There is a person who's got a 1957(!) color TV. The topic came up on how to actually use it as intended, instead of it being just a curious hulk in the corner of a room. Seems like you'd get a digital converter, the kind I have for my older TVs. Then hook an antenna to the converter followed by hooking the output of the converter to the antenna in terminal on the set. How might that be done? I've not seen the set and have no idea what antenna-in terminal there might be. Then you'd put the TV on channel 2, 3, or 4 (whichever output the converter is set to), and away you go. It would be interesting to see what kind of picture and color the unit would display.
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Hookup of 1957 color TV
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The output of the digital converter box is a standard NTSC signal, which is fully compatible with the 1957 TV. The antenna input on the TV will almost definitely be just 2 screws - a 300 ohm input to which the old style flat antenna twinlead would be connected. (There might be 4 screws, if it is one of the relatively few sets sold with a UHF tuner in those days - use the screws marked VHF in that case.)
To adapt the coax from the converter to the screw terminals, you will need a balun (matching transformer), which may be included with the converter. If not - here's one:
http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?p=wmxfmrpt&d=pigtail-300-to-75-ohm-transformer-/-balun-(pvmt2)
The coax cable from the converter connects to the balun, the screw terminals on the balun connect to the antenna screws on the TV. If the set has a built in antenna (rabbit ears or similar) it may have a short length of flat twinlead with terminals already connected to the antenna screws - if so, disconnect that.
You can use either channel 3 or 4, unless you are located in one of the very few areas with digital over-the-air signals actually broadcasting on channel 3 or 4 - in which case you should choose the locally unused channel.
To adapt the coax from the converter to the screw terminals, you will need a balun (matching transformer), which may be included with the converter. If not - here's one:
http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?p=wmxfmrpt&d=pigtail-300-to-75-ohm-transformer-/-balun-(pvmt2)
The coax cable from the converter connects to the balun, the screw terminals on the balun connect to the antenna screws on the TV. If the set has a built in antenna (rabbit ears or similar) it may have a short length of flat twinlead with terminals already connected to the antenna screws - if so, disconnect that.
You can use either channel 3 or 4, unless you are located in one of the very few areas with digital over-the-air signals actually broadcasting on channel 3 or 4 - in which case you should choose the locally unused channel.
You should visit http://www.videokarma.org/ You'll find lots of old TV restorers there.
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