Zenith Space Command Tube Television

[@the_real_Kurt_Yarish]

Your question about the remote may have been rhetorical, but if you're wondering, one of the reasons they moved away from those "clicker" style remotes is because vaccum cleaners could produce the frequencies necessary to control the TV, and could cause the set to go haywire flipping through all its functions. Thus it necessitated manufacturers to introduce toggles for the remote function. Of course, with improvements to technology, they could make smaller remotes with more features than those "clicker" remotes could provide, since the latter had to fit a separate clicking mechanism inside for each individual function. This is the main reason, but I have to imagine the vaccum cleaner bit played a noteworthy part.

[@patsow4797]

Growing up, we had a floor console zenith with space command. Very peculiar remote control, no batteries just clicks. If you rattled some keys or some coin change in your hand or the dog walked in and rattled its collar it could turn the TV off, change the channel or volume, life is exciting back then.

[@gabrieluruguay1]

Wow! i love the old stuff like tv, cellphones and more, really nice!!

[@tomj4506]

This set is a late ultrasonic remote. Original hand unit was battery operated. About this time they switched to IR & added more functions. It is a 2nd gen System 3 chassis. NORM-SPCL sw gives more AFT range. The other for OTA-CATV channels. Almost all problems on the 9-160-## PS/HV board. Mostly cold joints but there is a 10mfd / 315V cap on the right rear corner near the FBT. Change it ! Main filter can leaks too! Antenna hook up is stock Tag you found WAS on the CRT & a readout for its new condition. CRT is a Zenith EFL type. Very sharp & bright enuf to light a room !

[@donoester6744]

There's an Evox film cap with a date code of week 51, 1979. So, a little while after Zenith closed down the Sioux City plant and moved production to Mexico. Nice set.... but that MDF though. But like what you did with the legs :) Would be interesting to see if it has a chassis number hidden anywhere.

[@dhelton40]

The first TV I bought, while in college, was a space command unit from this same era. Zenith had in mind that it would be serviced by changing the circuit boards, not repairing them. (thus the plugs on the boards everywhere) They did not last much longer in business, due to bad business decisions and competition from Asia. These televisions mark the end of a once great company.

[@hamzamalik7305]

How old are you now 😮

[@johnnoland4249]

That set is from the early eighties and is solid state. the only tube is the CRT

[@televisionforever]

Yes, I’m not usually a fan of solid state sets but I needed a new movie-watching set and it’s perfect

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

I'm guessing probably close to the last year of a metal box cabinet. Great collector's piece.

[@televisionforever]

I enjoy the metal cabinet design. Build like a tank.

[@stinkerbells1]

I remember this TV and that remote!

[@JordanPier]

Love those late 70s metal zeniths.

[@batterymakermarkii2654]

Used to call those kind of remotes, "Clinkers", for the hammer hitting those hi=pitch tuning forks.

[@loganjorgensen]

7:13 Could be aftermarket, they really held back a lot in NA on adding advancing AV ports, I was looking at a TV made in 1998 that still only had one RF coaxial port. Like in hindsight Composite should have been standard by 1985 as we had a lot of devices for that by then. Do you always stick to stock era AV connectors, I've noticed TV restorations almost never add modern ports of any kind? For comparison most of the early 80s computer monitors were just SDTVs with the tuner removed and RCA jacks added.

[@tomditto3972]

One of these belongs to a composer who appreciates the notion of using sound as the remote controller.

[@televisionforever]

I can understand that. It's a shame this idea didn't continue that long. I'd love if this was still a thing to reduce using batteries in remotes.

[@tomditto3972]

@@televisionforever Zenith could be wildly innovative. I have the first flat screen CRT ever, a Zenith. It is small, but oh did it change everything. Zenith saw into the future.

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

​@@televisionforever lots of stories about the sets responding to shaken car keys and such.

[@televisionforever]

@@johnnytacokleinschmidt515 I’ve heard that too about older models that have a huge rotating tuner. I’m not sure if the shaking keys will work with this set but I’ll give it a try.

[@tomj4506]

OK Jack. I subscribed ! One condition, more TV repairs ! I need the memories......... LFOD !

[@WEPDRabbitEarsTV]

How did you learn how to fix and take care of these old tvs? I would love ot learn how to do this.

[@69Dartman]

I'm betting that set uses infra red remote control and MAYBE it still supports really old audio tone remotes. If you have a Beltron rejuvinator I would test the tube and just do a cleaning on the guns. I loved Zenith TVs because as long as the crt is good they had a excellent picture but I do have a Beltron so I could bring marginal tubes back to life for a long time. Too bad you can't get rebuilt tubes anymore but I gave up when flat screens came out and analog shut down there no longer was a market for old sets. I still have a bunch of tubes and old test gear that is mostly useless now and my main set is a Sony 75 Z9K 8k set that looks really excellent but should for what they charged for it. I still have one Toshiba 20" flat SD analog crt set left from the mid 90s that just sits in my room now. I HAD a 34hfx84 hd Toshiba tube set from 95 I bought new and watched till 2012 that did 1080i on down that looked pretty good for years but I finally gave it away to clean house and upgrade to a Sony 42" led set in my sisters room, it weighed 160lb and still looked good when it left last summer. You should be able to lookup the model number of that set and find out exactly when it was built and what remote it originally came with. Table top sets were kind of popular back then and I bet it's a mid to late 80s set. I had the top version that used a normal remote and had a picture close up button that doubled the picture size twice or so for a closeup. I think they called it Zoom or something similar and I think it was one of the last high quality chassis Zenith built before they were bought out by LG.

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

Older VCR 's and DVD players plus converter and cable boxes keep content on the old sets. Get your sets going. Don't throw that stuff away. Stay well.

[@KPAproductionStudios1970]

If you're figuring out what the year is, it might be a 1978, or 1975 color Zenith Space Command TV. 👍🏽

[@alexinnewwest1860]

Cool set! I’m very curious what year that is. Because when I was a kid I had a 78 zenith space command with the large brick controller with the zoom button. But it used a small radio transmitter and a mechanical channel selector for station selection and not high frequency audio tones. But that set seems to be newer, even with on tv channel display but a much older two more system. Very strange Wish I never tossed that old zenith :-(

[@misantezdenek5589]

That was very cool to watch 😊

[@lunaclark8803]

Great job baby!! ❤

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

I loved the TV’s with the “Works in a Drawer” where you pull out a section and all of the replaceable components would slide out for easy repair! It was Zenith, correct?

[@69Dartman]

Quasar I believe 😊

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

@@69Dartman That sounds more familiar! Thanks for the help.

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

​@@69Dartman Motorola/Quasar

[@adventureguy4119]

Cool Channel! People watched the vietnam war on sets like that

[@gabrieluruguay1]

no need batteries control OMG 😮 But how works ? awsome

[@DeanStoltz]

do u sell these TV'S?

[@televisionforever]

I do for 60s-70s sets. I'm usually less inclined to sell the 50s tube sets because they are getting harder to come by in decent condition and I like to grow my collection

[@makyhsmakyhs6766]

Where have you been jack .. is that because of the new job i

[@televisionforever]

Yes, my new job takes up a lot of my time

[@makyhsmakyhs6766]

@@televisionforever good luck 🌹👍

[@fazeelur888]

They can't spy on you with zenith remotes

[@oledcrt]

4:15 Otezla is growing up to be a fine young lady

[@tarcisiomendes2658]

Manda uma para o Brasil kkkk

[@WEPDRabbitEarsTV]

The set smells...not good...😅