• Country
• United States of America (USA)

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp.; New York, NY

• Year
• 1950/1951

• Category
• Television Receiver (TV) or Monitor

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 123739

• • alternative name: Emerson Television

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• Number of Tubes
• 23

• Valves / Tubes
• 6CB6 or 6BC5 or 6AG5 6J6 6AU6 6AU6 6AU6 6AU6 6AL5 6AU6 6AU6 6AL5 6AU6 6V6GT 6AC7 12AU7 12AU7 6SN7GT 6K6GT 6SN7GT 6BG6G 1B3GT 6W4GT 5U4G 17CP4

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage

• Wave bands
• Wave Bands given in the notes.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60 Hz, 117V = 110 -120 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent or electro-dynamic (moving coil), system not known yet.

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 686 Series B Ch= 120144-B - Emerson Radio & Phonograph

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Notes

• Emerson 17 " b/w TV with US standard VHF tuner, mahogany. See also the family of 16 inch screen models of the same kind with tube lay out of: 6BC5 6CB6 6J6 6AU6 6AU6 6AU6 6AU6 6AL5 6AC7 6AU6 6AU6 6T8 6V6GT 12AU7 12AU7 6SN7GT 6K6GT 6SN7GT 6BG6G 6W4GT 1B3GT 5U4G 16PG4, models 661B, 667B, 668B, 674B, 677B, 678B, 684B and 685B.

  The models in ads often don't carry the suffix B. On a folder (in green) we find part of this family of TV receivers with "rectangular" screens (684, 685) plus a 14" 662 table model (bakelite, not shown is the 664 console) with Simplimatic Tuning, Built-in-Antenna as value leader, followed by the three 17" table models 676, 680 and 696 plus 17" consoles 686, 687; 19" console 688, 689 and 690 plus 20" consoles 692, 693 and 694. See also SAMS #148 with 676F, 681F, 686F, 686L, 687F, 687L, 696F and 696L plus SAMS #131 for 660B, 664B and 673B with chassis 120133-B. And for the year before the models TBD, 663 14" tabletop; model 666 with 16" as TV-AM-FM-phono receiver and model 669 with 19".

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• Photofact Folder, Howard W. SAMS (Set 131, folder 1A, dated 1-51)

• Author
• Model page created by a member from A. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 2062 models, 1144 with images and 1618 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp.; New York, NY