Hitachi CU-150S
Eli Krause
March 26, 2026, 12:29 pm
March 26, 2026, 3:43 pm
March 26, 2026, 12:29 pm
March 26, 2026, 3:43 pm
Summary
Portable nine-inch which can be powered by AC or DC.
Manuals
Notes
Featured on the cover of Forbes magazine July 23,1979 (picture of magazine cover in gallery below)
Repair Notes
One unit exhibited retrace lines and intermittent raster shrink, and then it eventually made a pop sound, and smoke came out and it smelled like a firecracker. Electrolytic C731 on the power-deflection board had gone open though it didn't visually look exploded, 3.3uF 315V.
Gallery
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Brand: | Hitachi |
| Manufacturer: | Hitachi |
| Model: | CU-150S |
| Series: | CU |
| Viewable Size: | 9" |
| Input Signals: | RF |
| Native Resolutions: | 240p, 480i |
| Horizontal Scan Range: | 15 kHz |
| Vertical Scan Range: | 60 Hz |
| Formats: | NTSC |
| Aspect: | 4:3 |
| Adjustments: | Internal Potentiometers, External Potentiometers |
| Horz. Output Transistor: | 2SC1942 |
| Jungle IC: | Hitachi, HA11580 |
| Comb Filtering: | Notch |
| Focus Type: | Single |
| Tube: | Hitachi , 250AGB22 |
| Heater Voltage: | 6.3v |
| Deflection: | 60° |
| Mask: |
Slot
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| Tint: | Light, Detachable Sunshade |
| Yoke Horz. Inductance: | 5.9 mH (@ 10 kHz) |
| Yoke Vert. Inductance: | 14.8 mH (@ 100 Hz) |
| Speakers: | Mono |
| Chassis: | CQ3DX-S |
| Application: | Consumer |
| Cabinet Material: | Plastic |
| Launched: | 1979 |
| Country of Manufacture: | Singapore |
| Market: | North America |
| Power Standard: | 120v, 12VDC |
| Mounting: | Carrying Handle |
| Degaussing: | Automatic on Power-on |
| Tag: | Needs Owners Manual, Needs Measurements, Repair Log, Portable |
