• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Electrical Industries of New Zealand Ltd.; Wellington

• Year
• 1937 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 336876

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• AK2 AF3 ABC1 AL3 AZ3

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 470 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 220; 240; 260 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Radioplayer 715 - Philips Electrical Industries

• Shape
• Tablemodel, Tombstone = decorative upright, not cathedral but can have rounded edges.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 360 x 490 x 245 mm / 14.2 x 19.3 x 9.6 inch

• Notes

• 5 valve superhet with RF stage.

  Large round "Twilite Dial".

  Manufactured in Australia for domestic and New Zealand markets.

   

• Price in first year of sale
• 16.00 NZ Guineas

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Press 14 April 1937.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• More Golden Age of Radio (Page 53)

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 145 models, 139 with images and 116 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips Electrical Industries of New Zealand Ltd.; Wellington