Thorn TX9. This poor old set has had a hard life...

I do battle with a very dirty Thorn TX9, frame output problems...

[@IrishvintageTVRadio]

Have you come here after watching these being made at the factory? If so please like and subscribe. 👍

[@elainetaylor1516]

had one of these in 1982 brilliant video

[@rajendrachopra3000]

TV of the 1989-90s :}

[@tuopeeks]

like the framed CRT labels on the wall.

[@IrishvintageTVRadio]

Thanks Tuopeek.

[@richardohare7708]

Great picture on them sets.

[@nigeljefferies8713]

Great to see these old sets repaired.Fantastic

[@chrispalmer9838]

I serviced and sold dozens of TX9 and 10 sets back in ye olden days and they were brilliant. The TX100 and 90 series were pretty good too, aside from the appetite for line o/p transformers. The subsequent Thomson Ferguson ICC series sets, however, were sent from Hell to drive service engineers to drink or into the asylum. Ghastly, evil things...

[@IrishvintageTVRadio]

Yes my friend, it was all good until Thomson got their hands on it. Sad to see what became of Thorn/BRC 👍

[@richardohare7708]

I love these videos.....proper reminds me of when I used to fix telly's

[@garethonthetube]

Had a 20" TX9 bought in 1981. Lasted for years and never went wrong. Gave it to a girl in the office.

[@quadplay2591]

Nice repair there John Joe, and great to see you using that ESR meter !

[@IrishvintageTVRadio]

It certainly comes in handy now and again, thanks Ray.👍

[@richardohare7708]

I learnt to fix Telly's on that chassis. I could do with finding some old TV's to work on....

[@adamlaycock3702]

i could lend you mine to fix up then just give it me back when it's fixed haha i haven't the foggiest on how to repair old tv's

[@Retro_andy_1977]

@@adamlaycock3702 I’m the same,I have 3 and I’m lucky they all work

[@GeorgeGeorge-xj2bc]

I still have the Muter BMR700 CRT analyzer/regenerator,never know what kind of tv might come for repair.

[@IrishvintageTVRadio]

The Muter is a good machine.

[@sextonmallard3325]

Loved my TX. The picture was sharper with the tuner tray hanging out and yes the cover fell off as well. This was my telly when at Uni in the late 80s-early 90s. The case had a squeaky thin plasticy feel.

[@IrishvintageTVRadio]

Thanks Sexton, it was a bit of a protracted video but I got there in the end. Next is to sort the width.

[@sextonmallard3325]

@@IrishvintageTVRadio I Meant to ask.. what is that cap tester you were using at the start?

[@IrishvintageTVRadio]

@@sextonmallard3325 It's a mesr-100. There about 30-40 quid, also doubles up as a low ohms meter.

[@richardohare7708]

AFC

[@Bucharestguidedtours]

I haven't heard that term for years, 'That tube still has some life left in it", I miss those days, I'm a TV engineer of 30 years, from TX 9s and 10s and G11s!! to the LED Backlight era.. Can you adjust the width out ? The east west looks ok.. Great stuff.

[@IrishvintageTVRadio]

Hi, haven't looked at this since. I'd say a few caps needs replacing to get the width out, the ht was correct. Thanks for subscribing 👍

[@Shot5hells]

just got me one of these, gonna have a crack at connecting some modern hardware to it, see if I can watch some movies!

[@chandamalviya7407]

Muje ESA TV chye

[@davidbrown8303]

Reminds me of that telly Onslow it always hitting on the sitcom Keeping up appearances. You should have tried slapping the top of it like he does before you took it apart. 🙄🙄

[@IrishvintageTVRadio]

I did, I half kicked it down the garden! Ah what a wonderful programme that was, hilarious and good clean comedy, they really don't write them like that anymore. Cheers David.

[@robertbarker5981]

I think that set might have been a Finlandia

[@pyeltd.5457]

that TV Onslow slapped was a Ferguson its self.

[@richardohare7708]

Ive got an original service manual for that chassis.

[@IrishvintageTVRadio]

Welcome aboard Richard!

[@richardohare7708]

If you want it

[@IrishvintageTVRadio]

@@richardohare7708 I should have one here somewhere, just a matter of finding it. Thanks for the very kind offer.

[@trydowave]

i think my grandad had this set. Kept working until the day he died.

[@richardohare7708]

Is that a TX9 later version with the switched mode psu instead of the thyristor crowbar protection?

[@3dmotormaker]

I am working on a TX9 at the moment, I need to replace the power smoothing capacitor. The one in my set is 500+500uf @175V. I am having trouble finding a replacement. I think its 2 capacitors in one can. Do you know where I can get one ?

[@IrishvintageTVRadio]

Use two 470uf caps, 200 volt or more.

[@adamlaycock3702]

where would somebody have to go to study how to repair vintage tv's? i imagine college doesn't cover this

[@IrishvintageTVRadio]

Hello Adam, TVs are based on electronics so you need a basic understanding of electronics, identify different components, circuits, read circuit diagrams, etc. There are forums on the Internet and so on. It's certainly possible to learn how to do it. Perhaps starting with building a transistor radio and going from there.

[@adamlaycock3702]

@@IrishvintageTVRadio thankyou for the advice i will look into it

[@adrinathegreat3095]

Just came across this whilst looking for something else, good stuff, will be subscribing and checking out your other stuff :)

[@PortmanRd]

Many more t.v dinners to come.

[@richardohare7708]

Isn't that big grey electrolytic a double cap? I might be wrong but...

[@ateocreyenteprogreliberal6206]

Bety Nice music around yo work.

[@richardohare7708]

I cut my teeth on tx9

[@matthewjenkins1161]

Grew up with a GEC branded one of those. EDIT must have been a very similar looking TX10.

[@reacey]

When checking those caps in circuit , how does one determine that the signal from the esr meter isnt going through another component somewhere? Are you just looking for a complete open circuit cap when you check them in circuit? Thanks

[@Synthematix]

Could you add an RGB input to one of these?

[@Synthematix]

Took me all this time to realize your name is ojnoj because you're irish

[@ilyayakubov7697]

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[@IrishvintageTVRadio]

Super, I have a great interest in Soviet television. A wish of mine to have a Hybrid valve tube Eastern TV. Thanks for sharing 👍