Vintage JC Penneys Pencrest Combo Radio Color TV Repair and Diagnosis

[@shango066]

Video from 2017 I never thought was worth publishing but something the new owner needs to see... glad its got a new loving home

[@5roundsrapid263]

shango066 2017 makes sense. I was wondering why the analog LPTV was still on the air...

[@justsumguy2u]

It was worth publishing

[@zx8401ztv]

shango066, that record deck spun for ages, good lube. I think the colour decoder needed a clean up, all that crud must of messed up the more sensitive areas. Bloody good video, as always :-)

[@X5Industries]

Glad you did post it! My CTC-39XL was having the exact same color issues (before high voltage cup started arcing out 🙃). Kinda wish you could've investigated it a bit further so it might narrow it down for me 😅! That being said, I'm glad you mentioned the .01's being problematic, I just assumed they were good bc they were mylar. Same for the crystal. BTW, do you happen to remember what kind of grease you used? I've got a GE turntable that's a little slow and greasing it might be all I need

[@enzoperruccio]

What a nice set you got there, would love to get hold of one. Sadly it is very rare to find one of those on the street, even more so on my country haha.

[@MrXminus1]

My mother cried when her Magnavox console color tv/AM/FM/Phonograph/tv stoped working for the last time. Charlie the TV repairman had kept the baby going for over 10 years for my mother. He was over repairing that TV so often that Charlie became like a family member.

[@chrissanders2562]

This is more entertaining than what you can watch on tv nowadays.

[@RoughJustice2k18]

This is what I like to call "Shango-tainment" - a delight to watch - and what's more, it's a zillion times better than anything aired on regular TV at present. You make even the toughest problems look easy to solve in all your videos. Wishing you and your family a safe and Happy Xmas plus a Super New Year. :-)

[@Retro_andy_1977]

Shangotainment......love it.

[@kelboswell]

I'm screaming "Turn down the blue drive!" at my cheap Insignia flat screen right now. Haha! Here's a shortcut a veteran showed me for setting screens and drives. First, display a white raster on your VG-91. Then, throw the service switch, and follow the instructions you just did about the CRT or Kine bias adjustment. Adjust the screen controls until the line just disappears. If you have a white or gray line, your screens are too high. You shouldn't see anything if you did it right. The CRT is just on the threshold of firing at this point. After you've done this, put the service switch back to normal, and adjust the drives until you achieve a white raster. You usually have to adjust blue and red to match green, which isn't usually adjustable. The 'screens' adjust the blacks, the 'drives,' the whites. I LOVE what you do on here, and I hope my advice helps you later on :) Keep up the good work.

[@irishauto]

This video was all fun and games until the dumpster TV I was watching this on went up in smoke. Kind of a fitting end to a free TV. The spirit of Shango "EOL"ed my TV through the internet.

[@MIW_Renegade]

That's honestly kind of funny

[@williamsquires3070]

Because every tech needs to know how to service a picture bulb set while a train goes by in the distance. Being able to concentrate while police sirens wail at the same time, is a definite plus, and will aid the service technician immensely. 🤠

[@joevignolor4u949]

Many years ago I used to repair and sell TV's for a living. That big console is exactly what a lot of people used to buy when they lived up on the upper floors of an apartment building. Then we would have to carry it up several flights of stairs to deliver it. And then if it ever needed service it would have to come down the stairs again and then after it was fixed we would have to carry it back up all those stairs again.

[@larrygorvin7561]

I repaired those monsters in the 70's, I always dreaded Christmas time and delivering them on Christmas eve like a secret Santa!😂

[@simonlunt353]

It’s great to see you put life back into these old TV 📺 thank you sir as I like to see what you chaps had in U.S 🇺🇸 we in the uk 🇬🇧 don’t see these old tv’s stay safe 👏👏👍

[@Retro_andy_1977]

Wonder if there are any over here in the uk ? And if so would they still run with a step down transformer? Surely at least someone has imported one ?

[@Retro_andy_1977]

Would love to try a zenith or something

[@joeblow8593]

40:28 It is often said that our (old TV standard NTSC meant "Never The Same Color". ) Anyway thanks for another great video Shango, I always enjoy watching you troubleshoot these vintage TV's and radios...

[@adammoss5284]

And in Europe PAL was "picture always lousy". Wonder if they did anything for SECAM?

[@scottgfx]

NTSC is "Never Twice the Same Color"

[@kennethbarker852]

i like old type tv`s thanks nice to see you try to fix them and to watch you on youtube.

[@dadsvespa]

Very Interesting Shango ! I like how you analytically diagnose the problem and show us what you did to get it to work again. Better than Nova ! haha ! When you stopped on the Munster's show, I said yeah ! Good old Black a White ! lol ! I remember watching The Wizard of OZ, for years as a kid, and never knew it was in color when Dorothy landed in Oz ! haha ! Not having a color set, didn't matter. Man how life has changed. Thanks ! NMC.

[@VegasCyclingFreak]

1:01:45 I did the HVAC design another house for an obscenely rich person that had one of those glass car elevators. All that did was elevate his car from the garage level to the master bed level, only about 13 feet higher, where he stepped out to go into his bedroom thru the master bath. There are windows between there and the lift. I won't even tell you about the house I just got done for a certain football team owner... that is waaaaay over the top. Anyway, I grew up with one of those big old console stereo/TVs in the living room. My dad got it in 1970, right before the '71 earthquake - we lived in Saugus at the time. Wish I could have pulled the tube stereo part out of that out when my parents finally got rid of it, really did sound great.

[@appealingpit]

I love them old vintage sets. Very nice combo set. Always had great sound to.

[@johnyoung4039]

You'll be happy to know I stayed with you the whole video. Great job

[@davidjames666]

I watched Elvis Presley Life from Hawaii on this set. The signal went from Hawaii to Satellites in space to my Fancy Modern Television!!! as soon as I finish paying this tv off, I am going to get one of those fancy Plasma tv’s I hear about

[@waltschannel7465]

Good save. With the department store EOLs going on, nice to see the store brand stuff living on. It would be a neat trick to walk up to the Sephora makeup counter at JCP with that burned out circuit breaker and ask for a replacement! 😂 I've got some old TV parts around here somewhere, I'm gonna try it!

[@JenkinsUSA]

I’m gaining respect for the JCP Pencrest brand. Just needs love TLC -

[@donh01965]

I love to watch a Shango066 video in the morning...It looks like VICTORY!

[@s8wc3]

But what does it smell like?

[@sheep1ewe]

I love the smell of Fenol resin in the morning

[@ModMokkaMatti]

@@s8wc3 stale rat urine

[@Synthematix]

Isnt it amazing that in the old days TV's were so low to the ground but were comfortable to watch, yet today theyre freakin 6feet from the damn floor and you get neckache

[@randymoyer5351]

I too am Glad some one wanted that set,.. Nice cabinet and set. Good thing you Saved it off the Curbside.

[@mammam6472]

Another great vid ...thanks ...the holly man from old school. You must live forever.

[@nickknepper6417]

A rave is a great term for what you just deeply and emotionally described.

[@whiskerlesswalrus]

neat old tube set and it is modular too it looks like you can unplug the boards-been a long t9ime since I have seen one of those babies

[@gemmfish]

What a beautiful piece of furniture, well done for giving it a new home considering it takes up so much room. Shango i just love your pig latin comments when talking to call centres, keep all that coming its gold. would love to see some more transistor radio diagnosis and fix, the zenith 7000 vid was just brilliant.

[@09danstart]

two videos in just one week, it's like it's nearly Christmas, and it's a long video, just what I wanted, only 2 mins 50secs into video,

[@TheGuitologist]

Oooo! Production value! Doing some voiceover work, man. Nice. Looks like a fun outing too. Great vid, as always.

[@gabrieljuarez6721]

GOOD JOB MY FRIEND, CONGRATULATIONS, GREAT WORK

[@Bk99JzM]

Witam i pozdrawiam!!Podziwiam twoja wiedzę z napraw odbiorników telewizyjnych na waszym terenie!Przyrządy to nie wszystko,trzeba dużo cierpliwości aby dany telewizor znowu zagrał!Przed naprawa powinna być jakaś kolejność jej wykonania, zanieczyszczone jego wnętrze trzeba pierw dokładnie oczyścić z kurzu potem sprawdzić wizualnie następnie pomiary zasilacza, układ zarzenia lamp ich styki,także układy wspomagajace działanie zasilacza,następnie korekcja obrazu jeśli jest wskazana i układ wysokiego napięcia,stare kondensatory elektrolity wymienia się,sprawdzić dokładnie napięcia na poszczególnych działach kineskopu!!Pokaz Video okej!!

[@teacfan1080]

Stayed through the whole thing! I'm glad someone wants it who will enjoy it. Yeah, today's TV content is must NOT see TV. Munsters are pretty cool though.

[@charliehustle5529]

that was worth publishing . hope you do a LIVE repair and diagnosis one day or night . that would be cool . thanks for the vid shango

[@senilyDeluxe]

that tapedeck is a Hitachi TRQ 252D (or something very similar). I have this deck. Pretty reliable for its age (around 1972). The VU needles moving and clicking is because the Playback/Record switch is dirty. Haven't fixed mine yet though, because if you twitch the Record button a little, it goes away and I've had tons of decks that were in more desparate need of this switch cleaning and I don't have the time.

[@ambiguoustv7403]

Do you have time now

[@senilyDeluxe]

@@ambiguoustv7403 Well no but actually yes. I offered the deck to a friend about two years ago. Had to clean the switches and now it works fine.

[@wrenchhead944]

I watch a lot of your videos. Always seem to learn something on them .

[@chrisa2735-h3z]

I’m only 20 and I’m interested in this kind of stuff😍

[@ponysoftonline4533]

I'm 16 and CRTs are my life

[@Phantom-darkness]

I’m only 2 and I’m interested in this kind of stuff.

[@chrisa2735-h3z]

PonySoftOnline I love CRT’s too!!!

[@ponysoftonline4533]

+chris andrus I ousted all my flatpanels years ago and I've been really happy since swiching back to CRTs

[@johnfranklin5277]

Awesome. I've always had a love for old tube equipment. I grew up with this stuff when it was new. I have a 1954 zenith AM FM phonograph console. Was my great uncle's. Never overhauled, lots of tubes, and it all works great. I call it old RELIABLE!! 65 years old and still working.

[@geraldwilcox2427]

How can you read amps when you have only one lead in the amp meter?

[@metalmanin]

Great video I knew it was gain from the beginning but I bet you did too but it's good to go over the symptoms as well as the fix so people learn great video and great detail.

[@dstoll7958]

the tape deck looks to be built like a tank. 1973 I think folks were done with the large combo units and this must be one of the last of them made. By 74 Dad had moved our CM combo unit into the garage. He purchased a new Curtis Mathis set for the house, Solid State set I think made by NEC. It ran forever. Thanks Shango!

[@VegasCyclingFreak]

1:00:45 About 7 years ago now, I worked on an HVAC remodel on a 13 acre house/compound for a billionaire here in Vegas. He wanted a pool in the basement of the existing sports building. I had to figure out how to get the dehumidifying units to serve that area from the high roof some 25 feet higher. That was an interesting project for a very eccentric guy. Oh, and the original 35,000 sq ft house wasn't big enough, he had to add 2,500 sq ft, which was mostly the new master bedroom - just the bedroom. Old bedroom became the new walk in closet. lol

[@TheCrystalGlow]

gotta love those santa ana winds blowing through. thats where a lot of it comes from

[@Musicradio77Network]

I see the color bars at 38:22 which were used on early Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment releases from 1979 through 1981 which were on VHS and Betamax as you can tell by one of the VHS closings.

[@VegasCyclingFreak]

17:16 Power consumption... that is one area where the transistor beats tubes. That being said, I still prefer the sound of tubes.

[@billdang3953]

Be prepared to have certain "Audio Experts" personally attack you for "preferring distortion to accuracy or the truth".

[@VegasCyclingFreak]

@@billdang3953 Ha ha - yeah I know, “tubes are the sound of distortion” 😆

[@craggercragger8989]

Really enjoyed this. Thanks for uploading it.

[@MrHeem94]

My favorite part was when the test tone was allowed to pierce my eardrums several different times, for several minutes. Watched all hour and a half of it.

[@joshm264]

My grandfather used to work the mainframes at J.C. Penny's

[@b3j8]

Those consoles were IT back in that era! Color TV, phonograph, and am-fm tuner plus some usually decent speakers!

[@rsattahip]

Love your sick sense of humor.

[@luisantoniomarrega1120]

Este console com TV merece ser restaurado eu tive um da Standard Electric era TV radio e toca discos. Abraço! Rio de Janeiro Brazil

[@AllAmericanCars]

That is single-handedly the biggest tv I've ever seen

[@pcno2832]

It's a beast, but some rear-projection sets from the '90s were in the same range.

[@adammoss5284]

We had an all tube 26" Grundig (German) multiband vhf/UHF set that weighed a ton but even that was dwarfed by the sheer cabinetry here... This one's beautiful alright!

[@Zickcermacity]

26:17 - Contrast all the way up, because it was probably run that way for a decade or more. On CRT rigs I never run contrast/drive more than 2/3 of the way up. On a relatively low mileage newer(post-2000) tube TV, I turn contrast down from factory max to the mid-point(50 on the numeric scale), and adjust brightness(bias) from that base point

[@msain427]

And this is why familys lived in same house for generations.. Moving would be hell

[@Nikkibausch]

Are those old cerwin Vega speakers on the sides?

[@lilshag3472]

NIKKI REAGAN yes

[@SusanAmberBruce]

Wooded cabinets though! those were the days.

[@hom2fu]

and tv should have 4 wheels. bulky + heavy

[@MrBillmcminn]

Any TV that gets EOL’ed by Shango066 is a TV that never has to show anything with any Kardashans.

[@robinsattahip2376]

or Biden

[@NorfolkSouthern-xt3xx]

@@robinsattahip2376 Or even Harris!

[@Zickcermacity]

1:26:33 - Just try to find “Paint It, Black” in stereo on ANY consumer compact disc release! I have an ATCO CD issue of ‘Aftermath’ by the Stones and nearly every song on that CD in stereo except - you guessed it - THIS one! 🤦‍♂️ I had to purchase a crappy download of the stereo version from Amazon! The stereo version I’ve heard on the radio was cut just for broadcast, and is available only on albums such as the one Shango found on this combo

[@olradguy]

Set was made by Wells-Gardner, Chicago. Looks like their all tube modular chassis, if I remember correctly they made a hybrid and all solid state chassis too. Been a long time since I've fixed any of these.

[@Tedybear315]

Company's been around forever. I've worked as a tech for several arcade companies. Personal favorite monitor to work on is usually Well's. (Simple in design and easy to diag.)

[@olradguy]

@@Tedybear315 Yeah, Worked on some W-G monitors but most were Electrohome with dud caps & flybacks plus roasty-toasty boards.

[@Tedybear315]

@@olradguy I used to carry the re-cap kits in my normal stock, and can pick out a cold solder joint on the flyback in seconds. I'm still in the industry as a tech and manager at this point. Everything is flat panel now. What few CRT setups I do have are made by Kortek. I still see a few WG's from time to time, but it's rare. Worst one I've ever worked with was made by a company called "Sharper Image" I never found out if they are/where related to the "Sharper Image" line of cheesy electronic devices. That make was used in the deluxe cabinet games (Think back to the old Primal Rage 33" cabinet) Spent toooo much time re-soldering cracked joints at the flybacks, and in one case jumper wiring EVER-THING the flyback was attached to. The entire thing cracked itself loose from the monitor board. Total junk. Fixable yes.... But junk

[@olradguy]

E-H G07 monitors, flys were not very good A29951B, still available

[@MoparStephen]

The NTSC pattern at 39:34. Why do some older TVs show the bottom section as 50% of the screen, while newer TVs seem to only have the white, blue, black section at less than the bott25% of screen?

[@JerryEricsson]

MAN, your green is OLIVE DRAB!!! Takes me back to my old Army days in the very early 1970's, well from 70 to 78 to tell the truth.

[@johnchildress6717]

Shango it ain,t right like you said but for as old as it is it,s doing good..Like watching what you do.Radio and TV was like magic when I was young.I used to stay up the tube jockeys but when he did tv service.

[@nancydarling4918]

Interesting video. Thanks for filming.

[@justincase3880]

The first time I heard Eric Clapton’s band, “Cream” was on a neighbor’s Magnavox console Stereo/TV .. I can still hear/feel Ginger Baker’s drumming on the left channel, playing “Sunshine of Your Love” …

[@scotts834]

Liked the "Max Headroom™" moment...Don't care whatever kind of C.H.U.D any Kardashian gives birth to other than hoping it rips it's way out. Good vid.

[@davecooper8505]

ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO ! THIS GUY IS A TOPMAN ! & SO FUNNY HE JUST SAID THE TV WAS OUT OF WACK LOL ! BRILLANT

[@tomj4506]

No wonder they wanted it. Its a Wells Gardener ! Not a bad chassis. Very rare in NE, just some Pennys & Bradfords. Also they sold some under there own name. Pissah set LFOD !

[@MrXminus1]

I like the fire extinguisher in front of the tv. Does that going along with the tv?

[@luisreyes1963]

25:26 "We now return control of your television set, until next time when the Control Voice takes you to...THE OUTER LIMITS"

[@jameslucas6589]

Oh.... your playing with Fire ...... YT gonna slap your hands for longer than 9 seconds. Good for you and too bad for them. How many bucks in royalties do they need? A bizillion I know. JC Penney. What a great company they were. Everything in the US is spoken of in past tense. But for the time period it was a good set/ console. Then I heard a rich friends parents McIntosh. Iusted for that incredible sound afterwards. Won’t settle for less now. I just repair used ones. Still the best, still made in America.

[@danmackintosh6325]

Mackintosh, with an Emm Ay Cee Kay if you please lol ;) I have to admit I prefer a more raw, lo-fi sound myself but still I find myself running with a B&O 8802

[@metalmanin]

What a nice matsushita made set

[@SnepperStepTV]

i got into record player hi-fis a while ago, and I've wanted one of the TV ones with an interesting housing. My tape of choice would be reel-to-reel since i'm back into that again too. something to MST3K in front of as easily as screening shot-and-edited home movie tapes with a small circle of friends. The pre-standardization television tech has been tickling me lately, too....vidicon tubes and EIAJ connectors and reel to reel VTRs...all that jazz. Gotta be color this time, and "like my dad's" is the vibe of the console.

[@dancb1974]

Epic choice of tunes 🔥🔥📺🔥🔥😂

[@TheCrystalGlow]

agreed. maybe its too soon, but oh well. :)

[@dondesnoo1771]

We used to put a 1amp fuse on the cathode to ground of 6kg6. Best spot in living room for that is the FIREPLACE.🤗

[@joanpreciouskisakye3171]

Very nice wooden cabinet !

[@baseddoggie]

That desert party looks dope.

[@millerrmann]

A lot of Penncrest was made by Matsushita (Panasonic). Was this console made by them?

[@shango066]

The tuner was US made, the tape deck Japan made, Im not 100% sure on the TV chassis, the horizontal output tube seemed like a Japanese style. I never got that deep into it, just needed it working semi reliably

[@ctc-ben7565]

The Chassis is Wells Garner of Chicago, still in business today. They made chassis for company's like Pennys, Mountgomery Wards, Truetone, Coranado, and especially Electrohome of Canada. Known for making TV Chassis with very large modules. This set is the same upscale model they sold in cannada, with a Rauland (Zenith) CRT.

[@BenHelweg]

All the right ingredients in that party.

[@pcno2832]

8:58 Is that slide switch the instant-on disable?

[@FrankGutowski-ls8jt]

That sparking happens after a dry spell atop utility poles. Dust on the ceramic insulators and humidity leads to enough conductivity to cause wood poles to smolder and some to begin burning.

[@Thevinylking69]

I had been wondering what became of this behemoth. Pretty cool to see this monster made it to an event, hopefully it stimulated some gray matter.

[@nestor8369]

Wow were in the world you get all these TVs from I'm trying to look for one of those console TVs with record Player and radio I'm trying to get one of those amazing I'll take any old vintage TV there cool

[@kennethbarker852]

great video to watch thanks.

[@tntreviews3602]

what Cosell stereo wood be the best to buy

[@ArlenMoulton2]

What model were those Cerwin vega speakers at the start of the video Shango??

[@jquest43]

Arlen Moulton x-70s

[@lowheadroom]

2 & 1/2 men comes on. “Ok , I don’t want any of this crap” *changes channel* Hyundai commercial comes on. *sarcastically* “Oh YEAH Bring in that Korean Junk” - I love this humor!

[@reginaldlawrence412]

Great video. I think the news helicopter like your video too.

[@fldave612]

I'm very surprised this had tubes in 1973. Pretty much everything was moving towards solid state by then.

[@Sys-Edit0r-1995]

Shango I'm aware your an extra class ham, (I'm a general myself) I was wondering if you've done anything with amateur television, just curious I'm trying to get into it, and trying to get our EOC to use it eventually. It'd be kinda cool to use these old TV's to do that with. 73 de David KEØPBI

[@randygentry2724]

Thank you for both of the recent videos. It brightened what was a down time for me. What does that say about this time of the year for me? Aloha and thanks again

[@rogertyler3237]

Dose Fry Electronic Have Any 6GH 8 Tubes In Stock?

[@maximilianomartinezarevalo1832]

have you ever worked with a Skyline ominivision tv?

[@dondesnoo1771]

That's the one we always had to deliver to the second floor through a window cause it wouldn't fit the stairs.when it quits a sledgehammer makes it go out easier.😁ours were Magnavox .

[@franktroy9931]

I am new to your channel and love it. I used to play with tube TVs as a kid. What do you do with there when you get them working?

[@Zickcermacity]

1:12:00 May I suggest a grayscale alignment? 6500k

[@Fendervana]

Nice, Mullard tubes!

[@adammoss5284]

"The master valve" :o)

[@N6MKC]

Am I the only one who thinks of "Gul Dukat" when somebody talks about a 'Kardashian'?

[@09danstart]

I thought about it.. I also thought of DS9

[@matthewbestdfghy]

No

[@xaenon]

Gul Dukat is actually more attractive.

[@davidnoonan157]

I like the dust humidity and 23.000 volts. Good open

[@Elfnetdesigns]

2020 and the disco inferno is still going strong in California...

[@jeffreyrigged]

i sure miss the days of tvs and stereos being part of furniture. granted i love my 60 in led tv still doesnt look as pretty as these old school cabinets do.

[@astral16]

Sweet monitor set-up

[@abc-ni9uw]

How much was it to send ?

[@douglashoff95]

This appears to be a Wells Gardner chassis. They made a lot of private label sets. These had replaceable modules.

[@liamtheinventor1522]

I love when things go boom

[@EdWatts]

"I see a Penncraft and I want to paint it black."