Merlin 23CT6/126B
Philips Australia
- Country
- Australia
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Philips Australia
- Year
- 1961
- Category
- Television Receiver (TV) or Monitor
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 291419
- Number of Tubes
- 17
- Valves / Tubes
- 6ES8 6BL8 6BY7 6EJ7 6EJ7 6DX8 6BL8 6BL8 6BM8 6CS6 6BL8 6BM8 6BX6 6CM5 6AL3 1S2 AW59-30 or AW59-90
- 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
- 2 Loudspeakers
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Merlin 23CT6/126B - Philips Australia
- Shape
- Console with any shape - in general
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 29.875 x 35 x 16.625 inch / 759 x 889 x 422 mm
- Notes
-
Philips 623 "Merlin" Contemporary Console
A 23" (59 cm) two-piece console receiver having 16 valves, eight germanium diodes and two silicon diodes, five voltage-dependent resistors. Cabinet, on castors (126A) or short legs (126B), finished in maple, walnut or rose-mahogany.
Features: Aerial input 300 or 75 ohms. Power-tuned 13-channel turret tuner with channel preselection and remote control, Three-stage IF with two frame-grid valves; two-stage sound IF. Ratio detector. Keyed, gated, delayed AGC. DC coupling to picture tube. Stabilised vertical, horizontal and EHT circuits. New horizontal chassis easily accessible for servicing. Automatic control of contrast by light-dependent resistor. Speakers-front mounted, 8", 6".
Controls: push-button on-off, channel selector bar, contrast, volume, brightness, tone. Rear preset: fine tuning, channel selector disc manual tuner, horizontal hold, vertical hold. Remote control cable (25 ft) for channel, volume, picture. (MINGAY'S PRICE SERVICE)
13 channel version of Philips Model Merlin 23CT623B/01.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 125 lb 0 oz (125 lb) / 56.750 kg
- Price in first year of sale
- 236.25 AUS £
- Mentioned in
- Mingay's Price Service (Aug 1961.)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- -- Original-techn. papers. (Service Data Receiver Models 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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