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THESE 8 INCH PORTABLES WERE A BIG ADVANCEMENT. RCA WAS ABLE TO STUFF A FULLY FUNCTUNALLY TUBE TRANSFORMER TYPE SET INTO A PACKAGE ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF AN 18 PACK. AS A RESULT, THE CHASSIS ARE CRAMPED, CRAMPED AND A CLUSTER FART. THESE SETS ARE NOT FOR THE BEGINNER. RESTORE A FEW OTHERS FIRST.
THE KCS 100 SERIES HAD AT LEAST TWO RUNS. THE B SERIES IS THE ONE COVERED BY SAMS. THE D AND X SERIES, WHILE LOOKING SIMILAR, HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENCES. THE DIFFERENCES ARE ENOUGH TO WARRANT HAVING NOT ONLY THE SAMS, BUT OTHER SOURCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO TELLAIDES, AS WELL AS THE RCA FACTORY SERVICE MANUALS.
I HAVE THREE OF THESE SETS. TWO WOULD BE COVERED BY THE SAMS. THE ONE I ATTEMPTED TO RESTORE WAS NOT COVERED. ACCORDING TO SAMS, ALL VERSIONS ARE COVERED BY THE ONE FOLDER.
I WILL DOCCUMENT EACH RESTORATION SEPERATELY. AS OF JANUARY 2008, I HAVE THREE. TWO ARE RED AND THE OTHER GRAY.
23 APR 2008: I RECAPPED RED NO. 2 (NO PICS YET) WITH POOR RESULTS. THE GRAY ONE IS IN PROCESS. RED NO. 1 IS AT A STANDSTILL UNTIL I CAN GET A CORRECT SERVICE MANUAL. |
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