• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sony Corporation; Tokyo

• Year
• 1976–1978

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 261075

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• Number of Transistors
• 34

• Semiconductors
• 2SC710 2SC633 2SC631 BX495 2SB22 2SB475 2SC1474 1T261 1S351 1T22 1T40 M8641A 10D-2

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455/10700 kHz

• Tuned circuits
• 4 AM circuit(s)     8 FM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast (BC) and FM or UHF.

• Details
• Cassette-Recorder or -Player

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 100; 110-120; 220-240 / D: 4 x 1.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• 4 Loudspeakers

• Power out
• 3 W (max.)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: FM/AM Stereo Cassette-Corder CF-550B - Sony Corporation; Tokyo

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 334 x 244 x 119 mm / 13.1 x 9.6 x 4.7 inch

• Notes

• Sony FM/AM Stereo Cassette-Corder, E and GEP-model (127, 220 or 240 V).
  Two additional piezo resonators (ceramic filters) for FM and AM-IF.
  Automatic shut-off, band selector Normal-CrO₂, built-in electret condenser microphones.
  External line-in and line-out RCA connectors, 6.3 mm headphones jack at the front.
  Two elliptical speakers 12x8 cm (front), two elliptical speakers 10x7 cm (side).

  Semiconductors  listed once per type only.

  See also the similar model Sony CF-550A.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 5.3 kg / 11 lb 10.8 oz (11.674 lb)

• Mentioned in
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Sony Kataloge 1976/77, 1977 u. Gesamtprogramm 1978 (DE))

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers.

• Author
• Model page created by Bernhard Nagel. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 3989 models, 3849 with images and 956 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sony Corporation; Tokyo