1968 RCA Victor Black and White Remote TV Set Repair KCS160
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
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Imagine what it would cost to manufacture that antique now? That remote motor would cost more than an LCD color circuit board.
for sure !
I remember the price of B/W TV in America for 15" in 1968 was about $160.00 with no remote. That not include a cost of installing a roof top Antenna with Remote control motor for direction setting and contract service. I never see Remote B/W TV back in 1968 but assume to be most for the commercial set for hotel. To the cost of these day based on Gold Standard abort $40.00 an ounce in 1968 this set will cost easier closed to 2K without remote and roof top antenna for today dollar.
Remote motor looks like a simple motor like you see in a fan. Shouldnt cost too much
I happened to be drinking lemonade when the TV first displayed that jacked-up double image, which made me laugh and resulted in me spitting it out and having a painful coughing fit. The RCA Victor branding on this set is ironic, considering that just a few years prior, RCA had decided the Victor warehouse in Camden, NJ containing 300,000 master recordings from the early 1900s was not worth keeping, so they blew it up with dynamite -- contents still inside -- and bulldozed the rubble into the Delaware River.
off topic random...I wonder why your comments always end up in the held for review folder and require approval. I have a totally open speech policy with this thing. 150k subs...time to get the verified check mark. ok I set you to an approved user.
@@shango066 I'm working on it. You can add me to your list of Approved Users. In the Studio, go to Settings (gear icon), then Community, and you'll find it there.
@@vwestlife yes I did that. You are now my one and only approved user
@VWestlife That wanton destruction is outrageous. Worse than what happened at the BBC here . one department thought the other was keeping the archived material so both ended up destroying the lot. Lots of stuff like "Not Only But Also" and early Doctor Who episodes bit the dust, amongst who hat else. Tapes were recorded over and film stocks destroyed.
@@BG101UK dumont network content suffered an even worse fate, got dumped in the east river cause it was "worthless" and costing money to maintain
I was a TV troubleshooter at RCA plant in Bloomington Indiana from 1966 on- this is by far the best condition of any set I've ever seen from that time- RCA had a full set of TVs that it produced and it made a lot of lower profit ones just to fill the mix B&W was about to go out and some were made at below cost just to complete the mix. The first color T.Vs came on line around 1965 or 56 and had round tubes CTC127 I think and then the square tube came in and were ran as the ctc 127 also- I worked there for over 40 years and was kept on even after the plant closed for another 4 years just to look after the buildings along with 3 other guys.
Wow great story
Just curious, in a newly manufactured chassis what was the most common problem or mistake? I'm amazed when I see a car or TV built from scratch and it just starts or turns on like it was just another day. Thanks for your anticipated answer, you would be an interesting guest in one of these videos. Was it generally a wiring error or a defective component?
So this video is from last year? How can I be expected to stay current on what's going on in the world? This channel is my primary source of news.
Twenty years ago, old TVs with analog slide rule tuning in UHF (not click-stop) had a useful purpose. Receiving cell phone conversations from the original "1G" analog systems. Great entertainment tuning thru the high UHF dial !
I had a scanner that would pick all that up and along with cordless phones would provide hours and hours of listening entertainment.
Instant on was great from a manufacturers perspective, the customer could get their propaganda on 15 seconds quicker than before and for that convenience the manufacturers would sell replacement tubes 3 times as often as older sets.
And help keep the fire brigade employed.
The tubes probably lasted longer because the filaments weren't subjected to thermal shock every time the set was turned on since they were already warm. In sets like this you probably had more tubes just wearing out through use. In the overseas telephone lines back in the 50s and 60's, the repeaters were in the middle of the ocean and were vacuum tube. The tubes in the amps lasted for many years because they were on all the time.
@@vancouverman4313 The filaments in vacuum tubes don't really get hot enough to break as quickly as light bulbs. The main issue would be the loss of emissions.
That is some soothing music. I think it would be great listening to in the dentist chair.
My favourite part of the tube manufacturing process is when they flash the ghetto.
Always anxious for Saturday morning Shango videos!
You mean "eager."
@@Mrshoujo No anxious, because you NEVER know what's going to come out of Shango's mouth. LOL! I ALWAYS get a good few laughs and chuckles. Love his commentary. :P
Got a telemarketer call while watching, put my phone up to the speaker so they could enjoy the music. They hung up!
Always enjoy your videos. My partner is Vietnamese and usually leaves the room when I watch, but his ears and eyes perked up at the end of this one and he actually paid attention! Oh, and I hear a lot of that kind of music on a regular basis, so welcome to MY world, lol!
Keep ‘em coming, always entertaining and I learn something from each one.
This TV was made around that time RCA had to changed the logo to the modern RCA logo which is the “Block” logo. By 1969, all models of the portable TV’s have the new RCA logo.
This set is also used for gaming, and it works with Atari 2600, NES, SNES, and Sega Genesis.
Gamers choice
That was when RCA sold the rights to the name "Victor" and the "His Master's Voice" dog logo to the Japanese Victor Company (JVC) who continued to sell electronic radios, TV's and such under the Victor name in Japan well into the 1990's.
Also works with the much better named Sega Mega Drive!
@@Foxonian That's not true, JVC retained the rights to "Victor", "His Master's Voice" and Nipper for use in Japan (and only Japan) after they separated from RCA during WW2. RCA never lost rights to them within North America. The trademark rights were fragmented all over the world, e.g. EMI and later HMV Retail owned the rights to Nipper in the UK and other markets.
@@SproutyPottedPlant The megadrive is just a Genesis, but with a case of seasonal depression (runs slower).
"Terminate with extreme prejudice" !
(Surely should be 'UnTerminate' !)
"Let's Go Shango"
Lovin your style, can't miss your vids !👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I could watch shango watching tv for hours. Its too funny.
God I miss OTA TV. The analog is all gone from our area. One of my ham radio friends were talking about his TV DXing years ago. Fascinating.
Why do you miss it, what's on it? Or are you missing the content from 20-30 years ago?
Analog TV DX was wild! One minute we'd be getting Channel 2 from Miami (WPBT) and then the skip would shift to Iowa channel 2 KGAN. Remember the offsets and ghosts? If your local channel 2 was zero offet, you'd get a ghost of the DX station over your local channel 2. Then there were the 10 and 20 khz shifts. Lines on channel 2 instead of ghosts...I lived on the East Coast and picked up dozens of Tv stations just on low band during an all day opening...What a time!
You didn't have Pixelated robotic audio crap when you looked the wrong way at the TV the way you do with digital TV. Im still not sure why they couldn't just leave analog alone.
DTV is a perfect example of "newer isn't always better "
@@joeblow8593 I grew up just off the Gulf Coast. I’d get Cuba, Ontario, and Colorado in the same day. It was insane!
@@5roundsrapid263 Excellent!
57 channels and nothin' on, thank you for these videos on the weekend 🙂🇮🇪🍀
There's a Bruce Springsteen reference I remember many a times in today's media landscape....
The CRT came up good after some running time and twerkulating...oh man that lady at the end and the ultra-cheesy music...I definitely had to dance on the spot to that! Great video.
I hope you were all singing along at the end.
It was beautiful!
21:30 Separate doorbell chimes for volume-up and volume-down; that's living the good life. I remember roughing it with Zenith's circular one-way volume layout.
@27:40 The picture looks like early analog broadcast VR! The Wayfarer was way ahead of its time. Way ahead. Thanks again @Shango066, love the vids.
Probably not VR, But more like stereoscopic 3D like the Famicom 3D System
An entertaining demonstration of bomb squad skills applied in tv diagnostic.
The beauty of a "Space Command" remote control is you are don't have to worry you are going to find one with a duracell spewing its acid all over the inside of the remote.
Such a shame new TV remotes are such a downgrade. Back in the 60s you didn't need batteries. How is modern remotes an improvement? Imagine if they just kept the old method and added more tuning forks for more options?
@@NickDalzell The old ones were vulnerable to random noises in the environment. Adding more buttons means that the detection has to be more precise too. To do it with a modern remote's number of buttons, you'd need more computerization than an IR receiver needs. We're talking DSP audio work vs literally semaphores.
@@kyle8952 random interference is still an issue. The times my Samsung Smart TV turned itself off because an airplane flew over is too many to count (I live next to an airport).
@@kyle8952 I wish we could find a happy medium instead of moving virtually all of the controls for the TV to the remote. It is so easy to lose them.
Nice, pretty much OK, for the age it is amazing. I still find tube things just weird and interesting. There is more science to these then most people know.
the older things you could troubleshoot the junk of today makes most people accept throwaway culture 👎🏻 l use a plastic fork until it dies the metal ones you can bend back until it dont have a tooth🤪 WHEW🤙🏻
The international music channel at the end was quite amusing.
Nice short video nice job I enjoy your humor learn a lot from you
That's a definite Bad Ass!! I agree 100% for a television made in 68 to this year! Its still the ish!!!
A 39min video on an instabake propaganda box, shango youre spoiling us
Looks awesome, don't forget to slap a Prop 65 warning and Energy Star compliant sticker on it.
Don't forget "Hi Res Audio".
Good looking set. Came out the year I was born. We had one when I was growing up. That's a super clean set.
"These microswitches never wear out."
Maybe not mechanically, Shango, but if they are used to switch a small signal the contacts can become tarnished/oxidized, causing intermittent function or go completely open in the worst cases. The contacts need the cleaning action that happens when the switch is used in a power on-off application. The spark that happens when the contacts are actuated burns off any oxidation.
We had an early 1970's GE black and white TV with a similar "Insta View" feature. If you left the main volume on-off switch on, and used the Insta View switch, the TV would turn on very quickly. But my parents quit using Insta View when I discovered that the tubes were still glowing through the vents even when the set was off.
We had a couple of Admirals like that in the late 60s and both ran for years trouble-free. I disagree with those who say instant-on was all that bad except it was a waste of energy. When computers had tubes they were never shut down because it would require a technician with new tubes or other repairs if they were.
Muting the audio between channels to avoid the static sound during the change. Nice. Made for people who don't like the sound of static.
nice looking set looking clean well on the out side :)
I'm a Boomer so I enjoy your TV and Radio Repair/Restoration videos and I like details so anything you add is fine with me. In 1959 my Parents bought a blonde 24" Dumont TV on 4 long legs. My Father had a DYI TV Repair manual that had pictures of TV problems and you selected the corresponding picture to the issue you were having that indicated what tubes to test or replace. I would take a bag of tubes to the Local Pharmacy where a tube tester machine was located and test the tubes. Then it was off to the local Electronics Warehouse or Radio Shack for new tubes. Another method for repair was to slap the side of the set. However, I cringe when you spin the channel selector like starting a lawn mower because we were the channel changer/ volume control and if I spun the selector from one channel to another like that my father would beat the hell out of us. We also had a rooftop master amplified antenna with a single tube transformer and a knife switch for local and New York channels behind the set on the wall where the antenna lead came in.
Haven't seen the key trick since was a kid, good times, great video!
"This special video short bus tip" 😆😆
RCA Victor B&W TV the "Wayfairer" . It's model AJ161WR with chassis # KCS 160J. Think there was an ultrasonic
remote for it on fleabay for $45. Best offer available. Seller in Fullerton CA. Love the original RCA Victor service notes
stuff even for old TV's.
Fullerton is not far from LA.
Hi Shango0. RCA was a pretty good set back in the day. Always happy to see a video from you. All my best.
Metal Dog Collars use to work for me.
Amazingly good picture fr!
Sadly Guadalupe has joined a dated era of these Fine tuned sets; Still always welcomed sight to see & hear.
Thanks for views & tunes; nice of youtube to not step in to dance.
you should have a mirror in front of the TV then you can sit behind and adjust it and then you can still see if it works
Enjoyed the lady singing, she was very talented.
She sounded as if she was in pain; a colonoscopy would be far less traumatic.
Another nice 👍 TV 📺. All those controls are eye 👁 candy 🍬 to me. So is that TV 📺 dial, and “RCA Victor”. Tells ya that this is probably an early to mid ‘70’s set. The remote makes this TV 📺 set so much better. I wonder 💭 if it’s color, but black and white would also be fine. In other words, this TV 📺 is like 👍 a Mercedes 240 D for your house 🏠. This does not appear to be a smoker’s set. Hope the CRT’s good 😌. Your friend, Jeff.
Your phone or a time try saying in their bond truck and I learned them are mantras a limo blunt Tom fossa animal Hazard flasher propofol flower show?
I Just LOVE that music at the end... AWESOME ;)
RCA Radio Corporation of America
Fun video master shango066
When I was in Jnr. School (UK/60yrs ago) a fellow pupil visited the USA..
He came back with stories about how, in America you could turn T.V. on and change channels with a box you held in your hand..
He received an extended period of verbal/physical abuse from us classmates for his wild nonsense
(but still mostly ‘coz his family were rich..)
That thing is a TANK! i remember when that was state of the art. I cant believe it could be that far off and lock.
Voices to kill flowers by...
"Get your dancing shoes on", Oh yeah!
Has a remote control that's gourmet flavor.
Dog bark helicopter short bus special
Ooooh! It has a "master switch" You can't say that no mo'
The master switch is operated by the propaganda slave.
That roller grain synthetic board is definitely bonerlicous
Hey SHANGO!! Thanks for the video.
I love watching old corpse
tv.s get revived!!!...
We get troubleshooting tips and a blooper reel, all in one video…
Looks similar to a Sears TV we had in those years.
Really lovely lady singer.
atleast you call it Germanium! Some call it Geranium! Its picture is really good! Sound is good too!
Haha, flower transistors
Thanks for the upload Shango!!!! :)
I have to laugh, I just heard you say spray the channel tuner, and I just remembered in the 60's and 70's my dad had an aerosol can of "Color" TV tuner cleaner, and I always had trepidation whenever using it on our B&W TV tuner ha ha.
The tube getto is out but the getto bird is circling in the sky. Shots fired :D :D :D
I wonder how many tubes tested as "dead" would wake up just by starting using them
I seem to remember some whacky feature that muted the sound between channels. I think on the channels that didn't have a signal or something like that.
"The soothing sounds..., of nails on a chalkboard"
When the ghetto mark changes color it's time to replace the tube.
Ghetto Tubes Matter
black and white that features "perma-bake." ..neat UHF readout
shango066 rocks!! Keep em glowing!! ^_^
36:36 So, I'm a person with a very wide and open taste in any and all forms of music, and hold no bigotry towards any particular genre or musical culture. In fact, I often find myself enjoying music which most others don't relate with. However, this was truly one of the most horrid compositions I've ever had the unfortunate privilege of encountering. The harder I listened for some redeeming quality, the more I regretted having ears. That was awful on an entirely new level.
Apart from that, the rest of the video was great.
Cool now we are gonna play with remote control we’re gonna make remote control break. Then we are going to poke around inside with a metal screw driver
Made in America 🇺🇸. Tube type. Yay 😁!! Your friend, Jeff.
If I add some solder to my ghetto germanium flavored morning coffee, could it be called 'leaded'?
Nice lookin' set. Gotta love the electro-mechanical controls. The speaker in that is bigger than both the speakers combined in my modern TV.
There was a segment in your show where keys were shaken in an attempt to engage the tv remote function. What I’d like to know is does Mr. Green Jeans know you have his key ring?
Snyder’s keys from One Day At A Time
20 years from now all planes and helicopters will be banned in California but channel 6 will still be broadcasting.
Radio Guadalupe, 'we' 'love' you.
Imagine smartphones these days with tubes and CRT wouldn't fit in a pocket that's for sure.
I recall a TV in my youth that would seemingly change channels randomly when flies landed on it, not sure if it was the fly wings triggering the ultrasonic receiver in it or landing on the touch sensitive channel buttons (two metal pads that sensed finger resistance). We taped a card over the channel buttons which helped I think
Perhaps it was one of those sets that had capacitance sensors,similar to the “touchmatic” glass panels used by Amana on their Radarange microwaves in the mid 70’s.
I think I would have addressed the fly problem first. Must have had a lot of flies.
@@Suddenlyits1960 think the TV was from the 70’s in use in the mid 90’s, early solid state, only had 4 channels. The vertical started to shrink at one point and disassembled (by me when I was like 6-7) probably would have been fixable but the TV was old then and we upgraded it
36:11 It shows a channel listing that also includes a KHTV Channel 6. How does that channel 6 coexist with Guadalupe Radio Channel 6? Was the KHTV 6 a virtual Channel 6 that was really on UHF? Inquiring minds want to know...
I suggest a kiddie Xylaphone for checking tone triggered remotes.
This a neat little RCA. You come up with some interesting sets. this one is in very nice physical condition,too bad the remote is missing.. Boy,they sure went all out with those fanciful names for the different color combinations available.
I never understood what the point of “insta-pic” or “instant on” was though. Were people really that impatient that they couldn’t wait the minute it took for the set to warm up? I know I would have stayed away from any set with that feature if I were buying one new back then.
Suddenly it's 1960 in the new 1957 Plymouth!!!
@@mikemoyercell The only time I ever encountered one of those type sets was a big color console from about 1970. If that feature was turned off, it took something like 5 minutes for everything to get working. As different circuits warmed up, random stuff would kick it so pretty strange behavior and probably would be quite irritating to a customer.
36:30 It almost sounds like bluegrass. That’s not an insult; I like bluegrass.
The Сhinese also use an instrument which resembles a Banjo.
Firedrake? Didn't they used to use Chinese bluegrass or folk to jam radio frequencies long ago?
@@westelaudio943 I think this is Vietnamese, but the instrument probably isn’t much different.
I was just telling a few people our last couple months the same thing. I said it's amazing that these that the even got produced in the decade that they got started in and then the fact that they were around all those decades and could sell them for a few hundred dollars when it just seemed like so much was invested in each set are we should take care of the ones that are left behind because there will never be another CRT ,picture tube tv produced new by a manufacturer. Ever.
Did you take the safe and effective medication? hope it has nothing to do with the speech issues >:)
Better be safe and effective / deadly and venemous!
hooray tv ep :)
You know I wonder if that fly back in the TV was replaced at one time the cap on the horizontal output tube is that generally off of a Zenith I like that instant on RCA never really saw one in all my years of vintage TV hunting
suuuuper. Video🥰🥰🥰
RCA=no buzz-o-matic sound when there is text on the screen. The one bad thing about Zenith's, buzz-o-matic sound.
Must be fast contrast/voltage changes producing some parasitic waves, somehow, somewhere....
At 37.22 in to the video. If you ignore the girl singer and listen to the guitar playing man that sounds so blue grass.
It's a beautiful set; the picture and sound not so much.
nice music
I was walking my dog once, along a kind of country road shoulder when the ~dumbass marketing~ took hold of her; it took the form of a rotting armadillo which absoLUTELy hAd to be the scent-of-the-season in which to roll. Luckily i had her on a leash.
That was 4 out of 5 coffee spitter for ghetto getter! ☕️ ☕️ ☕️ ☕️
OMG...An earthquake at 13:10 begins!
Shango great video as usual. I heard you made a video on how to build Zenith couplets but I can't find it. Did you take it down
0:05 How odd, since the handle is centered over the screen, it is closer to one side of the cabinet than the other. I wonder it they made any attempt to balance the heavy components so that the thing would be carried without heaving to one side.
I have a little portable sears 5” tv that has sound but no pic.
Soothing sounds? I used to work with a guy that had flashbacks of Nam every time he heard anything remotely like that, and it wasn't good.
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Late May...? How long did Shango hold this video in reserve? And why?
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Why does that black line keep rolling though the screen