• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sony Corporation; Tokyo

• Year
• 1972–1974

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 157310

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• Number of Transistors
• 18

• Semiconductors

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

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

• Details
• Cassette-Recorder or -Player

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

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 3.625 inch = 9.2 cm

• Power out
• 1.5 W (unknown quality)

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Cassette-Corder / FM-AM CF-450 - Sony Corporation; Tokyo

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

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 297 x 165 x 83 mm / 11.7 x 6.5 x 3.3 inch

• Notes

• A mains/battery portable MW/FM radio cassette recorder/player with a built-in electret condenser microphone. With variable monitor, auto shut off.

  Versions/mains power requirements
  USA model  /  120V AC 60Hz
  General Export model /  100; 110-120; 220-240V AC 50/60Hz

  Power consumption: 5 W

  18 Transistors; 10 Diodes
  Radio-Kassetten-Recorder mit Kondensatormikrofon eingebaut.

• Price in first year of sale
• 229.00 AUS $

• Mentioned in
• Mingay's Price Service (Aug 1972 to Feb 1974.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Selezione Radio-TV Dezember 1972

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Service Manual CF-450)

• Author
• Model page created by Eduard Abfalterer. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 3953 models, 3813 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