Coleco Telstar Colortron Documentation
The Telstar Colortron Installation Instructions and Game Rules is Coleco Industries' four-page owner's guide for the Coleco Telstar Colortron, Model No. 6135, Guide No. 76652, copyright 1978 and printed in the U.S.A. The hosted copy adds two loose sheets that came with the console: the one-page Accessory Instruction Sheet for Colortron Model 6135 and the one-page Telstar Trouble Shooting Guide, Guide No. 76690, also copyright 1978, making six pages in all.[1]
Contents
[edit | edit source]| Page | Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | Features (four games in colour, scoring 0-15, hit, score and rebound sounds, two ball speeds, two 9 V alkaline batteries); FCC requirements; attaching the two rubber bumpers and the foam pads; inserting the batteries; caution against leaving batteries in the unit |
| 2 | The Coleco Model 2099 and 6041 9 V AC adapters and the caution against other adapters; bottom view with the two slide-out battery doors and snap clips; connecting the antenna switch box; channel 3, and when to move the selector to channel 4; TV adjustments; panel diagram naming every control |
| 3 | To play the game, including colour, hue and tint settings and behaviour at power-on; special instructions for black-and-white sets; rules for tennis, hockey, jai alai and handball |
| 4 | Burn-in warning; limited warranty and service policy |
| 5 | Accessory instruction sheet: applying the decals and fitting the control knobs |
| 6 | Telstar trouble-shooting guide 76690 (five symptom groups with remedies); order form for the No. 2099/6041 AC adapter and the No. 6111 switch kit |
What these documents do not contain
[edit | edit source]No schematic, parts list, voltages, disassembly or adjustment procedure, and nothing on the AY-3-8510 chip. Coleco states that the device contains no serviceable parts and that opening it voids the warranty.[2] The guide gives neither the output rating nor the plug polarity of the adapters; the label of a Model 6041 reads 9 V DC 200 mA (see File:Coleco-Telstar-AC-Adaptor.jpg).
Pages that cite this document
[edit | edit source]- Coleco Telstar Colortron: model number, games, controls, power and the warranty terms.
- Coleco Telstar Colortron General Maintenance: battery compartments, bumpers, adapters, knobs, channel switch and TV set-up.
- Coleco Telstar Colortron Troubleshooting Guide: Coleco's trouble-shooting chart and normal behaviour at power-on.
- Coleco Telstar Colortron Capacitor Replacement Guide: power arrangements.
- Coleco Telstar Colormatic General Maintenance and Coleco Telstar Colormatic Troubleshooting Guide: Coleco's colour set-up advice.
Download: Coleco Telstar Colortron Installation Instructions (Guide 76652).pdf
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Internet Archive, item colortron-paddle-decal ("Coleco Telstar Colortron manuals"), photographs of the guide's four pages, the accessory sheet and the trouble-shooting sheet (retrieved 2026-10-19). The item's paddle decal sheet is not included in the hosted PDF.
- ↑ Coleco Industries, Telstar Trouble Shooting Guide, Guide No. 76690, 1978, page 6 of the hosted PDF.