• Country
• Great Britain (UK)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Electrical, Lamps, Industrial - Miniwatt; London

• Year
• 1936–1938

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 78586

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• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• FC4 VP4B TDD4 PenA4 1821

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 128 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 7 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave and Short Wave.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 100; 125; 145; 200; 220; 245 Volt

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

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Theatrette V5A - Philips Electrical, Lamps,

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 16.75 x 13.5 x 7.5 inch / 425 x 343 x 191 mm

• Notes
• The two British Philips models V5A and V7A with the same cabinet have no chassis. The components are fixed to the inner Bakelite structure. This is quite a challenge for a repair. This Philips unit should be the cheap Philips answer to the Philco Peoples Set at those times.
  There are similar cabinets as V4A and V6A in the Netherlands. Theatrette is a (later) nickname of the collectors. The Philips V7A features a tone control switch on the left-hand side and both have at the right-hand side the wave-range switch.

• Source of data
• Radio! Radio!

• Mentioned in
• Hawes: Radio Art, p90

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Trader Service Sheet (suppl. of Wireless & El. Trader, etc.) (Number 220 of June 12, 1937 (V+ Supplement))

• Author
• Model page created by Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 426 models, 301 with images and 285 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips Electrical, Lamps, Industrial - Miniwatt; London