• Country
• New Zealand-Aotearoa

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

• Year
• 1937

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 359849

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

• Number of Tubes
• 5

• Valves / Tubes
• FC4 VP4B TDD4 PenA4 1821

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common); ZF/IF 128 kHz; 2 AF stage(s)

• Tuned circuits
• 6 AM circuit(s)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast and Short Wave (SW).

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 100; 125; 145; 200; 220; 245 Volt

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

• Material
• Bakelite case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Theatrette V7A - Philips Electrical Industries

• Shape
• Tablemodel, with any shape - general.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 16.75 x 13.5 x 7.5 inch / 425 x 343 x 191 mm

• Notes

• Philips Theatrette V7A

  COMPLETELY MADE IN ENGLAND for export to New Zealand and complete with New Zealand stations dial.

  AT LAST! A quality Radio with excellent tone, and astonishing power at a price within reach of all. Only PHILIPS-the world's largest Radio manufacturer could evolve this new type of receiver, and only PHILIPS perfected mass production methods could produce such an efficient machine at the price. Large full vision illuminated dial with station names clearly shown. Delayed automatic volume control. Tone control. Handsome Philite modernistic cabinet designed for correct acoustic properties. Exceptionally quiet in operation. Eight-inch speaker. Remarkable power on broadcast and short wave. Price NZ13GNS.

  See also GB version Theatrette V7A.

  The cabinet was also used in the Australian Briton Theatrette 30.

   

• Price in first year of sale
• 13.00 NZ Guineas

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (Otago Daily Times 5 July 1937 Page 15)

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

• Other Models

• Here you find 162 models, 156 with images and 127 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