vintage devices. My old boss used to do what you did as a job. You should try and get an Australian Television 📺 and restore it. There is very little left I see here, I do keep an eye out for them. Keep doing these great videos 👍🏻
Hi Shango066! If it makes you feel better, I once drove 4 hours 1 way to pick up a near mint Tektronix 535A! I really enjoy watching your videos with these old TV sets! Very enjoyable and a pleasure to watch! I even put up with that ads just for you to help make up for saving that Hitachi Grand Console!
Looking at the serial number at 12:55 in the video it could mean that the set was the 964th one built, with the first two digits meaning it was built in the 38th year of the Showa era, which would mean that it was from 1963. Such a low serial number might also suggest that this is a very rare set with not very many having been manufactured. I remember hearing that Japanese TVs were much more expensive in Japan than in the rest of the world, with only wealthy people being able to afford them during the '50s and'60s, partly in order to subsidize the cost of the exported models to undercut American manufacturers.
Such a beautiful unit, I am jealous for sure. I actually really like the road trip videos, its a fun thing to have more of your commentary and see how a set was. The mine sites are fun ones.
That's an absolutely beautiful set. I would set it up as my main TV, although I don't even have or watch TV. But such a wonderful thing deserves to be admired and used.
This is the only RUclips channel that i'm willing to turn my adblock off and watch all the unnecessary long comercials. Several of them were ads for Hitachi. Thank you for the videos you make Shango.
sir i do watch your channel from time to time. I used to have a black and white similar to this one on your channel but mine was a magnavox. It had real low hours on it like what 35 hours and i used it for like 15 years then the high voltage went out and i could not repair it. It was given to me from a co worker back in 86. i wish i still had it today for the looks. Sir you do remarkable work on all sorts of radios tvs. ecc. Keep the works going sir
God, how I would love to get a hold of some of these gems... Absolutely beautiful, reminds me of late 1977 when I first started in the tv service bizz...!! That's a keeper..!!!
Look at that beautiful set! I'm totally jealous! Lol! Great fun. I can't wait to watch the whole video. I really want to find a mid-50's General Electric Low Boy set. I think they look crazy.
Yes and 76 6 sugest it as put together in 1966. So 11 and 12 month of ‘65 on tubes would fit that it was ‘66 set. Also style and parts inside suit that period.
I was going to spitball 1963 based on the serial number. That is if the first two digits of "38" meant "Showa 38". The date codes would be better evidence though. Aside from the tuner differences, NTSC-J is exactly the same as NTSC-M aside from the fact that the Japanese system used 0IRE for reference black vs. 7.5IRE here in the USA. Hitachi kept bundling earphones with their sets well into the 1980s. I had a circa 1986 13in table top that came with one. Very uncommon to have a headphone jack on a TV, even into the 80s. That was an excellent set too.
My parents had a color Hitachi TV in the early 70s with 'instant on' - but Dad knew a thing or two and would always make us wait 3 minutes for 'the back to warm up' before 'pulling the front out' (the push pull volume control on/off). And it was never left on - it was always unplugged when we weren't watching it. He used to take the back off occasionally and dust it out - no tubes - 'All Transistor Solid State' as it proudly proclaimed on the front. Not a bad telly - a zener diode failed on once and that was it for 15 plus years - it got a bit dim and soft towards the end though !
You have a Workshop, where as I have a Lab given that it’s very much experimental if anything I repair will ever work again. Statistically my success rate is right down in there with the error bars. You are blessed with good schematics from what I have found so far most seem to be low resolution and hard to read here in the U.K. You may have the largest following in North America but a lot of people are enjoying watching you from the U.K.. sadly we don’t have a lot of TV guys making videos although I am a big fan of Ojnoj who does great work in Ireland
Excellent!! You got it!! I was hoping that you or Jordan would give it a good home. I saw it a few days ago on F/B marketplace and was hoping it would not become a fish tank. I think the 5-11 and 5-12 are Hitachi's date codes for 11/65 and 12/65. Seen this style of coding on their tubes before. Looking forward to the restoration video. This is a real classic. More interesting than the Soviet portable B/W you did a video on a few years back.
Lots of Japanese domestic electronics entered into the US market through military there (and some just on vacation). My grandfather was in Tokyo many times with the Navy and brought back all sorts of stuff. That would have been roughly the time for it.
90s Japanese domestic electronics entered into the Philippines but Philippines manufactured voltage converters from 110 or 100V to 230V outlet (US PLUG).
More than likely that survivor of a TV is 1 of 1 in North America. I'd be amazed if another exists. Brilliant find and save. AS for the driving videos.... one of the very first videos I ever watched on this channel was just driving along the 405 testing a (then) new Cisco Flip Cam. (which i subsequently purchased the 3rd gen and used for a good many years). No idea how long ago that was. Anyhow, never minded the driving/camping/cabin vids one bit, esp the desert trips. Be safe.
Very nice to see-- unusual indeed. Lovely to see and enjoy the various degrees of technology. Don't worry about the ads-- we all have bills. I only gripe at those several minute ads-- up to an hour (!)-- didn't we learn anything from history? 30 sec is about right. Fun little bit at the end-- parts of the country I never expect to see.
Now that's quite a find! Despite the nicks and marks on it, I was surprised by the amount of gloss the finish had on it. Hope you can get it working, it's worth keeping this one. By the way, I enjoy your road trip clips when you go out to pick it up.
Hello Shango! Beautiful Hitachi! I might have a CRT for this if you choose to replace it. I need to check my CRTs, but I have a few early Japanese B/W CRTs on my shelves. I am located up in Sacramento, and I have around 70-80 CRTs, some NOS/Rebuilt. If you are ever up my way and want to check through my inventory and see if you need anything just let me know.
im a fan of hitachi products ive had many over the years yea thats what i was thinking some military person probly bought that set in japan had it shipped back here very cool and rare find interesting seeing the circuit design and things that seems hitachi a 2way speaker in there for 1960s wow cant wait for the next video .
Ooh Grapefruit.... I'm not allowed Grapefruit any more :( Pineapple also seems to be a no-no although it's not listed as one to avoid. Gee, muffler diezyala Zebra indeed. By the way, don't personally mind the roadtrip video, if you wanted to record/upload more of your trips I'd watch them either as part of electronics/mine exploring subject or on their own. The commentary is second to none, plus I enjoy the road.
Damn though, that white truck pushing 100mph liked to cut things pretty sharp on the lane changes... See many dismembered corpses by the sides of your roads? :o If this is the point of no return, you're going the best direction IMO
I miss those mountains, especially Mt. Baldy, growing up in Chino. I always knew where I was, even if I rode ten+ miles on my bicycle just by looking for Mt. Baldy. When the smog wasn't too bad anyway. Now I live on the tail end of the Appellation mountains, which is so different. Hope this TV doesn't give you too much trouble! I know you'll make it work, you can make damn near anything work!
I always like the way Sango might go 'this is totally dead - I can't do anything with this' and then just keeps on pluggin' away until there's a picture !
That is the I-15... going from Lake Elsinore to Corona......I grew up going to and from my grandparents place off of Highway 74 in Perris....back than I -15 was Highway 71....
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I'm glad you got that set.
Awesome video Shango. I'm 19 and am big into vintage electronics. I've restored a 50's Admiral console that thankfully had a good CRT in it. I miss the pickup trip videos, those were always fun to watch.
Wow, what a find. Even paperwork end replacement bulb still intact! Glad you saved this set from being repur..... trashed.
You have to love the amount of information supplied with the set, it was really made with the service tech in mind. Today all you get is "Do not open, no user serviceable parts inside"
In a modern set with their custom, unobtainable IC's and programmed micros's etc, that description is not that far from the truth.
A real dynamic tweeter in that set? If anybody should inherit the Earth, I nominate the Japanese. Despite everything being built to a price, they don't hold back. They do the best they can to offer the best product possible under the allowable circumstances.
So true mate. They give the public what they want and no excuses. They have enormous pride in getting things right.
I did a search through a database of vintage newspapers on the off chance this Hitachi or something similar might have been advertised. There were only a few hits for this brand of tv in the US from 1965-1968 and all were portables. I agree with others this probably had the tuner changed and was sold to someone in the US military when they were stationed in Japan and then they shipped it back when they returned to the states. Great find and probably quite rare here. The inputs and outputs on the front and back for a recorder and turntable were a nifty idea - it's too bad something like that didn't take off in the states.
No worries shango, us having to endure some ads mid video is absolutely worth it for this beautiful piece of history not to become a damn fishtank.
Cheers from Germany ✌️
Edit: I might be a Millenial but just killing these historical pieces for some shit is physically painful for me
If we can get more of these TVs restored, it's worth every single ad that you can throw at me. If that's what it takes to keep vintage electronics running and not getting their guts ripped out for a pretty wooden box... well, hit me with those ads!
ublock or blokada on phones
totally true!
...absolutely agree with you...very well said..!!!
You should get premium it’s worth it.
Cosmetically that set is in stunning condition, they truly made electronic look like beautiful pieces of furniture back then. These days...well we all know what we have now lol.
Flat black monolithic - just like all phones.. hmm, it's sobering to be nostalgic for the oddball designs of phones of the early 2000s.
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Nostalgic? I'd go back to using my old Motorola starTAC analogue flip phone in a HEARTBEAT if I could! No texting, no internet, JUST calls. Out of habit I still keep a phone book in the car, but it's because I got it in the mail and forgot to take it into the house lol. For real though, if they didn't shut down those towers I'd still be using that old phone. I'm only 40 but what I wouldn't do to go back to the days of next to no tech. Every now and than I leave my phone at home and I feel so free...almost like driving without my seatbelt on. Ya, I'm a weird one...
I certainly don't mind the road trip snippets, quite the opposite actually...
Your videos have gotten me through some rough times. Thankyou. Reace, in England
That's an interesting effect of the videos that I often don't consciously consider. It would be interesting to know what specifically about the content does that for you, it's probably something hard or impossible to explain
@@shango066 Same here and I would say for me it was mainly entertainment and help keep my mind off what now happened to be shitty in my life. Being an electronics tech myself, I started working at a TV repair shop when I was 15 back in 1990, so this is high class entertainment for me!
Well what "normal" ppl classify as entertainment have never been so for me, this is it man! I get a happy feeling just watching it, Yeah I am a freaking nerd. Probably enough material for a full PHD.
Luckily now days that is not the case anymore, I am at a much better place now that like 5 years ago when I first found this chan, but back then it surly did a difference. Well it was the usual crap, women, my repair business going downhill bcs the cheap Chinesium flooding the market etc etc., You know the drill.... But I since changed and niched myself towards vintage high end audio gear (still money to be made there and it got really popular over here the last years) as well that I found a job maintaining various communication equipment. Better to have two legs to stand on.
That being said I still watch ever darn video Shangoo put up!, I love your style and II feel very much the same about things, must be a tech thing xD
So I say thx for me as well and greetings from Sweden.
Ps those older vids you have where you EOL TV repair shops, yeah those really hit home... Was at places like that I used to work. Well those are long gone, I think the last old school place struggled on until 2008 in that town Ds
@@shango066 I watch alot of repair /electronics channels, but I could watch your videos all day, you're a very rare individual, I like the thought processes and the way you don't just start swapping caps, youre what can only be described as a master of radio and television repair, and I feel privileged to be able to watch your content. Also your sense of humour and general personality has a calming effect over me. There was a video you made of an old TV repair shop closing down, and the old fella was clearing out the last of his stuff, and you said to him he was "the last one " it made me realise how lucky people are to still have you here dispensing some of this wisdom of a forgotten era, thankyou again, and for responding, it means alot.
Hitachi TV's were pretty common in Hawaii in the early and mid 60s.
That is a really cool TV.
Interesting how the chassis appears to be made for a tabletop model and designed to surround the neck of the picture tube but for the console model it’s mounted below it. Somewhere there’s a tabletop model Hitachi with the exact same chassis.
The TV is like the Japanese women, it is 54 years old but looks very young.
Nonsense everyone knows that Japanese women time travel and go from 24 to 78 years old overnight.
I dunno, Yoko looks pretty rough😂
@@allthegearnoidea6752 Lmaooo
Man, that’s a beautiful set! Thanks for sharing sir. 👍
I love that style!
" This is where people go to run out the clock" Exactly. I'm 62. My next stop on the trail ride of life. 😁
(@8:56) - I find it funny that right as he pans over the documentation showing various forms of interference (including aircraft), an airplane was flying overhead! Gotta love it! 😝😂
I noticed the channel dial is from 2-13 which might means it may have had the tuner changed because Japan TVs would have 1-12 on the dial. Awesome set and especially awesome it has all that paperwork.
I was thinking the same thing. If this was sold in Japan it would have to have been targeted to US military and tourists to take home with them.
That would be a bummer..if thay changed the tuner to that would ruin the original touch to it
I'm 14 minutes in, already got TWO Hitachi HVAC ads... :-)
Third one at 25 minutes.
Hey Shango, Japan still has a TV Licencing fee for NHK much like the UK does with the BBC. kadenfan.hitachi.co.jp/support/lng_hyoji/tv/pdf/data.pdf Hitachi still has a list of all the CRT TV's they have ever produced on their Japanese website.. here is the link the PDF.. the T-48C IS listed at 1965 year of start of manufacture, probably mid 65 judging by that nichion. That little revision card you found in the TV says that changes from the schematic the Horiz output tubes cathode is directly grounded instead of going through a resistor. and an extra 560ohm resistor has been added to the horiz output tube screen
Cool thank you.
it's so mid century modern. looks like it's in nice shape. probably 50 years of dust on those tubes
That phrase gives me bad memories. Mid Century Modern! Come pick up this set spraypaint it pink and throw it out when it doesnt work! Make a necklace with the knobs! Mid Century Modern! Vintage Retro! The cheap ones are gutted for minibars! The expensive ones are kitchy decór pieces! Sorry that phrase just gives me hives. I do love this era of tech though.
I don't mind the ads. They are a free way for us to support your channel and keep your great videos coming
That is a beautiful TV! I really would have liked one of these growing up. My PONG game would have looked great.
A very nice tv, you scored well. I love it when you include the road trips to pick up sets etc, I get to see what it's like where you are. It gets very boring where I am. xoxo
Ohhhh, beautiful TV. I'm glad you got it before someone made a dog bed out of it.
I went through a complete restoration on a console B&W set a couple years ago. I listed it at a moderate price. The first guy that contacted me bought it without negotiating. After he was loaded and ready to drive off he said, "I'm just going to gut it out and build something in the cabinet." Before I could get my thoughts together he was driving away.
Absolutely disgrace. Someone recently scrapped a beautiful condition Bush TV, they turned it into a drinks cabinet....
That's a bad feeling, I'm sure. All of your hard work and with the hope another person would appreciate and preserve it in time. It's also great to get some money for your time and efforts. I guess they are appreciating it in a different way that isn't directly in line with our thinking and wishes. On to your next repair or restoration. There are more to enjoy and try to save. Although as I often say, "They aren't making any more of these!" God Bless
Congratulations on your incredible find! Thank you for another great video Shango!
I am glad too to hear from you about this great tv.We must preserve these
What a beauty. Those old Hitachi sets lasted a long time. The CRT on my old color console got tired eventually, but only after a lot of hours. As soon as I saw 0766 on the back I assumed it was July of 1966.
Any date code of a Japanese product is probably in the "Year of reign of Emperor " system. During Hirohito's era, starting in 1926, was "Showa 1" , until his death in 1989, "Showa 61" . So a component from 1966 would show a year code of 40 or 41.
The days when manufacturers by default included a schematic with their products - imagine if apple did that today ? ;)
Apple would have to triple the size of their boxes, the circuits for most of their stuff is quite complex and would be quite large.
Shango, the video quality is absolutely amazing! I'd rather have this kind of resolution with ads than more standard footage with minimal ads. Also, thanks for showing us this cool piece, I try to save things whenever I can as well.
Hello from Dublin Ireland. We pay 160 euros a year per house to have a TV in our home. This money is for the national broadcaster RTE. Keep up the great work. ☘️🇮🇪
And BBC in the UK 🇬🇧, they have a television licence.
According to the schematic at 6:11 R901 6 Ohm 15W is added in series with the incoming mains when switching the fuse from the 100 to 110V position. Changing that resistor or adding another resistor to it may be a way to implement a 110 to 120V changeover.
Also there is a section talking about the voltage selector in the manual seen at 9:05 where according to translate it mentiones to move the fuse from the leftmost (A) 100V position to the middle (B) 110V position if the supply is above 105V. And at 11:26 it looks like the fuse under the acrylic cover is still in the leftmost position which would be the 100V position. And wouldnt that imply 20% higher voltage on all the heaters? Including the CRT? Brightener deluxe?
Wow, this has to be incredibly rare. That’s one gorgeous example!
some folks RELY upon the incredible electronic endeavors that you are so GOOD at! give us all a break during "theze timez," and just post for the sake of posting!! ..you're the MAN for theez "times."
I am extremely thankful that you got that beautiful little Hitachi BW console! I can certainly live with some AD interruptions, it's worth it because you saved that set, I know it was an expensive proposition. Thank you again for your videos and this rescue.
That's one hell of a rare set.
Hot damn that's in beautiful shape. Looks straight out of the late 60s early 70s. Japanese early electronics market was weirdly ahead of US. I received a Sony Solid State 750 but no external power cord to test it. Still wish I had someone like you locally Shango. Cheers.
From the good old days when different parts of the World had different things. Now they're all nearly identical whether in the store or when comparing international offerings.
That is a beautiful TV. I have a 1965 Japanese made Singer sewing machine that was sold new in South Korea at a Military PX base and it is 100 volts [ 50/60 cycles ] also. It is a model that was sold only in Japan and South Korea. It is the only one like it in the USA. I run it on regular USA voltage and it works fine.
Rather than run adds, include a paypal link somewhere. I'd be more than happy to kick a few bucks your way for all the entertainment you've provided all of us over the years.
by the way you mentioned the ads on this video - when you mentioned that i turned my ad blocker off for you. you deserve the compensation. I used to do the same for your older videos that had ads as well. I know you mentioned ad blockers before and that is why i feel that way. thanks for the great content. i have been watching you since the beginning.
Everyone hates adverts including me and I do my best to keep them turned off or to a very minimum. I appreciate that
The English lettering is proof of export TV. I am very glad you were able to share with us. The experience with Japanese via my ex wife. Still love Japanese technology of the history of my 60 year old life experience. The Japanese are an inscrutable folk. Rock on Shango066.
No problem with midrolls when they're needed, happy to be able to contribute in a small way to the rescue of this set. An unexpected privilege indeed. Typing this during one of said ads, since I believe your revenue is affected if i were to skip (plus they're showing me some hilarious Hitachi AC diagnostic ads, worth watching haha)
Hi Shang0. Cool set. We had one, My sisters husband, Brought back from Germany. It was a pal set, so didn't work with American N something. Thank you for sharing the trip.
it is for US service men stationed in Japan, that is why it writing is in english and not Japanese.
Probably also why the tuner is for U.S. channels.
And why the tuner is for US channels so that the servicemen based at Okinawa could watch Armed Forces TV on the base.
@@bigsky1970 Same in Yokosuka when I was there.
Niiice,real nice one!
I guess it's the one only(valuable) channel were I can stand commercials just to watch the video.And for this cause,it's worth it in my opinion!
I appreciate your honesty. At first I was wondering what in the world. But you said it and I respect that. Love your videos as always!
There has always been huge US military bases in South Korea and Japan. The PX stores sold tons of Japanese items. Many of those came to the USA when the servicemen and their families returned to the US. They were all 100 volt.
Maybe that explains the 100/110 switch; they were intended to be shipped to the US. For those too young to know, in the US, standard household voltage used to be 110. That was the number I always heard as a kid in the 50's and 60's, somewhat electronics aware. All the feeds in my neighborhood were 110, I can't recall anybody with split phase 220. I never paid attention to it afterwards and always said 110 voltage. Sometimes I still do. Various internet searches also quote 110. Sometime later, voltages began to creep up. 117 and 120. I didn't notice, or think about it, until a got a Kill-A-Watt and saw it. Bit sure when 220/240 feeds started to appear. Could have been as early as the 50's (?) when electric ranges became popular, then central ac.
I am so glad there are people like you still rejuvenate and rebuild these vintage devices. My old boss used to do what you did as a job. You should try and get an Australian Television 📺 and restore it. There is very little left I see here, I do keep an eye out for them. Keep doing these great videos 👍🏻
Even the cobwebs look 👍 great!! Can't ✋ wait for part 2!! Your friend, Jeff.
Hi Shango066! If it makes you feel better, I once drove 4 hours 1 way to pick up a near mint Tektronix 535A! I really enjoy watching your videos with these old TV sets! Very enjoyable and a pleasure to watch! I even put up with that ads just for you to help make up for saving that Hitachi Grand Console!
Looking at the serial number at 12:55 in the video it could mean that the set was the 964th one built, with the first two digits meaning it was built in the 38th year of the Showa era, which would mean that it was from 1963.
Such a low serial number might also suggest that this is a very rare set with not very many having been manufactured. I remember hearing that Japanese TVs were much more expensive in Japan than in the rest of the world, with only wealthy people being able to afford them during the '50s and'60s, partly in order to subsidize the cost of the exported models to undercut American manufacturers.
Such a beautiful unit, I am jealous for sure. I actually really like the road trip videos, its a fun thing to have more of your commentary and see how a set was. The mine sites are fun ones.
That's an absolutely beautiful set. I would set it up as my main TV, although I don't even have or watch TV. But such a wonderful thing deserves to be admired and used.
Beautiful set in fantastic condition, can't wait to see it working again.
This is the only RUclips channel that i'm willing to turn my adblock off and watch all the unnecessary long comercials. Several of them were ads for Hitachi. Thank you for the videos you make Shango.
I am glad that you take the viewer ( just like me ) with you on your journey at the end of your video. I like it
Beautiful surroundings
Consoles with cabinets that had roughly these proportions seemed to be common in Japan, even into the 80s and early 90s.
sir i do watch your channel from time to time. I used to have a black and white similar to this one on your channel but mine was a magnavox. It had real low hours on it like what 35 hours and i used it for like 15 years then the high voltage went out and i could not repair it. It was given to me from a co worker back in 86. i wish i still had it today for the looks. Sir you do remarkable work on all sorts of radios tvs. ecc. Keep the works going sir
God, how I would love to get a hold of some of these gems...
Absolutely beautiful, reminds me of late 1977 when I first started in the tv service bizz...!!
That's a keeper..!!!
Maybe I'm weird but I love road trip videos haha. I'm looking forward to this repair.
yeah i saw that for sale on facebook. glad you got it! Im pumped for this video - yes im writing this comment at the beginning.
Look at that beautiful set! I'm totally jealous! Lol!
Great fun. I can't wait to watch the whole video.
I really want to find a mid-50's General Electric Low Boy set. I think they look crazy.
The 5-11 and 5-12 on those tubes almost had to be 1965, 11th week and 12th week.
11, 12 = November, December
Yes and 76 6 sugest it as put together in 1966. So 11 and 12 month of ‘65 on tubes would fit that it was ‘66 set. Also style and parts inside suit that period.
And that it uses a frame grid neutralised triode RF amplifier, something not used before the 1960's.
I’ll watch ads to support you :) your videos teach me a lot
The look of that Japanese set was in vogue in Australia 9 years prior! 1956 to 1960
I was going to spitball 1963 based on the serial number. That is if the first two digits of "38" meant "Showa 38". The date codes would be better evidence though. Aside from the tuner differences, NTSC-J is exactly the same as NTSC-M aside from the fact that the Japanese system used 0IRE for reference black vs. 7.5IRE here in the USA.
Hitachi kept bundling earphones with their sets well into the 1980s. I had a circa 1986 13in table top that came with one. Very uncommon to have a headphone jack on a TV, even into the 80s. That was an excellent set too.
That is way too nice to be a dog kennel. I also enjoyed the road trip. Can't wait to see how you get on with it.
My parents had a color Hitachi TV in the early 70s with 'instant on' - but Dad knew a thing or two and would always make us wait 3 minutes for 'the back to warm up' before 'pulling the front out' (the push pull volume control on/off). And it was never left on - it was always unplugged when we weren't watching it.
He used to take the back off occasionally and dust it out - no tubes - 'All Transistor Solid State' as it proudly proclaimed on the front.
Not a bad telly - a zener diode failed on once and that was it for 15 plus years - it got a bit dim and soft towards the end though !
You have a Workshop, where as I have a Lab given that it’s very much experimental if anything I repair will ever work again. Statistically my success rate is right down in there with the error bars. You are blessed with good schematics from what I have found so far most seem to be low resolution and hard to read here in the U.K. You may have the largest following in North America but a lot of people are enjoying watching you from the U.K.. sadly we don’t have a lot of TV guys making videos although I am a big fan of Ojnoj who does great work in Ireland
Excellent!! You got it!! I was hoping that you or Jordan would give it a good home. I saw it a few days ago on F/B marketplace and was hoping it would not become a fish tank. I think the 5-11 and 5-12 are Hitachi's date codes for 11/65 and 12/65. Seen this style of coding on their tubes before. Looking forward to the restoration video. This is a real classic. More interesting than the Soviet portable B/W you did a video on a few years back.
Lots of Japanese domestic electronics entered into the US market through military there (and some just on vacation). My grandfather was in Tokyo many times with the Navy and brought back all sorts of stuff. That would have been roughly the time for it.
90s Japanese domestic electronics entered into the Philippines but Philippines manufactured voltage converters from 110 or 100V to 230V outlet (US PLUG).
More than likely that survivor of a TV is 1 of 1 in North America. I'd be amazed if another exists. Brilliant find and save.
AS for the driving videos.... one of the very first videos I ever watched on this channel was just driving along the 405 testing a (then) new Cisco Flip Cam. (which i subsequently purchased the 3rd gen and used for a good many years). No idea how long ago that was. Anyhow, never minded the driving/camping/cabin vids one bit, esp the desert trips. Be safe.
No one has ever apologized for those damn advertisements. You are completely forgiven dear sir!
I like the road trip video. Haven't been to California since 1977. Good to see some of it looking like I remember, not destroyed yet.
12:00 that big resistor in the center looks like it just got back from the nearby dispensary. Baked.
Very nice to see-- unusual indeed. Lovely to see and enjoy the various degrees of technology.
Don't worry about the ads-- we all have bills. I only gripe at those several minute ads-- up to an hour (!)-- didn't we learn anything from history? 30 sec is about right. Fun little bit at the end-- parts of the country I never expect to see.
Blank warranty card, some things sure never change
I wonder what the warrenty period was.
Nice TV set.. Thanks for sharing 🙂👍 was also fun to watch some US infrastructure (road trip ) 😅
I'll bet this television is much less popular than other Hitachi plug in products
Wink wink nudge nudge
Magic comment.
Watching the mindless crap on TV is the same as using Mr. Buzz Buzz,
Say no more
That Hitachi if plugged in the wrong body part would give a 15kV vibration just once.
Its well made inside. Thanks for showing us it.
Thats Kool! glad you saved it from the person making it a dog bed i hate that stuff
Hey, that’s nifty - the schematic gives the values of the capacitors in the I.F. cans! Big up-vote! 👍
Now that's quite a find! Despite the nicks and marks on it, I was surprised by the amount of gloss the finish had on it. Hope you can get it working, it's worth keeping this one. By the way, I enjoy your road trip clips when you go out to pick it up.
Interesting video, and I liked the music!
An elusive glimpse of the shango near the end of the pick up
16:18 for service technicians who travel worldwide this application has ben extremely useful.
Hello Shango! Beautiful Hitachi! I might have a CRT for this if you choose to replace it. I need to check my CRTs, but I have a few early Japanese B/W CRTs on my shelves. I am located up in Sacramento, and I have around 70-80 CRTs, some NOS/Rebuilt. If you are ever up my way and want to check through my inventory and see if you need anything just let me know.
cool this one be worth it
Absolutely beautiful television, if only I could afford it
hey dan, your set was made in Showa 40, 1965.
im a fan of hitachi products ive had many over the years yea thats what i was thinking some military person probly bought that set in japan had it shipped back here very cool and rare find interesting seeing the circuit design and things that seems hitachi a 2way speaker in there for 1960s wow cant wait for the next video .
Ooh Grapefruit.... I'm not allowed Grapefruit any more :( Pineapple also seems to be a no-no although it's not listed as one to avoid. Gee, muffler diezyala Zebra indeed.
By the way, don't personally mind the roadtrip video, if you wanted to record/upload more of your trips I'd watch them either as part of electronics/mine exploring subject or on their own. The commentary is second to none, plus I enjoy the road.
Damn though, that white truck pushing 100mph liked to cut things pretty sharp on the lane changes... See many dismembered corpses by the sides of your roads? :o If this is the point of no return, you're going the best direction IMO
That's a corker of a set, good looking, stylish and built solid. Love old Japanese electronics.
A beautiful set. I hope it restores well.
I miss those mountains, especially Mt. Baldy, growing up in Chino. I always knew where I was, even if I rode ten+ miles on my bicycle just by looking for Mt. Baldy. When the smog wasn't too bad anyway.
Now I live on the tail end of the Appellation mountains, which is so different.
Hope this TV doesn't give you too much trouble! I know you'll make it work, you can make damn near anything work!
I always like the way Sango might go 'this is totally dead - I can't do anything with this' and then just keeps on pluggin' away until there's a picture !
@@mrb.5610 Yes, that's awesome!
That is the I-15... going from Lake Elsinore to Corona......I grew up going to and from my grandparents place off of Highway 74 in Perris....back than I -15 was Highway 71....
Shango drives a Honda. He does have good taste in quality...
Wow! That’s An Awesome Find! Especially Considering It’s An Hitachi