• Country
• Canada

• Manufacturer / Brand
• General Motors of Canada; Oshawa

• Year
• 1956 ?

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

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 304300

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Tubes
• 7

• Valves / Tubes
• 12BA6 12BE6 12AU6 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) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 563 Oldsmobile 1956 - General Motors of Canada;

• Shape
• Chassis only or for «building in»

• Notes

• The General Motors model 563 is a 7-tube car radio used in 1956 Oldsmobile model automobiles. Has vibrator type B+ supply.

  See also identical USA model 983334.

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio College of Canada (RCC) (1957 Supplement 41)

• 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