• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Australia

• Year
• 1959/1960

• Category
• Television Receiver (TV) or Monitor

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 237991

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• Number of Tubes
• 17

• Valves / Tubes
• 6ES8 6BL8 6BX6 6BX6 6BX6 6CK6 6BL8 6BX6 6BM8 6BL8 6BL8 6BM8 6BX6 6CM5 6R3 or 6AL3 1S2 AW53-88

• Number of Transistors

• Semiconductors
• OA70 OA79 OA79 OA81 OA81 OA210 OA210

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; 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; 254 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• 2 Loudspeakers

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: 21CT520 - Philips Australia

• Shape
• Console with any shape - in general

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 24.25 x 33.75 x 16.75 inch / 616 x 857 x 425 mm

• Notes

• Philips 520

  A 21" (53 cm) console on shepherd castors and having 110º aluminised electrostatic-focus tube; 16 valves plus five germanium diodes and two valve rectifiers. Magic-eye photo-resistor cell for automatic contrast/brightness. Cabinet available in maple, walnut or rose mahogany finish.

  Features: aerial input 75 or 300 ohms. Ten-channel (VHF) cascode turret tuner. Three high-gain wide-band vision IF stages. DC coupled to the picture tube. Tuner clamped-keyed AGC. Balanced line-hold. Noise clipper. Filter glass. Two safety fuses.

  Illuminated channel indicator (round) speakers, one 8" and one 6". Illuminated side-control, push-button on/off switch (includes spot killer). Concentric tone/volume; contrast/brightness; Horizontal/ vertical hold; channel selector/fine tuning. (FROM MINGAY'S PRICE SERVICE)

  Philips Australia's first 110° CRT TV model.

  See also earlier 90° CRT version Model 21CT320

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 125 lb 0 oz (125 lb) / 56.750 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 204.75 AUS £

• Mentioned in
• Mingay's Price Service (Feb 1960.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers. (Philips Service Data, December 1959.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Television Service Handbook (L.J. Series Vol. 1, 1962 & Vol. 2, 1967, Page P10.)

• Author
• Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 911 models, 711 with images and 424 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips Australia