• Country
• Canada

• Manufacturer / Brand
• General Motors of Canada; Oshawa

• Year
• 1955 ?

• Category
• Car Radio, perhaps also + sound player/recorder

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 304656

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• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BA6 12BE6 12BA6 12BF6 12V6GT 12V6GT 0Z4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 262 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 12 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 554 Sonomatic - General Motors of Canada;

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 10 x 9.5 x 7 inch / 254 x 241 x 178 mm

• Notes

• The General Motors model 554 is a 7-tube car radio for 12V negative ground automobiles. Has 6 x 9 inch elliptical P.M speaker. With vibrator type B+ supply and push-pull output. Mainly used in 1955 Buick model cars.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio College of Canada (RCC) (1955 Supplement 35)

• Author
• Model page created by Tom Seeger. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 113 models, 22 with images and 111 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from General Motors of Canada; Oshawa