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Old 4th Jul 2020, 5:43 am   #21
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Have never seen a red band on a EM84, would be interesting to see a photo, am so used to seeing the overlap on the Grundigs.
One of the most common machines using this feature is the Philips EL3541; unfortunately, it seems hard to find images of the EM84 itself in record mode, here are some youtube videos which sortof gives one the idea:

Close up of the EM84 itself, unfortunately in play mode (albeit through the plastic window in the stop button of the machine):

https://youtu.be/7TV41Ph-mec?t=34

Operating (unfortunately, a low resolution video so it's hard to see what is going on):

https://youtu.be/hK334pq3nIQ?t=285

This one is in play mode, but one can clearly see the red band around the valve:

https://youtu.be/7TV41Ph-mec?t=43
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Thank you Ricard, all clear now. One of my old Grundigs had a yellow band in the middle which I guess was home user applied.

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Hi!

The Robuk RK3/RK4 range of machines fit a 100k resistor between the target–anode pin 6 and the h t. supply lead – the Robuks tended to use a higher value of h.t. than was customary in most such machines, the Robuks I came across had a smoothed h.t. of 275–280V.

(None of the Robuk Service Data I came across gave any component–values, valve types, operating–voltages, etc., on it)

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I have heard the name Robuk before but until now have never seen any, they look interesting.

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"Sharpie" permanent markers are available in a wide range of colours, and work well as colour filters on glass and clear plastics. Acetone , IPA or meths will clean it off should you need to.
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