Merlin 23CT623A/01
Philips Australia
- Country
- Australia
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Philips Australia
- Year
- 1960/1961
- Category
- Television Receiver (TV) or Monitor
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 216786
Service manual cover.
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- Number of Tubes
- 17
- Valves / Tubes
- 6ES8 6BL8 6BY7 6EJ7 6EJ7 6DX8 6BL8 6BL8 6BM8 6CS6 6BL8 6BM8 6BX6 6CM5 6AL3 1S2 AW59-30 or AW59-90
- Number of Transistors
- Main principle
- Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 36000/30500 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)
- Wave bands
- VHF incl. FM and/or UHF (see notes for details)
- Power type and voltage
- Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200; 220; 240; 255 Volt
- Loudspeaker
- 2 Loudspeakers
- Material
- Wooden case
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Merlin 23CT623A/01 - Philips Australia
- Shape
- Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 29.88 x 35 x 16.63 inch / 759 x 889 x 422 mm
- Notes
-
Philips 623 "Merlin" Contemporary Console
A 23" (59 cm) two-piece console receiver having 16 valves, eight germanium diodes and two silicon diodes, five voltage-dependent resistors. Cabinet, on castors (623A) or short legs (623B), finished in maple, walnut or rose-mahogany.
Features: Aerial input 300 or 75 ohms. Power-tuned cascode turret tuner (10-channel VHF) with channel preselection and remote control, Three-stage IF with two frame-grid valves; two-stage sound IF. Ratio detector. Keyed, gated, delayed AGC. DC coupling to picture tube. Stabilised vertical, horizontal and EHT circuits. New horizontal chassis easily accessible for servicing. Automatic control of contrast by light-dependent resistor. Speakers-front mounted, 8", 6".
Controls: push-button on-off, channel selector bar, contrast, volume, brightness, tone. Rear preset: fine tuning, channel selector disc manual tuner, horizontal hold, vertical hold. Remote control cable (25 ft) for channel, volume, picture. (MINGAY'S PRICE SERVICE)
Alternatives to the solid state diodes listed may be used.
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 125 lb (125 lb 0 oz) / 56.750 kg
- Price in first year of sale
- 236.25 AUS £
- Mentioned in
- Mingay's Price Service (Aug 1960 & Feb 1961.)
- Literature/Schematics (1)
- -- Original-techn. papers. (Philips Service Data , August 1960.)
- Literature/Schematics (2)
- J.R. Publications Television Service Handbook (L.J. Series Vol. 1, 1962 & 1967, Page P14.)
- Author
- Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.
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