• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Philips Electrical Industries of New Zealand Ltd.; Wellington

• Year
• 1966 ?

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 361431

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

• Number of Transistors
• 7

• Semiconductors
• AF117 AF117 AF117 AC127 AC125 AC127 AC128

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 455 kHz; 3 AF stage(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast only (MW).

• Power type and voltage
• Batteries / addl. power jack / 765: 1 x 9 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil) - elliptical / Ø 6 inch = 15.2 cm

• Material
• Leather / canvas / plastic - over other material

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Ace Transistor L4Z55T - Philips Electrical Industries

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Notes

• Philips L4Z55T Ace Transistor

  6-inch elliptical speaker, treble and bass tone control. Provision for car aerial connection. Attractive vinyl covering. Make an ideal Christmas gift. £25/10/-.

  See also Fleetwood FL455T Commuter with the same chassis. Also, the previous Philips version, Philips L3Z73T Ace.

  Powered by 765 battery.

• Price in first year of sale
• 25.50 NZ £

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Press 15 December 1966 Page 10)

• Author
• Model page created by Brian Stevens. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 166 models, 160 with images and 129 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Philips Electrical Industries of New Zealand Ltd.; Wellington