Dumont clifton fix

[earlyfilm]

Originally Posted by rcafan

I have just spent a number of months restoring a Clifton and
After all is done I find the picture is fine and the sound is
Almost one channel above the picture. This chassis was totally untouched.

Before you start adjusting things, try the set with another analog RF video source, such as an old VCR.

Another test is to connect a rabbit ears to the set and look for FM radio, which should come in on the top edge of the former analog channel 6. As a matter of fact, back when TV was still analog, and you had a channel 6 TV station in your area, you usually could pick 6's audio on the bottom end of your FM dial.

Since I'm not sure how the early Du Mont inputter tuner handled the channel 6 to 7 spectrum break, so someone with a working RA-102 please check me on this. If the tuner is not blacked out above channel 6 in the TV position, FM radio should be right there when a rabbit ears is connected to the TV antenna.

James