Jerrold “Set Commander” model RSC-2 CATV converter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1977
name: label: maker
content: General Instruments
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Jerrold “Set Commander” model RSC-2 CATV converter selected by John J. Sie. Unit consists of two components connected by a cable. A user interface box has a toggle switch, a dial and two rows of pushbuttons on top. That is connected to an electronics box that has input and output coax ports to connect a television set to a cable TV network. An 2-conductor, 18 gauge zip-cord is attached to the unit to provide power. Label on back of electronics box reads in part: “Jerrold Set Commander model RSC-2 / 105-125V AC 60Hz 9.5W / Jerrold Electronics Corp. / Made in Japan”. Second label reads: “serial no. 8H43888”. Channels on top of user interface box labeled 1 thru 30 in two rows of fifteen. Note US patent 3973206 references this model converter box - patent filed 22 May 1975.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from The Cable Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0395.01
label: accession number
content: 2016.0395
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0395.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cable television converter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: user interface box: 2 3/4 in x 8 1/4 in x 5 1/4 in; 6.985 cm x 20.955 cm x 13.335 cm
label: Measurements
content: electronics box: 2 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in x 6 in; 6.35 cm x 26.67 cm x 15.24 cm