Museum of the Broadcast Television Camera

EMI 203 CCU to BBC special requirements

EMI 203 CCU to BBC special requirements

Here are two CCUs, both are painted gray at the BBC's request and the one on the right has a set of McMurdo connectors in place of the normal ones. The idea being that the "whole" CCU could be quickly changed if a fault developed. It would have plugged into a frame with the normal connectors on the rear.

 

Left CCU 213/3 serial No. 261. - Right CCU 213/1 serial No. 145, both are in a poor state.

It is not known if this is a BBC modification or if it was done by EMI. I have seen this multi plug arrangement done to a Marconi camera CCU.