This set was made for use as a monitor, possibly in the office of a TV
executive. It has no tuner, and has audio and video inputs. Similar
units were used as part of the Hotelvision system. A series of
pushbuttons on the duplicator sent a signal back over a cable to a
central point, where TV sets with audio and video outputs were
permanently tuned to the channels available in the area. The signals
from the pushbuttons routed the A/V signals from the desired channel to
the duplicator, located in a hotel room. A separate cable went from each
room to the central point.
This set was refinished by and donated by Charles Harper of Paris, KY.
Radio & Television Retailing, December 1948
Courtesy of Steve Dichter
Tom Scarpelli noticed that his Olympic mirror in lid set had a jack on
the back for connecting a duplicator and sent us these photos:
