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Old 11th Nov 2010, 7:41 pm   #1
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Default Baird TV model identification

Hello

From memory I have drawn a rough sketch of a TV we had from approx 1962 to 1973. It was a Baird and a rental TV. To change channel a lever was moved up/down a vertical scale which would engage a motorised tuner. This would clonk round until the channel was displayed.
It had radio at the top of the scale - L, T, H, and BBC, ITV in the middle. There were markings in other positions, I can't remember what these were. The volume was a thumbwheel control.
The right hand side (on/off and volume) was covered by a beige type material which also hid the speaker.
Does anyone know what the model number was as I have never seen one since.

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Old 15th Apr 2013, 1:22 pm   #2
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I am still looking for the model number of the set in the sketch I made. Maybe it was a variant of the Ferguson golden glide system?

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Old 9th Oct 2015, 8:36 pm   #3
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Just bumping this up after a few years to see if any recent joiners have any ideas.
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Old 24th Jan 2023, 3:37 pm   #4
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Hi.

I am told the set could be a Baird 466. Has anybody heard of such a set as googling doesn't produce any results.

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Default Re: Baird TV identification

On the "Vintage Monochrome TV Service Data" DVD (above) a Baird 460 series is given as manufacturer data, only circuit and chassis layout. There are both versions with FM radio and without. No motorised tuner is shown.
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Old 24th Jan 2023, 9:33 pm   #6
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Unfortunately not the same set as the one we had as the brightness and contrast controls were thumbwheel types poking out of the top of the back cover.
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Old 13th Feb 2023, 8:57 am   #7
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OK with further research and after all these years I have found the model number - fairly sure its a Baird 486.
The manufacturers service data only shows the chassis layout. The channel slider is shown and the controls in all the right places as I remember it.

Next question is does anyone have a picture of it?

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Old 19th Mar 2023, 8:30 pm   #8
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I remember repairing a couple of these when I first started working for Radio Rentals. If it is the set I am remembering the drive from the motor was substantial, it used a bicycle chain to link the motor to the channel changer.

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