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Old 25th May 2019, 9:02 pm   #3
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Default Re: Fidelity CTV140

Snap! I recently acquired one of these too in a natty metallic purple. It was procured for the princely sum of £1 from the NVCF Bring & Buy stall, as no one else wanted it. I was persuaded on the basis that it was the same colour as the jumper I was wearing on the day

It seems to work as well as any other colour portable of the mid 80s. Minus points for the lack of carrying handle and the terrible tuning arrangement, with the fiddlly little presets around the back right underneath the aerial socket, which must be a great dust trap too.

Seeing one of these stirred a memory that they were also branded as 'Britannia' later in their run. Anyone else remember that or have I imagined it?

There was another Fidelity chassis that had a single button for sequential channel change on both the manual and remote versions of the set. It also appeared in a 20" version. I think that chassis was slightly earlier.

Steve
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