Am I having a false memory?

[SuperLead100]

I have had recent thoughts of a receiver an old boss of mine had in the early eighties...82'-84ish.
It was a receiver that was made during the transition from analog tuners to digital and had both the tuner dial with the pointer as well as the digital display like the pioneer sx-3900 and others. The difference in what I remember is that as the tuner pointer traveled, so did the digital display; in other words, the digital display was under the tuning pointer and moved with it as stations were dialed in and displaying the digital readout. I thought it was a sony or sansui but have never been able to find any pics of what I "think" I remember. Have I created this in my mind, or does it really exist?

Joe

 

[Hak Foo]

I've seen this in the Sanyo Plus 55. I sort of want one just for that novelty, but unwilling to spend eBay money for it.

 

[SuperLead100]

I've seen this in the Sanyo Plus 55. I sort of want one just for that novelty, but unwilling to spend eBay money for it.

That is the exact idea, the only difference, if I remember correctly, is the led display sat in its own little "cube" instead of being flush with the tuning dial. Otherwise, that is the concept. I wonder if there were other manufacturers doing that or if it was another Sanyo model? I always remember thinking it was so cool!

 

[willyrover]

Sansui 5900Z among others.

EDIT: nevermind. not what you're looking for

 

[Artie]

I remember that. The digital readout traveled along with the pointer, suspended by the tuning string. We used to sell them late 70's, early 80's IIRC. I was thinking it was a Kenwood, maybe. Or Sanyo???

On second thought, I think it wasn't the station number, but the tuning arrows that road along with the pointer. Google Kenwood KR-710.

 

[SuperLead100]

I remember that. The digital readout traveled along with the pointer, suspended by the tuning string. We used to sell them late 70's, early 80's IIRC. I was thinking it was a Kenwood, maybe. Or Sanyo???

On second thought, I think it wasn't the station number, but the tuning arrows that road along with the pointer. Google Kenwood KR-710.

I checked it out, that wasn't it. It was more similar to the Sanyo Plus series. Again, IIRC, the led station display wasn't flush with the tuning dial like the Sanyo Plus 55, it sat in its own metal cube and traveled beneath the dial pointer.

 

[Artie]

Cool. Worth a shot.

 

[steerpike2]

What you describe would have been electrically complicated, since an alpha-numeric display required (in those times) many wires to the microprocessor. Heaving a whole wiring harness along with the pointer would be a bit nuts.
Moving pointers with numeric displays were not uncommon; many of these were not "digital" tuners, but rather just had a frequency counter tacked onto the output of the local oscillator.

 

[onwardjames]

Probably imagined the whole thing while reading a "Berenstein Bears" book, lol.

 

[Artie]

But I still have the nagging recollection of this that James has. It would have been multiplexed control lines. Probably a ribbon cable that carefully rolled around something.

I'd be up all night searching for this if I wasn't hiding under the bed from Irma.

 

[Artie]

Maybe the KR-750? Still not station freq, but does add "function", (AM/FM/Phono), to the tuning arrows in the moving dial. Maybe.

 

[SuperLead100]

Maybe the KR-750? Still not station freq, but does add "function", (AM/FM/Phono), to the tuning arrows in the moving dial. Maybe.

yes, it was a rectangular or cube block like that but only displayed the readout...maybe it was all in my head

 

[SPL db]

I seem to remember a receiver that had that but for the life of me I can't remember what receiver it was.

 

[SuperLead100]

I seem to remember a receiver that had that but for the life of me I can't remember what receiver it was.

I suffer the same problem!

 

[willyrover]

Maybe you're thinking of this?




Edit: Once again, nevermind. Should have read the whole thread.

 

[gtv2000]

It's ringing a bell with me, too. But I have no idea what brand.

My Yamaha has arrows mounted on the pointer for center tuning.

 

[KingBubba]

Onkyo 8500MkII had exactly what you describe. It was a monster.
This is mine except the digital readout went beserk; so I had it disconnected.