• Country
• Netherlands

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

• Year
• 1960–1963 ?

• Category
• Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 330312

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• EF86 ECC83 or 12AX7 ECL82 or 6BM8 EM81 EZ80 or 6V4

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• OA85

• Main principle
• Audio-Amplification

• Wave bands
• - without

• Details
• Tape Recorder

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110-245 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical / Ø 5 inch = 12.7 cm

• Power out
• 2.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: EL3542A /53 - Philips; Eindhoven tubes

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 15.75 x 6.75 x 13 inch / 400 x 171 x 330 mm

• Notes

• Philips EL3542A Tape Recorder

  A high quality four-track three-speed tape recorder suitable for domestic or semi-professional use.

  Features four-track reel to reel system offering playlng time on three international speeds - 2400 ft of tape of 16 hours at 1⅞" per second, eight hours at 3¾" per second and four hours at 7½' per second. Simple track selection switch.

  Extended frequency range - 50~20,000 c/s (Hz) at 7½ inches/second, 50~15,000 c/s (Hz) at 3¾ inches/second, 50~7,000 c/s (Hz) at 1⅞ lnches/ second "Piano-key" push-button controls give simple and foolproof operation.

  Mixing facilities with separate volume controls for each input. Monitoring facility. Trickswitch (superimposing or dubbing facility). Four-digital programme indicator. Pause button with interlock facility. Standby button. Fast wind and rewind with friction braking. Public address facility. Automatic stop with metallised leader tape. Recording level and on-off indicator EM81 (magic eye). Tone control (high frequencies downwards). Second channel pre-amplifler output for stereo playback. Signal to noise ratio is better than 54 db. Wow and flutter is less than ± 3% (peak to peak) .

  Loudspeaker: 5". Output 2.5 watts. Supplied with hyper-cardiod mlcrophone with music/ speech switch radio connection cable, 7" reel of long play tape and empty 7" spool. (MINGAY'S PRICE SERVICE)

  See also other versions: EL3542A /15E & EL3542A / 00G /30E

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 13 lb 0 oz (13 lb) / 5.902 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 156.45 AUS £

• Mentioned in
• Mingay's Price Service (Aug 1960 to Feb 1962.)

• Author
• Model page created by Martin Kent. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 5236 models, 4372 with images and 3445 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips; Eindhoven (tubes international!); Miniwatt