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2nd Jul 2019, 10:14 pm | #41 | |
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2nd Jul 2019, 10:22 pm | #42 |
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My Grandad had one of those shown in the 1987 brochure! Lasted til 2003, when it was replaced with a Panasonic widescreen set, and it was still working at that point. Shame I didn’t think to save it at the time! Watched many hours of Disney films with my cousins at family get togethers on that set, back in the days when we were nippers! It was coupled with a nice Ferguson VHS machine too, which used to tell you there was a tape loaded on the actual tape door.
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It was replaced by a Hitachi stereo TV & VCR combo which was in use into the 21st century, possibly up to the digital switchover.
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2nd Jul 2019, 11:53 pm | #44 |
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Hello David fix it just for posterity,But my preference was for the TX 10 37373 ,that gave me many years of viewing ,although when it was given to me I had to replace the A66/540, I owned it for 18 years and replaced the focus unit twice and 1 frame chip ,i did replace the tube again 8 years after I got it and that tube failed after 6 years but it was I think a very good set and decent sound ,I even bought the earlier version with the 1550 metal framed chassis and also replaced the tube twice in 15 years use and also had to sort out a high HT fault
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3rd Jul 2019, 12:44 pm | #45 |
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4th Jul 2019, 12:48 pm | #47 |
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You're right about the 90-degree ICC5 - they were pretty good in comparison, though the tube wasn't as good. Mind you, lots of burnt fingers from the hot melt needed to repair the buttons when the replacements dried up!
The bread and butter sets were welcome in the workshop - predictable faults, not too reliable but likey to work for a respectable time before they came in again. It's still the case - we moan about Vestel sets, but bring in a nice 40" needing backiights ahead of a Loewe any day! |
5th Jul 2019, 4:00 pm | #48 |
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Quote Welsh Anorak: "we moan about Vestel sets, but bring in a nice 40" needing backiights ahead of a Loewe any day!"
I think I'll rather fix an ICC5 than fit replacement LED strips. Quote davyrocket2: "Hello David fix it just for posterity," Next week, rather than kick it down the stairs let's take a look at my own ICC5 set. Don't forget folks to remind be to do that. DFWB. |
5th Jul 2019, 10:11 pm | #49 |
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I don't particularly like replacing backlights either, but a man 's gotta do what a man 's gotta do.
@Welsh Anorak: What about a 40" Loewe made by Vestel then? (I'll get me coat) |
10th Jul 2019, 5:08 pm | #50 |
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Hi Rich, you have a PM.
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13th Jul 2019, 9:35 am | #51 |
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RE, Slidertogrids posting, and Mr Sugars " Mug attractive," I once called at a customer's house to repair a just out of G tee Amstrad TS 99, the Customer, a well educated middle class lady had taken umbridge that her Hi Fi had failed and had written a four page letter, in immaculate grammar to Mr Sugar, registering her disgust that her Audio unit had failed 13 months after purchase, (O/P Chip I vaguely recall )
She received a very brief six word personal reply, in typical Mr Sugar format, stating, "what do you expect for £99 ". Well he was honest. Who remembers the Amstrad 2200 TV ? Ken, G6HZG.
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13th Jul 2019, 9:50 am | #52 |
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"Who remembers the Amstrad 2200 TV ?
Ken," Horrible thing, but was a useful source of A56-540X CRTs. I'd rather fix ICC5 TVs than the Amstrad 2200. The 2200 was simply "more trash for your cash". DFWB. |
13th Jul 2019, 12:16 pm | #53 | |
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A few months before it died I actually saw another one at the local tip. I later wished I had picked it up so I could have made a worker from the two!
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13th Jul 2019, 4:40 pm | #54 | |
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It had a PCB that was more suited to a portable with a rats nest of wiring. I heard that Amstrad bought the "chassis" in from abroad and assembled ( well threw them together) Here . That would explain why it had a Mullard CRT. I suppose they could ship more per container this way? Many a K30 had it's life extended due to an Amstrad tube donor! Anyway John picked the Ferguson up on Thursday so it is now with someone who appreciates it rather than someone who was tempted to drive a steamroller over it and dance on it's grave... Hopefully we will see how easy a fix - or not - it is... Good luck John! Rich. |
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13th Jul 2019, 5:54 pm | #55 | |
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The big attraction was teletext and remote control at a knock down price.
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13th Jul 2019, 8:36 pm | #56 |
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slidertogrid wrote: "Amstrad bought the "chassis" in from abroad and assembled ( well threw them together) Here ."
Amstrad had a factory in Shoeburyness, Essex. Most likely the main chassis was made by Orion in Hong Kong. We're all looking forward to the successful restoration of the Ferguson 59P7. DFWB. |
14th Jul 2019, 12:36 pm | #57 |
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After Amstrad bought Fidelity did they continue to use it's factories?
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14th Jul 2019, 1:05 pm | #58 |
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I believe Amstrad just bought the Fidelity brand name and in due course the Fidelity factory closed.
Products were marketed as Amstrad-Fidelity. DFWB. |
15th Jul 2019, 10:30 am | #59 |
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It probably was Orion sourced, but their stuff was usually pretty good for budget sets. The CTV1400 with a dry jointed line driver transformer comes to mind, and most Matui/Saishos were easy fixes. However the use of a TDA3652 frame IC in the CTV2200 was an odd choice for them, and the source of much of the trouble - if you discount the exploding PSU and rat's nest wiring, of course. Maybe they had little experience in large-screen sets and just modified a portable chassis? That's what it looked like.
I seem to remember the front plastic shelf of the cabinet used to split and come away as you carried it. We sold a few reconditioned K30s with excellent CRTs to owners of dying Amstrads. Guess where the nice CRTs came from?? |
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