• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sharp; Osaka

• Year
• 1980 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 155979

• • alternative name: Hayakawa Electric Co.Ltd.

• Number of Transistors
• Semiconductors present.

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave, Short Wave plus FM or UHF.

• Details
• Cassette-Recorder or -Player

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 110; 220; 240/ 12; 8 x 1,5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• 4 Loudspeakers

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: GF-8686H - Sharp; Osaka

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 502 x 270 x 115 mm / 19.8 x 10.6 x 4.5 inch

• Notes
• Sharp GF-8686H, FM/FM Stereo/SW/MW/LW Radio Cassette Tape Recorder;
  "1980's Boombox - Ghettoblaster" FM: 87.5 - 108 MHz,
  MW: 520 - 1620 KHz,
  LW: 150 - 285 KHz,
  SW: 5.95 - 18 MHz,
  APLD-Auto Program Locate Device (7 buttons), tape counter, Normal-, CrO2-, Metal bias selector, DIN 45511: - +0,17 %, frequency response: Normal 40 - 12000 Hz; CrO2 40 - 14000 Hz; Metal 30 - 16000 Hz, LED tuning/VU indicator, balance & tone control, Stereo LED indicator, two built-in mics, ext. mic & rem. in, ext. speaker DIN terminals, headphones jack, beat cancel switch, mixing mic in & mixing control, phono RCA & ground screw terminal, DIN terminal, 2 x 160 mm woofers, 2 x tweeter, 2 x 4.6 W(5.5 W) AF out, 24 W mains power consumption, GF-8686H indicates the silver version, GF-8686HB indicates the brown colored version, made in Japan.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 5.9 kg / 12 lb 15.9 oz (12.996 lb)

• Author
• Model page created by a member from A. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1338 models, 1209 with images and 517 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sharp; Osaka