• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Australia

• Year
• 1960

• Category
• Television Receiver (TV) or Monitor

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 238019

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• Number of Tubes
• 17

• Valves / Tubes
• 6ES8 6BL8 6BY7 6EJ7 6EJ7 6DX8 6BL8 6BL8 6BM8 6BL8 6CS6 6BM8 6BX6 6CM5 6AL3 1S2 AW53-88

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• OA70 or. OA80 or. OA90 OA79 OA79 OA81 or. OA91 OA81 or. OA91 OA81 or. OA91 OA81 or. OA91 OA81 or. OA91 OA210 or. 1N1763 OA210 or. 1N1763

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; 2 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• VHF incl. FM and/or UHF (see notes for details)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200; 220; 240; 255 Volt

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

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Mercury Lowboy 21LT631 - Philips Australia

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 30 x 20.75 x 16.625 inch / 762 x 527 x 422 mm

• Notes

• Phlllps Model 21LT031 "Mercury" Lowboy

  A 21" (53 cm) lowboy receiver having 110º aluminised picture tube, 16 valves, eight germanium diodes, two silicon diodes and two voltage. dependant resistors. Cabinet, on legs, finished in walnut, maple or rose mahogany.

  Features: aerial input 300 or 75 ohms. Power-tuned cascode (VHF, ten-channel) turret tuner. Three-stage IF with two frame-grid valves, two sound IF stages. Ratio detector, DC coupling to picture tube. Keyed, gated and delayed AGC. Noise detector and frequency controlled noise gate. Stabilised vertical, horizontal and EHT circuits. Horizontal chassis easily accessible for servicing. Speaker: front-mounted 7" x 5".

  Controls: push-button on-off, channel selector, fine tuning, brightness/contrast, volume/tone. Rear: preset-horizontal hold, vertical hold. (FROM MINGAY'S PRICE SERVICE)

  Height given excludes the legs.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 100 lb 0 oz (100 lb) / 45.4 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 187.19 Aus £

• Mentioned in
• Mingay's Price Service (Aug 1960.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers. (Philips Service Data, June 1960.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Television Service Handbook (L.J. Series Vol. 1, 1962 & 1967, Page P13.)

• Author
• Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 916 models, 716 with images and 425 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips Australia