Merlin 125 23CT6/125

Philips Australia

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  • Year
  • 1961
  • Category
  • Television Receiver (TV) or Monitor
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 291417

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 17
  • Number of Transistors
  • Main principle
  • Superhet with RF-stage
  • Wave bands
  • VHF incl. FM and/or UHF (see notes for details)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200-255 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Merlin 125 23CT6/125 - Philips Australia
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, low profile (big size).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 29.875 x 20.75 x 16.625 inch / 759 x 527 x 422 mm
  • Notes

  • Philips 125 "Merlin" Lowboy

    A 23" (59 cm) luxury lowboy having an aluminised 110º picture tube, 16 valves, 8 germanium diodes, 2 silicon diodes, 5 voltage dependent resistors and one light dependent resistor. Power tuning-local and remote. Cabinet in maple, walnut or rose mahogany.

    Features: Aerial input 300 or 75 ohms. 13-channel cascode turret tuner  (NT3006) with simple channel pre-selection. Two frame-grid valves in 3 stage I.F. Two sound IF stages, ratio detector, DC coupling to picture tube. Keyed, gated and delayed AGC. Noise detector and frequency controlled noise gate. Horizontal chassis - good service accessibility. Front mounted 9" x 5" elliptical speaker.

    Controls: push button on/off, channel selector bar, contrast, volume, brightness, tone. Rear pre-set - fine tuning, channel selector, disc/manual tuner, horizontal hold, vertical hold. Remote control unit for channel, volume, picture with 25 ft. of kinkless cable. (FROM MINGAY'S PRICE SERVICE)

    13 channel version of Philips Model Merlin 23LT632/01.

    The height does not include the detachable legs.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 99 lb 0 oz (99 lb) / 44.946 kg
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 208.95 AUS £
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • -- Original-techn. papers. (23CT6/112, 23CT6/114, 23CT6/125, 23CT6/126 & 23CT6/127, May 1961.)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Martin Kent. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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