I picked up a fully loaded Zenith Chancellor roundy combo

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So here's how it turned out.
Before and after.


The red wire is a stand in for the front panel power switch.

I also cleaned up the audio output transformer replacement someone made. The transformer is a Zenith part but not the right part number so I have to look into that....My best guess is the pirated the one from the old K line chassis when they Frankensteined the M line in.


There's something frustrating about seeing a transformer where they bothered to solder the speaker leads but only mounted one of the 2 mounting tabs of the transformer (in the wrong place) because they didn't cut the primary leads long enough to reach and wanted to use wire nuts on the primary..... It's like whoever did the work was saying "I CAN do this right, but I'm too lazy to bother following through".

Last night before I built up the power switch I got the remote chassis working. Which consisted of oiling moving parts, making one good remote out of 2 damaged ones, and running everything through it's paces.

Since this console was a frankenset before I got it I seriously considering making the remote opperate the stereo when the TV is off... It's going to take some engineering, but I think the remote chassis design lends it's self to doing this. This idea is going to be down the road a ways. I need to verify the TV works correctly and get the stereo working perfect first. Once I have the kinks out then I'll be comfortable upgrading it from a stable base.