• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Australia

• Year
• 1948/1949

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 188462

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• ECH33 1P5GT 1P5GT 1S5 1Q5GT

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Storage Battery for all (e.g. for car radios and amateur radios) / 6 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Radioplayer 109 - Philips Australia

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

• Notes

• PHILIPS Table
  Philips Electrical Industries of Australia Pty. Ltd.
  69 Clarence Street, Sydney.

  Model: 109.
  Selling Features: 5 valve Vibrator D/W table; 8" speaker; inbuilt synchronous vibrator; operates from 6V accumulator with rated drain of 1 amp; uses Philips triode-hexode freq. converter ECH33; State zoning of b'cast stations and escalator system of shortwave station relocation; on/off switch combined with tone control; plastic cabinet.
  Retail Price: £44/2/- incl. battery. (RADIO ELECTRICAL WEEKLY)

  See also Mullard version, Model MBV1102

• Price in first year of sale
• 44.10 Aus£

• Circuit diagram reference
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual Vol. VII

• Mentioned in
• Radio Electrical WEEKLY (Vol. 26, No. 20 (595th Issue), 15/3/1948.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Philips Radioplayer Service Data.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Australian Official Radio Service Manual AORSM (Volume 7, 1949, Page 314.)

• Literature/Schematics (3)
• Mingay's "Radio Diagram & I.F. Index

• 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