Thanks Brad for posting the photos from the Australian Centre for the Moving Image Exhibition. Captions are now added.

No worries, all part of the service.

Hello all, I have just become the proud owner of an old Astor SJ which I purchased with the intention of pulling out the insides and putting an LCD screen and DVD player to play old television commercials, etc... After reading all the posts here, I have come to the conclusion that it might be bordering on sacrilege to do this. So I have decided to try to restore it to original working condition - so here is my question: Does anybody have a circuit diagram they would be willing to share with me?

And Chris how did you go getting a grill - mine is also missing...

cheers,

Roz

I'm glad you reconsidered your plans for the SJ, it is worth more complete and it would be a shame to throw away the best parts to fit a modern LCD TV.

Do you have any electronic repair skills? Getting these old sets going can be a challenge but can be very rewarding if you succeed.
I've sent a copy of the circuit to be attached to this post. There were several modifications made to the circuit since the initial release so there may be differences between the circuit and what's in the set.

Astor SJ Circuit Diagram.

Thank you so much for the circuit diagram TV Collector - much appreicated.

I do not have any repair skills specific to old valve televisions but I am a quick learner - and I will try to call in some favours from amongst my more technical friends... I really have no idea if I can fix it and I just discovered somebody pinched 3 valves from inside when I left the back off... grrr... Oh well, it will just make it all the more rewarding if I do succeed in getting it going...

I am surprised that you found an Astor SJ in Tasmania Rozziew as the Astor SJ is dated at 1956, but television was not broadcast in Tasmania until the opening of TVT6 Hobart in 1960. I live in Hobart and enjoy collecting and restoring valve radio's and black and white Televisions, but I have never found a pre 1960 television set in Tasmania. That is a very rare set you have found.

I heard once from a former TV technitian that before television was broadcast in Tasmania, a few lucky households in Launceston had large TV aerial towers built in their backyards. Apparently it was possible to receive Television broadcasts across the Bass Strait from Melbourne in the North of Tasmania before 1960, but it required a large aerial. I imagine the reception would have been very snowy.