General Information

Serial #

251

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASE/ PLASTIC BUTTONS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

44.8 cm

Width

25.2 cm

Height

33.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Television

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

TELECHROME

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Amityville

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Manitoba

Period

Unknown

Canada

USED IN CBC WINNIPEG STUDIOS.

Function

FORMS COMPOSITE TELEVISION WAVEFORMS USED TO TEST INDIVIDUAL UNITS, AMPLIFIERS, ETC. IN ALL PARTS OF A TELEVISION SYSTEM (MANUAL, P.1-1)

Technical

'SIGNAL SELECT SWITCH' ALLOWS OPERATOR TO SELECT ANY ONEOF FIVE SIGNALS: EXTERNAL, MULTIBURST, STAIRSTEP; 3.58 MC (ON STAIR STEP) OR WINDOW (MANUAL, PP.1-2).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 CONTROLS ARE LABELLED IN WHITE/ MFR'S PLATE READS: 'TELECHROME MOD. 1005-A1 SER. 251 AMITYVILLE, L.I., N.Y. VIDEO TRANSMISSION TEST SIGNAL UNIT'/ CBC #13290 STAMPED ON METAL PLATE ATTACHED TO CASE LID ONINSIDE/ ROUND LABEL ON PANEL FRONT DEPICTS GLOBE IN UPRIGHT STAND, AND BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.:'A GIANNINI SCIENTIFIC PRODUCT/ G S/ T.M.'/ A SECOND, IDENTICAL LABEL APPEARS ON CASING TOP/ LABEL ON DOOR BEARS FOLLOWING HANDWRITTEN NOTE: 'NOT FOR/ SALE/ 20'/.2 LABEL ON CORD BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: 'AA-379/ Underwriters/ Laborator- ies/ Inc./ Inspected/ Power/ Supply Cord/ AA379 [----] R' (Connector and plug also bear mfr's markings).

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

CASE IS PAINTED LIGHT GREY/ PANEL IS DARK GREY/ BUTTONS ARE BLACK WITH WHITE MARKINGS.

Decoration

N/A