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author: Colortrak 2000
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: February 03, 2025, 03:50:15 pm
content: Greetings to everyone here at the eevblog.com forum. I am a new member on here and I have a question about the owner's manuals of some vintage home video equipment that I just purchased last week. I just signed up for this forum last night, and this is my first time ever using this forum, so I don't know where to post it.Here is my question:I am looking for the instructions manuals for the General Electric model 1CVP5022X portable top loading VHS format VCR with a separate external tuner module, along with its accompanying General Electric model 1CVC5033E Newvicon color video camera with auto focus, and its companion Genral Electric model 1CVA505 external power supply with audio & video outputs, all from the mid 1980s.I just bought all of this equipment last week at an estate sale, and I am really excited about owning them, but the owner's manuals for all of them are missing. I've looked online for them, but I can't find any of them for sale online anywhere. I've tried searching for them on auction web sites & other services specialising in both electronics & owner's manuals, but none of them are listed anywhere.So, does anyone have any of these owner's manuals for sale, or can anyone refer me to any web site or services which may have them for sale? They are very difficult to find, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.Thank you very much.

author: ledtester
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 03, 2025, 04:13:02 pm
content: Here are some _service_ manuals:https://www.samswebsite.com/m/en/photofact/details/index/id/53935https://www.samswebsite.com/en/photofact/details/index/id/53916https://www.servicemanuals.net/en/GE-1CVA500-Service-Manual

author: ahsrabrifat
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2025, 10:27:29 am
content: Welcome to the group. I can see some manuals are for sale here.https://www.ebay.com/itm/302804165753I am not sure you can find them for free.

author: BILLPOD
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2025, 02:55:03 pm
content: Good Morning Colortrak 2000, Welcome aboard. My advice is, for now, explore the entire forum. Look at a few threads that interest you, and use the 'Search' function for whatever interests you. You will probably get side tracked, like I often do, but it is ALL good.Basically, learn how the forum works and start some threads of your own, asking about some specific piece of equipment you need information about. When asking questions, include all the information you have, (equipment make and model). There are members all over the world, so odds are someone will see your post and give you some info. Happy exploring

author: CaptDon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2025, 01:51:31 pm
content: The Sams Photofacts folders are the technical service and alignment manuals used by service technicians. They don't include operating instructions. That whole GE suite of products you bought I believe was manufactured by Hitachi for GE. There are several machines identical to yours but with different names on them. The camera is really marginal at best compared to anything newer than 1995. Probably around 400 line resolution using the N.T.S.C. format. (Sometimes known as Never The Same Color) N.T.S.C. television receivers had two sets of C.R.T. gun controls. One set usually called 'screen' and one set called 'drive'. These are carefully adjusted to make the dark areas of the picture a true gray and the highlights pure white. Together they could be classed as 'grayscale tracking'. N.T.S.C. had a strange anomally in color tracking, When the white folks looked white the black folks took on a purplish tint and if you adjusted black folks to have proper color rendition the white folks had an orange tint. This was remedied by better C.R.T.'s and phosphors and more accurate color demodulation.