Philips model 531U

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General features

Radio type

AC or DC mains powered table radio

Circuit type

Superheterodyne, 475kHz IF with delayed AVC

Dimensions

 

Cabinet

Veneered wood, cloth grille, celluloid dial in Bakelite bezel, cardboard back cover.

Loudspeaker

200mm, moving coil, permanent magnet

Main controls

Tone, volume/on-off, tuning and waveband/PU switch

Extra controls

Power line antenna/outdoor antenna selector

Connections

Antenna, ground, PU, external high impedance loudspeaker

Power

AC, 110-245V in 6 steps, 65W


Wave bands

MW

200-570m

SW1

13-40m

SW2

35-90m


Circuits and Tubes

RF preamplifier

CF3 remote cutoff pentode

Oscillator and mixer

CK2 octode

IF amplifier

CF3 remote cutoff pentode

Audio amplifier, detector and AVC

CBC1 duodiode-triode

Audio power amplifier

CL2 8W pentode

Rectifier

CY indirectly heated power diode

Heater current regulator

C1 or C9 resistance tube according to mains voltage