• Country
• Australia

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Australia

• Year
• 1960/1961

• Category
• Television Receiver (TV) or Monitor

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 216788

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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

• Semiconductors
• OA70 or. OA80 or. OA90 OA74 or. OA81 or. OA91 OA70 or. OA74 or. OA80 or. OA90 OA79 OA79 OA81 or. OA91 OA81 or. OA91 OA81 or. OA91 OA210 or. 1N1763 OA210 or. 1N1763

• Main principle
• Superhet with RF-stage; ZF/IF 36000/30500 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Wave Bands given in the notes.

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 200; 220; 240; 255 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) / Ø 8 inch = 20.3 cm

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Mercury 23CT624 - Philips Australia

• Shape
• Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 30 x 35 x 16.63 inch / 762 x 889 x 422 mm

• Notes

• Philips 624 "Mercury" Console

  A 23" (59 cm) console receiver having 110º picture tube, 16 valves, eight germanium diodes, five voltage-dependent resistors. Cabinet, on castors, finished in maple, walnut or rose mahogany.

  Features: aerial input 300 or 75 ohms. Ten channel cascode turret tuner (NT3001 /02). Two frame-grid valves in three-stage; two sound IF stages, ratio detector. DC coupling to picture tube. Keyed, gated, delayed AGC; Frequency controlled noise gate. Stabilised vertical, horizontal and EHT circuits. New horizontal chassis, easily accessible for servicing.

  Controls: push-button on-off, channel selector, fine tuning, brightness/contrast, volume/tone. Rear preset-horizontal hold, vertical hold. (FROM MINGAY'S PRICE SERVICE)

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 113 lb (113 lb 0 oz) / 51.302 kg

• Price in first year of sale
• 194.25 AUS £

• Mentioned in
• Mingay's Price Service (Feb 1961.)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• -- Original-techn. papers. (Philips Service Data, October 1960.)

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• J.R. Publications Television Service Handbook (L.J. Series Vol. 1, 1962, Page P17.)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 900 models, 689 with images and 411 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips Australia