• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sony Corporation; Tokyo

• Year
• 1991

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 163977

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• Number of Transistors
• 1

• Semiconductors
• 2SC1623 or. 2SC2412K CXA1019S

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

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

• Power type and voltage
• Batteries / addl. power jack / 3 x 1.5 V / 4.5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 7.7 cm = 3 inch

• Power out
• 0.25 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 3 Band Receiver ICF-480S - Sony Corporation; Tokyo

• Shape
• Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 191 x 96 x 40 mm / 7.5 x 3.8 x 1.6 inch

• Notes
• MW: 530-1600 KHz. FM: 87,5-108 MHz. SW: 5,9-18 MHz.
  DC 4.5 V jack accepts Sony AC-E45M AC-power adaptor (not supplied)
  Battery life:
  Approx. 27 hours with Sony batteries SUM-3 (NS)
  Approx. 55 hours with Sony alkaline batteries AM3

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 0.430 kg / 0 lb 15.2 oz (0.947 lb)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Service-Manual)

• Author
• Model page created by Salvador Galan-Ocaña. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 3959 models, 3819 with images and 954 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sony Corporation; Tokyo