Coby CTV-555

Andy King
January 10, 2025, 1:30 am
March 20, 2025, 10:02 pm

Summary

Budget model portable color TV made in China. Internally it is quite bare-bones, having only the bare minimum required to run a CRT. The wiring is all done by hand, and most things cannot be unplugged without desoldering.

The brochure shows an image of the audio inputs being Stereo, surrounded by injection-molded plastic holes... but this is not the case at all - it is a mono input on the rear, punched out of a sticker panel.

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Notes

This is a bit difficult to work on because there are soldered wires connecting the board to the rear shell as well as the AM/FM board. You kinda just have to sprawl it out on a table and find a way you can work on it without disconnecting everything.

If you disconnect the AM/FM board, you won't get any sound from the speaker in TV mode. If you have no sound, check that the connector for the AM/FM board inside is not cracked or broken on the solder part of the PCB.

There are no internal adjustments inside other than flyback knobs. Contrast/Brightness/Color/Sharpness is available in the OSD.

It's possible this is a rebrand of the "11AK19PRO" chassis, which is known to be branded as the Orion T2010MJ, VESTEL CTV6382, and others. This is unconfirmed information from translated Elektrotanya comments. If you can confirm or debunk this information, please contact me.

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