PHILIPS F4Z37A 'CONCORDE' (1963)

The Philips F4Z37A was manufactured by Philips Electrical Industries of N.Z. Ltd in 1963.

8-valve Hi-Z broadcast band stereogram with BSR UA15 record changer.

7-valve equivalent, circuit uses two rectifier valves instead of one.

Re-released in 1966 as the model F4Z67A with a newer valve lineup

Technical Information

Valves (8 (including two rectifiers)): UCH81, UBF80, UCL82, UCL82, UL84, UL84, UY89, UY89

Intermediate Frequency: 455kc/s

Frequency Bands: 1

Chassis Notes(most schematics can be clicked to download a full size version)

U-series valves with series-string heaters (but not transformerless).  Also two half-wave rectifiers.

1967 Philips F4Z37A

1967 Philips F4Z37A

1967 Philips F4Z37A

General Construction Notes for Philips Electrical Industries of N.Z. Ltd:

Philips early-mid century were probably the Google of their time - they had branches in many countries and a global brand that everyone knew - and were apparently happy to let engineers come up with new ideas and implement them.  Construction is often overly complex but very well engineered - although repairs can also take a complex path.  They used time-in-motion studies to find the most cost effective way to asemble sets and sometimes this means repairs can be nightmarish (if you've ever worked on a V7A Theaterette this will be all too aparent).  U suffix model numbers are transformerless (hot chassis) sets and great care should be taken, or the sets avoided altogether.

Philips model codes are complex - they are explained in-depth on the Philips brand page. 

Mullard codes: The model codes from Mullard sets (unlike their Philips counterparts) appear to contain valve count and date information.  For example, the model 525 is a 5-valve 1945 design.  The 2 appears to just be an identifier (most likely in case there were two models in 1945 with 5 valves, which there was - the 515 is the small 'Meteor' mantle set).

Fleetwood codes are often just a rearranged version of the Philips code.  For example, the FL374T transistor radio is a rearrangement of the Philips model L3Z74T.  Early Fleetwood codes were numeric with F on the end.  From about 1959 onwards the codes were much more like their Philips counterparts.  They start with F or FL (or sometimes FZ for larger consoles)...  These later codes also tend to end in a Philips-style identifier for the power source (A for mains, B for battery, T for transistor battery, etc - see the Philips brand page for more info on that).