• Country
• Netherlands

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips; Eindhoven (tubes international!); Miniwatt

• Year
• 2000

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 292001

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• Number of Transistors
• Semiconductors present.

• Semiconductors
• TC9318 TDA2822

• Main principle
• PLL, Phase-locked loop

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (BC) and FM or UHF.

• Power type and voltage
• Dry Batteries / 2 x 1,5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 4 cm = 1.6 inch

• Power out
• 0.01 W (max.)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: AE 6780 - Philips; Eindhoven tubes

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 78 x 80 x 18 mm / 3.1 x 3.1 x 0.7 inch

• Notes

• Radio portable, digital tuner PLL MW, FM stereo, 10 presets, LCD display, 2 x 5 mW, Clock, integrated loudspeaker, and headphones socket. The package includes the AY3656 Headphone Winder model.

  The similar AE6775 model only uses Headphone output, this model AE6780 uses an internal speaker in addition to the headphones socket.

  Receiver bands:

  • FM: 87.5-108 MHz
    • Channel steps: 50 kHz manual/100 kHz auto
  • MW: 525-106.5 kHz
    • Channel steps: Selectable 9 kHz or 10 kHz using a switch in the battery compartment

  The radio is managed by a TC9318FB 64-pin MCU IC, where the audio uses a TDA2822D 8-pin audio power dual amplifier, and the RF unit is handled by a unmarked unbranded unkown 24-pin AM/FM RF/IF/MPX tuner IC (similar in operation specification to the popular Toshiba TA2111F, but not confirmed at this time).

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 0.7 kg / 1 lb 8.7 oz (1.542 lb)

• Mentioned in
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Catalogo Philips 2000, page 113)

• Author
• Model page created by Manuel Albano Neves. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5247 models, 4390 with images and 3450 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips; Eindhoven (tubes international!); Miniwatt