Ancient 1984 CRT Inputs?

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TastyFish

Audiophyte
Ok, I did a bad thing. There was beautiful old 1984 CRT tv at the local e-waste deposit at my university and, not being able to watch it go to waste, thought it was a good idea to take it home. I figured I would be able to rig some kind of converter setup to connect something relatively modern to it, but I have hit a snag, the inputs are 1)unrecognizable to me 2)none existent. I opened up the back and the only thing that looks even remotely promising is one brown female rca connector. There is also this weird double pronged thing, but it is not twin-lead. The rca connector is unlabeled, but maybe just an antenna hookup because it picks up local tv a lot better when I plug a cord in.

Is anyone here familiar with this period of televisions? This thing works fine, and I have a hard time believing it would have no input whatsoever. And, if there are in fact no inputs, it still picks up tv channels fine... can any one think of a process for sending local A/V signals to its receiver as a means of input.

Thanks in advance if anyone has a clue.
 
gonk

gonk

Full Audioholic
It probably only has an RF input (antenna). You'd need an RF modulator to feed it audio and video. I really doubt there's an RCA video input anywhere on it.
 
TLS Guy

TLS Guy

Seriously, I have no life.
That is long before audio met video in the home. An RF modulator is your only hope. It is not really worth the trouble. Even the thrifts will not take those TVs!
 
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