1965 RCA Victor "New Vista" Television Restoration
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- This was a fun break from the older tube sets and ended up with a very strong image. I'm probably keeping this set for myself for a while. It's a nice MCM piece. RCA was pumping out some rock solid sets during this time.
Hey that's the Year I was born in :) . It makes me happy to know, that people like you. young people who love, and take care of the Past. I was a Electronics Repair man from 1986 to 2010. IK repaired TV's VCR, Video Cameras, stereos you name it I could fix it if the Parts were available. 2 Years ago I found an RCA- VCR that was built in 1975. After I repaired it. " Minor Repair " Now it sits on my living room. and from time to time, I actually use it. lol
Hopefully you can get the tuner/IF issues sorted out too!
Also, since it’s a B&W set and your DVD player has component-out: move the video connection from composite over to the green ‘Y’ output. It’s the luminance channel without the chroma info, it’ll give you the sharpest image w/out the dot crawl
I can't believe how nice the cabinet is. It works somewhat but was kept inside mostly out of the heat and cold so minimal
wear and tear was done. Certainly was a unique result in its restoration. Latest of RCA B&W hybrid television sets but their
color sets were already being sold then.
Jack what a Christmas present find. Wow so lucky you. I hope you keep it. Nice job and glad you got it going so well very crisp picture. Amazing. Thanks for showing this Mike
I am 63 and our family had one similar to this growing up. Brings back memories !!!!
You are a very valuable person Jack. You are young and it seems that you like what you do. You encourage others to get into the hobby. Maybe because you were young you didn't know what a Nuvistor was. But others who, because they are old, have already forgotten. Greetings from the Río de La Plata.
Thank you for the kind words! I’m glad others find these sets fascinating as well
Exactly our tv when I was a kid. Smelled like ozone. Had to wiggle the tuner all the time.
It’s admirable that you clean up your units before you proceed. Shows pride in your work. Shango, on the other hand, just puts on gloves and dives into a cesspool.
OKAY, **KAREN**
both approaches work
Shango is insane.
I love Shango, he’s been my inspiration ever since getting into the hobby.
@@televisionforeversame here actually! He taught me not to overlook the train wrecks and the “unrepairable”.
Look on the tuner assy. There are two slots that plug onto the main chassis & hold everything
together. At that point you can stand up the chassis on the power transformer side. Now
you got access to both sides at once ! Some other brands do this also.
LFOD !
(1) The VHF tuner has 2 tubes. The 6DS4 Nuvistor was RCA's transitional device before going solid state. This was used as the RF amplifier. These were also found in FM receivers as an RF amplifier as well. (2) Wire wrap connections were quite common in the 60's. This method was also used by Philco, particularly in the Predicta. (3) The design of the HV rectifier/flyback setup was very common even on later RCA color sets.
Nuvistors are vacuum tubes. I remember when they first appeared. Useful for some specific circuits and extremely efficient. The model of TV you have was named for them. I'm not surprised you didn't know that, but...
I attended a ham radio convention last summer and noticed a few guys still offer and collect vacuum tubes.
I think the Nuvistor is a vacuum tube.
Hi Jack,
I just wanted to give you a little shout out that nuvistors and I might got the spelling a bit wrong are not a type of transistor but the smallest tube that there is. Look up the type 6DS4 and you will see what I mean. Also, try checking the tubes to make sure that they all work as well. Never take the tubes for granted and you might eliminate some problems that you are not aware of.
Yaaaaaaaay! NuVistors! =3
Back in the day there was a place in Indiana where TV shops sent mechanical tuners for rebuilding. They somehow aligned the individual coils, cleaned . Guessing troubleshot circuits n tuner itself so had some type of test jig..
B &K and Sencore produced alignment generators that could be used for the purpose of alignment of tuners. This was not for the faint of heart. It is very easy to screw up tuners trying to align them. Since tuners are mechanical devices with lots of switch contacts the most common problems were related to those. There were many spray products back in the day for cleaning tuners. Anti hydrocarbon laws prevent the manufacturer of those today. CRC brand contact cleaner works well but it does not contain a lubricant.
Precision Tuner Service. PTS. They had several outlets around the country.
The little New Vista is actually a very small tube. When cleaning a New Vista tuner use care.
Pull the 2 shields & put a tiny amount of cleaner on the contacts only. Using too much often
causes the RF amp to break out in oscilations.
C U Later
Looking good Jack, but it looks like the tuner cluster has a service mounting position on the chassis for transporting to the shop for bench service so you didnt have to cut those wires to the tuner.
that little nuvistor is actually a tiny tube!
at the 12:10 mark, in your video here, the orange colored transformer, on the left, is baked, BaKeD, **BAKED**
love the shango066 reference!
Beautiful
Monty Python Holy Grail as a test, awesome
Vista - rhymes with “sista” (sister).
Mista (mister).😜
The next TV you repair must be soldered with……. a herring!!!!!
I believe that was a dipped metalized film capacitor, but don't quote me it's been many moons since my 300 in 1 electronic kit.
BTW at 6:55 you can see the two slots.
The last tv I,did anything with was 20 years ago . Top of the picture was folded down. 2 capacitors fixes. Now I see them as toilet paper and just buy new.
Wow... great find! DId you start your hobby by starting with antique tube radios? Would you recommend any books for a beginner? thanks for the great content!
I started with tube radios yes. I learned pretty much everything from Antique Radio Forums, Shango, Vintage Television Collectors on Facebook, and there are a lot of blog posts online of restoring vintage tube electronics for beginners and what every section does. Starting with tube radios is definitely recommended getting used to soldering, replacing components, and understanding how the radio works. I’m not an expert by any means but I learn more everyday!
@@televisionforever That's awesome. I definitely plan on practicing/working on a few old 30's 40's radios I've picked up over the years with the intent on working on but until recently haven't had time to be consistent. Wasn't sure exactly where to start but after watching way too many hours of people like you working/diagnosing I at least have some idea what I'm in for :) THanks!
@@tri0xin I recommend starting with a basic AM table radio or clock-radio from the 1950's and early 1960's. These radios all use the same 5 tube set and are as simple as it gets; very few components to replace and the alignments are basic (only 7 adjustments). You will need a power line isolation transformer when testing these since they are powered directly from the power line.
The Nuvistor is last development of the vacuum tube and is reason for the name "New Vista". Say these names quickly: New Vista, Nuvistor. Get it?
but can it handle Pong and the Magnavox Odyssey?, and how about the Atari 2600 on this TV?, figured you need at least a TV from the 1970's for those classic video game consoles
These RCA sets with the hybrid tuners were problematic and gave us problems. We would send them out to be repaired and rebuilt to a tuner service center.
Looks likely all blue I thought rca chassis numbers started with CT my parents had a ctc15
Shango066 has lots of tv repair videos
The "CT"in those CTC model numbers stood for Color Television Chassis. Hence, only color sets used that designation. Black and white sets used KCS numbers. I don't know what the KCS stood for, but here's a guess: Kinescope Chassis Series. CRTs were at one time called kinescopes.
Who are You, Who are so Wise in the Ways of Television Repair?