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Old 22nd Nov 2014, 12:37 am   #1
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Default Teleton VX-1110

Here are some pictures of a set I picked up a few weeks ago. There is a good layer of dust inside and one of the valves has gone to air, I don't recognise any of the valve markings though.
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Old 22nd Nov 2014, 2:29 am   #2
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Hi Mike, wow that takes me back a bit the odd valves, the low focus voltage CRT & the deadly metal case. If I remember correctly it uses a EHT valve the number 3AT2 springs to mind, I may still have some valves for this, I'll have a look & let you know. Apart from a low emission CRT & the odd valve here & there the set was very reliable. That's the first one I've seen since the late 70's.
There are no British equivalent to any of the valves that I'm aware of & the one that's down to air is the frame output. It looks like a PL508 but its not.

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Old 22nd Nov 2014, 1:48 pm   #3
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Yes Chris, the valve that has gone to air is a 17JZ8 and as you say looks like a PL508!
The phrase hens teeth is coming to mind


EDIT I take the "Hens teeth" comment back. There seems to plenty of them about in the states!
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Old 22nd Nov 2014, 4:17 pm   #4
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I've got one here, a pull but it does have a vacuum. Yours for the postage unless you fancy a trip over the border. Might have some of the others, what are they?
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Thanks Bill. PM on its way
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Is this one of those early transcoding PAL-NTSC sets?
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Old 23rd Nov 2014, 11:13 am   #7
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These valves are known as 'COMPACTRONS' and often contain three or more valves in the same envelope. They were produced by Toshiba for the American market and have .45 amp heaters. Check the number of pins on the base....A PL508 won't fit in the 'ole.
Very reliable and give a good picture despite the simple PAL circuit. John.
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Old 23rd Nov 2014, 12:12 pm   #8
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Hello Mike, I hope you don't mind me posting some pictures of my VX-1110 Teleton on your thread. I pulled it off the tip around 1990 and it has been sitting around ever since. It was considered a bit boring at the time and was put aside after powering up only to produce a frame collapse.
I just had to pull it out [despite pouring rain] a few minutes ago. I switched it on and indeed the collapse was still present. Removing the back and easing the chassis back revealed three dry joints on the frame hold control. Resoldering these produced the pictures you see. I have not touched it! No setting up, convergence, nothing! Like yours my channel tuning knob is missing but I think I have something very similar from a Sony.
The pictures are brilliant with excellent components that were all of quality manufacture. The frame valve is a triode/pentode, similar to a PCL805 but fatter! They also produced a 14" version with the same presentation and circuit. All the very best with yours and I bet it's as good as this one. Regards, John
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We used to service quite a few of these, not that they needed it very often.

Very well made.

Some of the ones we had out were the later touch-tuning Teletons; the single-contact touch tuning was quite a unique design.
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Yes and a much better picture than the Sony equivalent and a much longer life delta gun tube. J.
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Nice to hear the Teleton name being praised. They don't seem to be held in high esteem nowadays. Does anyone know more about the company?
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I'll be well chuffed if mine produces a good a picture as yours John
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I pulled it off the tip around 1990 and it has been sitting around ever since
Mine was also rescued from the tip It worked well for several years in my workshop, until I accidentally knocked a drink over on top of it (it was on at the time).
The liquid had caused thermal shock to the line output valve, I never did manage to find a replacement, so it went back to the tip when I moved house four years ago.

It was very American looking, I too never liked the plastic woodgrain metal cabinet, but I wish I had kept it now!

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I too had one of these sets once. bought from a car boot for £1, It did work when plugged in with some frame cramping. i remember it was very sensitive and pulled in a good picture with just a loop of wire connected to the back. I passed mine on to a forum member some years ago. sometimes wish I’d kept it now.

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Sadly, Teleton was one those brands no one took seriously and the truth was there was nothing wrong with the companies' products.

Perhaps Teleton was more successful in other markets, in European countries for example. Teleton should be pronounced as Teletone.

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Does anyone know more about the company?
Hello Nick,

Finding much information about the Teleton brand has not proved very fruitful, but here is what I have found in the past:

Teleton Electro (UK) Ltd, Teleton House, Robjohns Road, Chelmsford, Essex (in 1970).

Teleton HiFi products were first imported and distributed in the UK in 1968, by Teleton Elektro (UK) Co Ltd, 66-68 Margaret Street, London, W1.

In 1982, at Somerton Works, Princes Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex – a former Ekco/Radio & Television Services service department site! UK office of Teleton, Japan – consumer electronics.

Wireless World June 71, page 277 says that Teleton was the European marketing organisation for Mitsubishi….or was it simply Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha of Japan, who were the export distributor for Teleton of Japan?

Teleton already was, or later became, a part of the General Corp. of Japan. In the 1960s, “General” was a brand name of Yaou Electric Co Ltd of Japan. I have seen "General" branded products on Ebay UK.

All rather confusing! In any event, I have always found their products to be well made.

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Hello,

Just had another trawl through the net to update my researches:

Teleton Electro (UK) Ltd, Teleton House, Robjohns Road, Chelmsford, Essex (in 1970). Teleton HiFi products were first imported and distributed in the UK in 1968, by Teleton Elektro (UK) Co Ltd, 66-68 Margaret Street, London, W1.

In the 1960s, “General” was a brand name of Yaou Electric Co Ltd of Japan, which changed its name to General Corporation circa 1966.

In 1970, Mitsubishi Coprporation of Japan, acquired a 50% stake in Teleton Elekto, its European distributor based in West Germany. It then set up a UK company Teleton Electro (UK) Ltd, to market General Corporation products in the UK using the Teleton brand name.

In 1982, Teleton service and spares were handled by Technical Services Organisation (TSO), at Somerton Works, Princes Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex – a former Ekco/Radio & Television Services site.

Wireless World June 71, page 277 says that Teleton was the European marketing organisation for Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha of Japan.

Fujitsu of Japan acquired a majority stake in General in 1984 and the company was renamed Fujitsu-General. Their main product nowadays is air conditioning equipment.

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Thank you very much, Dazzlevision, that's very comprehensive.

I'd never really heard of "General Corporation".

I had one of their late 1970s tuner-amps once, bought for £2 or so at a jumble sale in the late 1980s. It looked rather nice and was incredibly slim, but performance was uninspiring, especially FM radio reception. It was also let down by intermittent switches which didn't respond to cleaning.

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Hi Nick,
I remember in 1981 a re-badged version of the Toshiba V8600 video recorder that was marketed as a "General" . Identical to the Toshiba machine except for the colour of the case. A sort of champagne colour instead of grey.

I'm not sure if General was subsidiary of Toshiba or just another firm re-badging other the firms products.

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Interesting, David. I wonder whether it was a grey import?
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