Television receiver of black-and-white image "Champion".

Black and white televisionsDomestic"Champion" black-and-white television receiver. The "Champion" TV was designed and released as a prototype in 1958. Floor-standing TV "Champion" from a group of high-end models. It is made with an original external design in the form of a chess table, with a sliding cover under which the TV itself is located. The chassis and parts of the TV are located to the left and right of the CRT under the table cover. To install the TV in a working position, it is necessary to fold the chessboard boards to the sides and unfold the kinescope, setting it in a vertical position. The TV uses a metal-glass picture tube of type 53LK6B with an electron beam deflection angle of 110 °. The TV has sockets for turning on the headphones, if the need arises. The same jacks can be used when recording the soundtrack of a television broadcast on a tape recorder or when playing back a gramophone record. The TV speaker system consists of two 1GD-9 elliptical loudspeakers located on the side vertical walls of the table. The TV has a remote wired remote control that allows you to switch television channels, adjust the local oscillator, adjust contrast and brightness, and adjust the tone and volume of the sound using two knobs. The circuit of the Champion TV is similar to the circuit of the earlier Symphony TV, differing in a more simplified low-frequency amplifier and the introduction of an additional lamp in the control panel. The electrical circuit of the Champion TV uses 18 lamps and 15 diodes. Main technical data: Sensitivity for the image channel 50 µV. Resolution in the center of the screen: vertical and horizontal 500 lines. Effectively reproducible sound frequency band 100 ... 6000 Hz. The nominal sound power of the low frequency amplifier is 1 W. The TV is powered by 127 or 220 VAC. Power consumption 185 watts. The size of the table is 876x780x646 mm. Model weight 50 kg.