Elcrom
Electronica
- Manufacturer
- Electronica
- Country
- Romania
- Year
- Unknown
- Category
- Television
- Type
- Television sets
- Documentation score
- 1/5
- Last edited
- 03 OCT 2026
Specifications
- Colour system
- PAL / SECAM
- Tubes and semiconductors
- decoder MCA640, MCA650, MBA540
- Screen size
- 51 cm
- Picture tube
- Soviet, 51 cm, self-converging, 110°
- Construction
- vertical chassis (horizontal sweep with raster correction, vertical sweep, video with decoder, signal and interconnection boards); separate VHF and UHF selectors; switched-mode power supply; 8-position electronic programmer with LEDs; headphone and tape sockets
- Design / kits
- Soviet kits (Lvov)
- Power consumption
- about 75 W
Sources: [1]
Description
The Elcrom is a colour television set made by Electronica in Bucharest with Soviet kits [1]. Its PAL-SECAM decoder, designed by Gunther Pflanzer, was made at Electronica, since the original Soviet decoder handled SECAM only; the sound IF module was redesigned by Eugen Ștefan for both OIRT and CCIR (B/G, D/K) sound [1]. Later versions were the Elcrom 01 and Elcrom 02 [1].
Demand for colour sets was huge despite their high price, so Electronica also imported kits from the Soviet Union (Lvov) for a cheaper set with a 51 cm, 110° self-converging picture tube, sold as the Elcrom [1]. The Elcrom chassis proved robust, but the Soviet picture tubes caused problems: premature wear, spot burn and convergence errors [1].
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