Hello everyone,

Many years ago I became the keeper of my grandmothers old TV/radio/phono console. It worked when I tried it in the mid 80's. I have a friend whose really into restoring old tube radios and TV's and he started drooling the minute he first saw it. Over Christmas we moved it over to his shop and he's started to take a closer look at it. It appears we have a real treasure on our hands. It's a 1949 vintage console MV71A which features TV chassis MCT220B, radio chassis CR229A and a turntable. We found the radio schematics easily but can't find any schematics for the TV, as supposedly Magnavox entered the TV market in 1950, but our chassis dated 1949. Anyone have any suggestions?

Steve

I think Magnavox's first TV is the CT214/218/221, found in Sams 62 folder 13, dated May 1949. It's also in Rider TV vol. 2
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:Many years ago I became the keeper of my grandmothers old TV/radio/phono console. It worked when I tried it in the mid 80's. I have a friend whose really into restoring old tube radios and TV's and he started drooling the minute he first saw it. Over Christmas we moved it over to his shop and he's started to take a closer look at it. It appears we have a real treasure on our hands. It's a 1949 vintage console MV71A which features TV chassis MCT220B, radio chassis CR229A and a turntable. We found the radio schematics easily but can't find any schematics for the TV, as supposedly Magnavox entered the TV market in 1950, but our chassis dated 1949. Anyone have any suggestions?
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:Steve
:

I think Magnavox's first TV is the CT214/218/221, found in Sams 62 folder 13, dated May 1949. It's also in Rider TV vol. 2
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:Many years ago I became the keeper of my grandmothers old TV/radio/phono console. It worked when I tried it in the mid 80's. I have a friend whose really into restoring old tube radios and TV's and he started drooling the minute he first saw it. Over Christmas we moved it over to his shop and he's started to take a closer look at it. It appears we have a real treasure on our hands. It's a 1949 vintage console MV71A which features TV chassis MCT220B, radio chassis CR229A and a turntable. We found the radio schematics easily but can't find any schematics for the TV, as supposedly Magnavox entered the TV market in 1950, but our chassis dated 1949. Anyone have any suggestions?
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:Steve
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Hey Al,

Your reply got me to looking at the Sams website. I see only one listing for a Magnavox starting with an M, the MCT228, but lots of chassis starting with CT. So the TV chassis numbers for this era start with just CT vs. MCT as we thought? Perhaps the leading M in our model number putting us off track and we really need the photofact for the CT220?

Steve

:I think Magnavox's first TV is the CT214/218/221, found in Sams 62 folder 13, dated May 1949. It's also in Rider TV vol. 2