Luxury 17 VT17

Pye Ltd., Radio Works; Cambridge

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  • Year
  • 1955
  • Category
  • Television Receiver (TV) or Monitor
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 236692

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 20
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 34650/38150 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
  • Wave bands
  • VHF incl. FM and/or UHF (see notes for details)
  • Power type and voltage
  • AC/DC-set / 200-250 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Luxury 17 VT17 - Pye Ltd., Radio Works;
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 18.75 x 21 x 22 inch / 476 x 533 x 559 mm
  • Notes

  • Mono CRT TV for 405 lines (System A). Preset channels rotary tuner for Band I and Band III VHF. The tuner is the same as the VT14C. There is a Type 47 Adaptor to add the tuner to VT2, VT4, VT7, VT7CD and VT7CDL to upgrade from Band I only to Band I & Band III as Band III transmissions (ITV) commenced in 1955.

    Nine diodes used: 2 x D3-2-1Y, 2 x M3, 2 x CG12E, 2 x CG10E, WX6 

    HT Metal Rectifier: 14RA-r-2-8-3

    Warning Live Chassis; Aerial isolation capacitors should be suitable safety types.

    There are three models in the Luxury 17 range, this table model (VT17) and two styles of consoles with doors, VT17CD (traditional) and VT17CDL (contemporary). There are similar chassis 21" CRT models the VT21C and VT21CD. R&TVS refers to VT21 for additional information hence three references.

     

  • Author
  • Model page created by Marc Johnson. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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