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