Thursday, 16 August 2012

Bush EV863C Super Deluxe 23" TV

Here's another English set I got towards the end of last year, I paid a grand total of $1.50 NZD for it.
At the time I nearly didn't get it as space was a big tight then but the advertiser advised that it wasn't a very large set so that made the decision. This is also rare export model Bush.
It cabinet is quite fancy and it would have originally had legs but never came with the set. It reminds me of the English Pye that I've got with doors but this one is later and bit more plainer to look at.
I did power it up when I got it and happy to say that it does work, the vertical has issues as usual and the channel selectors are dirty but it'll bounce back quite well I should think. One thing about the push button channel arrangement, in regards to tuning you push the square button in and then try and turn the hexagonal stalk to tune and this is not easy with big fingers! There is meant to be a tuning tool for doing this, but that too is long gone. At least I'll only have to tune it to one frequency for the RF output from my modulator and leave it at that!
So just some photos for now...Another 'TV' for that project list that is getting very long........













Wednesday, 15 August 2012

Decca Prestomatic DPT 23" Professional TV

I got this just before Christmas of last year from a friend who also is a radio collector and was about to move at the time and needed to offload some extra bits and pieces that he had and this is one of them.
He brought  this Decca back with him from the UK and modified it to work here. It is actually a dual standards set so does have 405/625 line and UHF.
According to comments I got in regards to this on the UK Vintage Radio & TV forum, this Decca is rather rare so I better make sure I look after this one!
It was working back in 2009 but developed a intermittent connection on a socket which burnt through and hasn't been used since, but did go very well prior. These were a good design and the chassis is also a hybrid. Thankfully he gave me the full service manual and notes with it.
Apparently the 425 switching section has been hard wired out but I'm hoping that this won't be too hard to reverse as I'd love to see a 405 line picture in operation.
Here are some pictures of it, nice looking TV I reckon! Looking forward to getting this one going.