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OBJECT TYPE: PANEL/ILLUMINATED
DATE: 1982
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.1378.002

MANUFACTURER: RCA Corp.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: film tab
Patents: N/A
General Description: synthetic inserts [acetate ?], housed in synthetic [plastic ?] bag.

Dimensions

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Width: N/A
Height: N/A
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Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Television
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: RCA
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Indiana
City: Indianapolis

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: Used 1982+
Canada: Accessory for VCR purchased by donor in Beaconsfield, PQ on May 22, 1982: used there, and later in Kingston ON.
Function: To identify variety of "locations" on illuminated control panel. Specifically, to indicate various TV channels which can be accessed by VCR.
Technical: Film tabs supplied with RCA VFT450 video cassette recorder, for use in labelling channels on tuner. According to donor, the tuning in of stations was very labourious compared to using the [program recording] timer. Consequently, few of these tabs were used.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Tabs numbered 14 through 83 and lettered A to W supplied with VCR in this set. "VGKS-0360" printed in lower right corner of card displaying letters. "Made in Japan VGKS-0263" printed in lower right corner of card displaying numerals.
Missing: " M " missing.
Finish: Dark brown acetate (?) film tabs arranged in columns on opaque acetate (?) cards.
Decoration: N/A

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