• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd. (AWA); Sydney

• Year
• 1967–1970

• Category
• Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 233971

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

• Number of Tubes
• 2

• Valves / Tubes
• 6EB8 6X4

• Main principle
• Audio-Amplification

• Wave bands
• - without

• Details
• Record Player (not changer)

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 220-250 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Nashville Radiola Portable Record Player B56 & B56Z - Amalgamated Wireless

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 11.5 x 5 x 10 inch / 292 x 127 x 254 mm

• Notes

• Plays 16, 33, 45 and 78 RPM records in mono only. Controls are Volume and Tone/On-Off. Speaker 6" x 4" , 15 ohms, is in lid and is detachable.

  Model B56 uses a crystal type X1M cartridge and model B56Z uses a ceramic type CS1.

  Valve predecessor to AWA Portable Record Pyayer B28.

  Colours available in Copperglo Tan/Surf White, Turquiose Blue/Surf White, Moonstone Blue/Surf White & Coral Pink/Surf White.

   

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 8 lb 11 oz (8.688 lb) / 3.944 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 44.95 AUS $

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• - - Manufacturers Literature (AWA Manufacturers Supervised Service for Models B56 & B56Z, May 1967.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Radio Service Handbook (R.V. Series Group 2, June 1968, Page A146.)

• Author
• Model page created by Mike Melzer. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1421 models, 846 with images and 453 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd. (AWA); Sydney