1965 RCA Victor "New Vista" Television Restoration

[@X5Industries]

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

[@lusitaniafilms]

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

[@hestheMaster]

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.

[@mikefinn2101]

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

[@dons8365]

I am 63 and our family had one similar to this growing up. Brings back memories !!!!

[@douglashoff95]

(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.

[@tomj4506]

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 !

[@gustavoangelero4068]

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.

[@televisionforever]

Thank you for the kind words! I’m glad others find these sets fascinating as well

[@GARCKY]

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...

[@lumpytapioca5062]

Exactly our tv when I was a kid. Smelled like ozone. Had to wiggle the tuner all the time.

[@exetermetaluna1881]

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.

[@bellytripper-nh8ox]

OKAY, **KAREN**

[@JoeSimple-mv8yw]

both approaches work

[@DanaTheInsane]

Shango is insane.

[@televisionforever]

I love Shango, he’s been my inspiration ever since getting into the hobby.

[@bojacque6474]

@@televisionforeversame here actually! He taught me not to overlook the train wrecks and the “unrepairable”.

[@turbobink2244]

I attended a ham radio convention last summer and noticed a few guys still offer and collect vacuum tubes.

[@stevemar7952]

I think the Nuvistor is a vacuum tube.

[@turbobink2244]

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..

[@waltschannel7465]

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.

[@waltschannel7465]

Precision Tuner Service. PTS. They had several outlets around the country.

[@dbridger620]

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.

[@dbridger620]

that little nuvistor is actually a tiny tube!

[@NoPegs]

Yaaaaaaaay! NuVistors! =3

[@tomj4506]

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

[@AgentR-Arts]

Beautiful

[@bellytripper-nh8ox]

at the 12:10 mark, in your video here, the orange colored transformer, on the left, is baked, BaKeD, **BAKED**

[@markvanheuveln4670]

love the shango066 reference!

[@simmonsrenos9111]

Monty Python Holy Grail as a test, awesome

[@tomj4506]

BTW at 6:55 you can see the two slots.

[@exetermetaluna1881]

The next TV you repair must be soldered with……. a herring!!!!!

[@topher8634]

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.

[@wmalden]

Vista - rhymes with “sista” (sister). Mista (mister).😜

[@tedrobinson372]

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?

[@chuckmaddison2924]

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.

[@tri0xin]

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!

[@televisionforever]

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!

[@tri0xin]

@@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!

[@billharris6886]

​​@@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.

[@vintageradio58]

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.

[@davidy7418]

Who are You, Who are so Wise in the Ways of Television Repair?

[@DavidBerquist334]

Looks likely all blue I thought rca chassis numbers started with CT my parents had a ctc15 Shango066 has lots of tv repair videos

[@waltschannel7465]

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.