Radiola V (5) AR885

RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New York (NY)

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  • Year
  • 1922/1923
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 54631
    • alternative name: RCA Manufacturing || Victor Talking Machine

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

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 3
  • Main principle
  • TRF with regeneration
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Storage and/or dry batteries
  • Loudspeaker
  • - This model requires external speaker(s).
  • Material
  • Metal case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Radiola V AR885 - RCA RCA Victor Co. Inc.; New
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, Box - most often with Lid (NOT slant panel).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 23.5 x 11 x 7 inch / 597 x 279 x 178 mm
  • Notes

  • Tuner unit can be used as a crystal set.

    Plugging a headset into the leftmost phone jack on the Detector-Amplifier unit replaces the crystal detector with a UV200 or UV201 detector. Plugging the headset into the middle phone jack adds one stage of amplification. Plugging the headset or a loudspeaker into the rightmost phone jack uses two stages of amplification.

    The Radiola V Model AR-885 was updated after just a few months by replacing the AA-1400 with an AA-1400A detector amplifier that used the new UV_201-A tubes (see  Radiola VA AR885A).

    According to RCA's AR-885 Operating Instructions, the only choices for tubes in the AR-885 are two UV-201 amplifier tubes and either a UV-200 or UV-201 detector tube.

    The metal tag on the front of the set will show that it is either a Radiola V Model AR-885, or a Radiola V Model AR-885-A.  A decal inside the Detector-Ampliffier unit will say either AA-1400 or AA-1400-A.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 15.5 kg / 34 lb 2.3 oz (34.141 lb)
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 142.00 $
  • External source of data
  • Ernst Erb
  • Circuit diagram reference
  • Rider's Perpetual, Volume 1 = 1931/1934 (for 1919-1931)
  • Literature/Schematics (2)
  • Radio Broadcast, Jan. 1924. p. 265

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Collections

The model Radiola V (5) is part of the collections of the following members.

Museums

The model Radiola V (5) can be seen in the following museums.

 Forum

Forum contributions about this model: RCA RCA Victor Co.: Radiola V AR885

Threads: 1 | Posts: 1

 1 Kreis Geradeaus m. Rückkopplung; Das Gerät besteht aus 2 Komponenten: links der Tuner, der auch allein als Detektor funktioniert mit Kopfhörerbuchse rechts unten; rechts das Audion mit 2-stufigem Verstärker(indieser Betriebsart ist der Detektor unwirksam. Drahtbügel zwischen den Einheiten und an der Rückseite stellen die el. Verbindungen her. Maße: 600 / 280 / 180 ;  3 Röhren: UV200 / UV201 / UV201 ; Originalpreise: Tuner $ 50,00; Audion/Verstärker $ 75,00; als komplette Anlage (siehe Modell  RC) $250,25;

Konrad Birkner † 12.08.2014, 07.Mar.04

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