Merlin 23LT632/01

Philips Australia

  • Year
  • 1960/1961
  • Category
  • Television Receiver (TV) or Monitor
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 216787

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 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Tubes
  • 17
  • 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
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Merlin 23LT632/01 - Philips Australia
  • Shape
  • Console, Lowboy (legs < 50 %).
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 29.88 x 20.75 x 16.63 inch / 759 x 527 x 422 mm
  • Notes
  • hilips 632 "Merlin" Lowboy

    A 23" (59 cm) luxury lowboy having an aluminised 110º picture tube, 16 valves, 8 germanium diodes, 2 silicon diodes, 5 voltage dependent resistors and one light dependent resistor. Power tuning-local and remote. Cabinet in maple, walnut or rose mahogany.

    Features: Aerial input 300 or 75 ohms. Ten channel cascode turret tuner with simple channel pre-selection. Two frame-grid valves in 3 stage I.F. Two sound IF stages, ratio detector, DC coupling to picture tube. Keyed, gated and delayed AGC. Noise detector and frequency controlled noise gate. Horizontal chassis - good service accessibility. Front mounted 9" x 5" elliptical speaker.

    Controls: push button on/off, channel selector bar, contrast, volume, brightness, tone. Rear pre-set - fine tuning, channel selector, disc/manual tuner, horizontal hold, vertical hold. Remote control unit for channel, volume, picture with 25 ft. of kinkless cable. (FROM MINGAY'S PRICE SERVICE)

    The height does not include the detachable legs.

    Alternatives to the solid state diodes listed may be used.

    See also 13-channel version Model 23CT6/125.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 99 lb (99 lb 0 oz) / 44.946 kg
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 208.95 AUS £
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • -- Original-techn. papers. (Philips Service Data , August 1960.)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Stuart Irwin. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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