RCA ColorTrak 2000 TV

I found this old TV behind a building at my school. I thought it was a Lyceum TV at first but it turned out to be a ColorTrak 2000 which I just read that the Lyceum was based on. There was another smaller TV near it that had the back broken off so I assumed both were going to be trashed shortly. I asked if I could keep the TV and they let me take it.

I plugged it in after I got home and tried to turn it on but the "power" button was broken and I did not have the remote control for it. So no picture or sound for now. Hopefully, I can get this to work.

I wonder how much this set weighs. It is very heavy and I'm still sore from loading and unloading it.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• vintage
• television
• monitor
• RCA
• ColorTrak
• 2000
• CRT
• 1985
• Lyceum
• TV

[MrAlexprm]

this item was one of the true RCA well built stuff before this company fell in the hands of GE and sell it to the French Thompson and they fucked up the name buildin cheap shit unther RCA

[DinNook]

The power button on mine is broke too, we have had it since before i was born (i'm 23 now) We press the volume up and down at the same time and it turns mine on and off.

[M1thotyn]

Lick it. That's what I do whenever I find a piece of trash. Either that or take it home, make a video of it and put it online cause I'm a weirdo.

[SamuraiClinton]

I just made my own video recently about an old RCA TV with composite video input (e.g. a port currently used for DVD and gaming though DVD was after this TV); and I made a YouTube video about the TV because it was a big part of my childhood.

I also know that these TVs used to use Channel 91 as the method of accessing the input.

[MTLTV1765]

My father used to have a TV like that. The remote control had a red "off" button in the corner to turn the TV off. My mother told me that when I was between 1 and 2 years old, I pushed that button while it was sudden death in a golf tournament that my father was watching, and I almost regretted that decision.

[troyoda1990]

@yuandrew Yeah, if I recall, they are used still in hospitals since they are flatter than regular AA batteries and such.

[yuandrew]

It's been a while since I've last seen a size "J" battery in person as well but I recalled places like K-Mart and some drugstores sold them.

They are rectangular with a corner clipped off

[troyoda1990]

Another thing, the remote uses a single J battery, something very ironic in most appliances. So we can't even use the TV remote since they don't sell J Batteries in stores. haha.

[troyoda1990]

OMG! Okay, I have the same television, and our Power button has been broken for over 15 years. Want to know what you need to do? Plug it in, and to turn it on, you need to push the two volume buttons down at the same time! OR, use a standard RCA remote. Now, this may or may not work for you, but we have the same situation. How ironic. lol.

[electronmusicjunkie]

Decent tv. Had on til a few years ago when the tuner control module blew on it. Wasn't able to get it fixed so I trashed it. Must say the 1993 RCA I replaced it doesn't look or sound as great. This TV has great bass response. Hope you get it working.