• Country
• Canada

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philco Products Ltd.; Toronto

• Year
• 1946/1947 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 363920

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• 7C6 7B7 7A8 35Z5 50L6

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 460 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• AC/DC-set / 117 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Electro Magnetic Dynamic LS (moving-coil with field excitation coil) / Ø 4 inch = 10.2 cm

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 57 Transitone [Early] - Philco Products Ltd.; Toronto

• Shape
• Tablemodel without push buttons, Mantel/Midget/Compact up to 14

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 10.25 x 6.25 x 6.5 inch / 260 x 159 x 165 mm

• Notes

• The chassis has a unique capacitor / choke unit connected to the cathode of the convertor tube, part C402.
  Not to be confused with the later Transitone 57 which has a different chassis and schematic. 

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Radio College of Canada (RCC) (1946 - 47 RCC Manual See Philco sheets 126, 130, 134A)

• Author
• Model page created by Stan Marlin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 240 models, 180 with images and 149 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philco Products Ltd.; Toronto