• Country
• Italy

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Italy; Milano (MI)

• Year
• 1940/1941

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 83253

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• Number of Tubes
• 6

• Valves / Tubes
• ECH3 EF9 EF6 EBL1 EM4 AZ1

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast plus 2 Short Wave bands.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110, 125, 140, 160, 170, 220 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 478 - Philips Italy; Milano MI

• Shape
• Tablemodel, low profile (big size).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 595 x 340 x 200 mm / 23.4 x 13.4 x 7.9 inch

• Notes
• Gamme d'onda: medie, corte, cortissime. Occhio magico (non presente in alcune serie successive della Philips 478). Stemma di produzione autarchica ("Prodotto italiano") con l'Italia comprendente Corsica, Savoia, Istria e Dalmazia secondo le temporanee conquiste belliche.
  
  Magic eye (no longer present in some later series of Philips 478). Made-in-Italy logo, following autartik policy, with a broader Italy which includes Corsica, Savoy, Istria and Dalmatia according to the temporary conquests of the war.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 12.1 kg / 26 lb 10.4 oz (26.652 lb)

• Price in first year of sale
• 1,950.00 ITL

• Source of data
• Guida Pratica Antique Radio III (2000)

• Author
• Model page created by Alessandro De Poi. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 462 models, 394 with images and 329 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips Italy; Milano (MI)