Receiver, television
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- OBJECT TYPE
- colour/table/19 inch
- DATE
- 1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2007.0217.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Sony Corp. of America
- MODEL
- Trinitron KV-1913
- LOCATION
- San Diego, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 508806
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Brown imitation wood-grain and black synthetic casing; silver metal fittings; black, brown and grey synthetic trim; glass screen; brown synthetic covering on electrical cord.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 38.7 cm
- Width
- 38.0 cm
- Height
- 20.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Television
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Sony
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- San Diego
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1980s- 2000.
- Canada
-
This television was purchased and used by the donor in Canada. - Function
-
To receive standard television broadcast signals and convert them into colour images and associated sound. - Technical
-
The Trinitron, a single-gun, three-beam aperture grille and cylindrical flat panel receiver was introduced by Sony in October 1968, and was considered the best TV receiver in terms of image. It was the first TV receiver to be awarded an Emmy. This is a later example of Trinitron Technology. [Ref. 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "SONY" and "TRINITRON KV-1913" appears on receiver front. All controls, connections, etc. labelled on front and back of receiver. "SONY MODEL NO. KV-1913/ TRINITRON COLOUR TV RECEIVER/ AC 120V 60Hz 115W MAX./ SER. NO. 508806/ A PRODUCT OF SONY CORP. OF AMERICA/ SAN DIEGO, CALIF. 92127/ 4-342-422-01" printed on red decal applied to casing back. "PRODUCT COMPLIES WITH RADIATION/ EMITTING DEVICES REGULATIONS/ APPLICABLE AT DATE OF MANUFACTURE./ SONY CORPORATION/ SANDIEGO U.S.A. SEPTEMBER, 1980" printed on black decal applied to casing back. "STANDARD/ TELEVISION/ APPARATUS/ CANADA GRR/ PART II/ TELEVISEUR/ ORDINAIRE/ AGR PARTIE II/ CANADA/ 3-703-281-01" printed on black decal. [Damaged] yellow decal applied to casing back reads in part "[CSA logo]/ 22.2 NO. 1 NORME/ [VI]DEO/ [....] 86999". "CAUTION/ TO PREVENT ELECTRIC/ SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE/ COVER./ NO USER-SERVICEABLE/ PARTS INSIDE. REFER/ SERVICING TO QUALIFIED/ SERVICE PERSONNEL./ 3-703-228-01" printed on black decal applied to casing back. Also printed on casing front, behind grille cover "HOW TO PRESET/ CHANNELS/ [diagram}/ 1. Push the Channel Select/ button. (Lamp will light.)/ 2. Switch the Band Selector./ Red: VHF channels 2-6/ Yellow: VHF channels 7-13/ Blue: UHF channels 14-83/ 3. Turn the Tuning Knob./ Indicator shows relative/ position within selected/ band./ Repeat the above steps for/ each of the other channels./ Check that the ATF switch/ below is set to ON and/ Fasten the lid by sliding/ the knob to the right."
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Brown imitation wood-grain and black synthetic casing; silver metal fittings; black, brown and grey synthetic trim; glass screen; brown synthetic covering on electrical cord.
- Decoration
- N/A
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