• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Australia

• Year
• 1966–1969

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 264079

Click on the schematic thumbnail to request the schematic as a free document.

• Number of Transistors
• 8

• Semiconductors
• AF116N AF116N AF117N AF117N BC107 AC128 AC187 AC188 AA119

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Batteries / addl. power jack / 9 or 12 Volt

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

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Automate Car Portable PA4 - Philips Australia

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Notes

• Philips Model PA4 "Automate"

  Automatic 8-transistor portable car radio. Special designed for simple in-or-under dash installation. Exclusive "Mini-module" power chassis. Available in grey or cherry red with metal handle. (FROM MINGAY'S PRICE SERVICE)

  Cradle Kit for PA4 "Automate" complete with mounting brackets, $8.80
  Gutter grip aerial complete with lead-in, $4.50

  Battery: Eveready Type 2362.

• Price in first year of sale
• 71.80 AUS $

• Mentioned in
• Mingay's Price Service (Feb 1967 to Aug 1969.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers. (Philips Service Notes, March 1967.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Transistor Radio Service Handbook (Group C4, 1967, Page P34.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• J.R. Publications Car Radio Service Handbook (Group G5, 1968, Page P2.)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 910 models, 709 with images and 423 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips Australia