Continental Mono Sets - Early Philips Colour TV

Maarten (our continental sets expert) has advised the following:

“The TX, T4 and T8 are definitely foreign. I’m not sure about the 3×0 series, it might be that one of those is an E1 chassis in disguise (I’m not so knowledgeable about British chassis).

Also, chassis were developed alongside each other in several factories around the world and produced in still other factories, adding some complexity to the situation.

The F-chassis series was of Dutch design (produced also in several other countries), as probably were the A series and the L series. The D and E series were German, the E1 being the successor to the hybrid D6N (however the E1 chassis was also produced in several other countries), the TX was Dutch originally but adopted by Taiwan (Taiwan existed up to 2006 when it was taken over by TPV and made mostly portable sets and later mostly computer monitors). The T series were Dutch and Italian. A slight problem with those chassis series, is that up to the F6 hybrid chassis, the name of the chassis often wasn’t mentioned in the service manual. I will see if I can produce a limited model to chassis list anyway.

At the same time, recently acquired factories still produced their own chassis for some time. I’m thinking of FIMI/Phonola in Italy and Pye in the UK. Phonola produced some models while Philips Monza produced other models that were sold alongside each other, apparently.”

CONTINENTAL MONOCHROME MODEL DIRECTORY

Maarten has started us off with the following data:

From one of the few pieces of documentation that mention chassis designations, a VCR-adapation bulletin for continental models (the numbers mentioned are partial, for example 680 applies to models such as X20T680).

430: T1? (19TX430AT the first transistor luggable). Service Manual/Data available here (19TX430AT).
500-509: F2, F2A
510-519: P7
520: T2 (11LX520AT the first transistor portable)
522: B2 (11LX522A, a tube portable probably of German design, same chassis called S2-A in Sweden)
530-549: F2N
550-559: M2N
560-569: A9N
570-579: F2NN
600, 602-609: A10

601: Novak (X11T601 Belgian multi-standard transistor portable)
610-619: F4
631, 632, 634: F4B
640-649: F4N
650-652, 654-659: A11

653: Novak (X12T653 Belgian multi-standard transistor portable)
660, 661: F4NB
680-689: F6
690-699: A11
700: T3
703: D6N (X24T703)
710-719: F6B
720: A11
730-739: F6
740: T4
742: T5
750-759: F6N

A-chassis are probably all dual system 625/819
D-chassis were of German design and manufacture, only one model known for export but probably more existed.
F-chassis were the main series from the Netherlands, produced in Eindhoven and Brugge but elsewhere as well.
T-chassis are transistor portables, T3, T4 and T5 were designed and manufactured at Philips Monza.
The suffix B means Belgium (probably 625 lines only)
The suffix N indicates a newer version of the chassis. For example F6 has conventional tuning but F6N has varicap tuning.

This list covers chassis from around 1965 to around 1971. The E1 chassis was introduced around 1972. L-chassis probably were introduced around that time as well.

The A-chassis as well as the M2N chassis are multi-Belgium 625/819 lines.

Thanks to hans9001, the following information was found at:

http://www.nrhf.no/radiohistorie/tv_philips.php

The model numbers are in line with the continental numbering scheme.

From Maarten: “Models with letters TN or N..T in the model number were specified by the Norwegian sales organisation, so especially intended for the Norwegian market but they are most likely technically closely related to the corresponding TX models (same number having the same chassis). The model names are not so relevant in my opinion. They were different in every country and not all countries used them. I’ve seen model names in German and Italian models before, apparently they were also used in Norway.

Some Swedish models (TS or S..T) are also present in the list. They followed mostly the Swedish numbering scheme (which is different, just as it is different in colour TV) but chassis were generally based on the same design as other continental chassis.”

Philips s/hv-TV’er Philips apparatene ble montert hos A/S Radioindustri i Oslo.

NRHF doc.: P=produktark, S = skjema, M = manual (skjema, trimmeforskrift, komponentplassering e.t.c.)

Model	Type	Chassis	CRT	Year	NRHF doc
11 LX 522A/04	Portarama Junior	11LX522A/04	A 28-13W	11″	1965/66	P
11 TX 520AT	Portarama Trans.	11LX520AT	A 28-14W	11″	1965/66
12 B 312	TS7	A 31-410W	12″	P
12 B 611	T8	A 31-410W	12″	P
12 TX 1501	TX-12	12VCUP4	12″	P
12 TX 2501	TX-2	12VCUP4	12″	P
14 B 413	TS-7	340AB4A	14″	P
14 B 614	T8-E	A 34-500W	14″	P
14 B 814	T8-E	A 34-500W	14″	P
14 TX 1504	TX-14	A 34-111W	14″	P
14 TX 2504	TX-2	A 34-111W	14″	P
14 TX 3504	TX-3	A 34-111W	14″	P
17 B 521	E1	A 44-120W	17″	P
17 B 620	E1	A 44-520W	17″	P
17 TN 180U-32	17TN180U	A 43-80 (90)	17″	1957	T+S
17 TN 210 A	17TN210A	A 43-80 (90)	17″	1959	T+S
17 TN 250A	Revy	17TN250A	AW 43-88	17″	1959	T+S
17 TN 291A	Revy 2	17TN291A	AW 43-88	17″	1960	T+S
19 TN 330A	Optirama	P1	AW 47-91	19″	1961/62	P
19 TN 333A	Optirama 2	P1	AW 47-91	19″	1962/63	P
19 TN 340A/ 00	Minirama	P4	19 CW P4	19″	1963/64
19 TN 340A/ 01	Minirama	P1A	19 CW P4	19″	1963/64	P
19 TN 341A	Optirama 3	P1A	19 CW P4	19″	1963/64	P
19 TN 380A/00	Minirama 4	F2S/B	A 47-11W	19″	1966/67	P
19 TN 380A/01	Minirama 4	F2S/D	A 47-11W	19″	1966/67	P
19 TN 441A	Minirama 2	19TN441A	A 47-11W	19″	1964/65	P
19 TX 430AT	Portarama	P1A	A 47-11W	19″	1964/65
19 TX 430AT	Portarama	19TX430AT	A 47-11W	19″	1964/65
19 TX 501A/10	Minirama 3	19TX501A/10	A 47-11W	19″	1965/66	P
20 B 341	E1	A 50-120W	20″	P
21 CN 250A	Consolette	21TN250A	AW 53-88	21″	1959/60	P
21 CN 311A	Viderama	S8	AW 53-88	21″	1961/62	P
21 CX 252A-40	Hollansk TV-consoll	21CX252A	21″	1960	T+S
21 RN 250A	Combinado	21TN250A	AW 53-88	21″	1959/60	P
21 TN 180U-32	17TN180U	AW 53-80	21″	1957	P
21 TN 210A	17TN210A	AW 53-80	21″	1959	P
21 TN 250A	Panorama	21TN250A	AW 53-88	21″	1959	T+S
21 TN 290A	Panorama 2	21TN210A	AW 53-88	21″	1960	T+S
23 CN 311A/00/ 01	Viderama	S8	AW 59-90	23″	1961/62	P
23 CN 311A/02/ 03	Viderama	S7B	AW 59-90	23″	1961/62	P
23 CN 314A/00	Novorama	S7B	AW 59-90	23″	1961/62
23 CN 314A/01	Novorama	S8	AW 59-90	23″	1961/62	P
23 CN 345A	Novorama 2	S8N	A 59-11W	23″	1962/63	P
23 CN 346A	Viderama sjalusi	S8N	A 59-11W	23″	1962/63	P
23 CN 356A	Viderama 2 sjalusi	S11N	A 59-11W	23″	1963/64	P
23 CN 366A	Viderama 3 sjalusi	S11N/1	A 59-11W	23″	1964/65	P
23 CN 376A	Viderama 4 sjalusi	S17SA	A 59-11W	23″	1965/66	P
23 CN 386A	Viderama 5 sjalusi	F2S/D	A 59-11W	23″	1966/67	P
23 RN 311A	Combinado 2 de Luxe	S7 radio gram.	AW 59-90	23″	1960/61	P
23 RN 313A	Combinado 3 de Luxe	S8 radio gram.	AW 59-90	23″	1961/62	P
23 RN 342A	Combinado 4 de Luxe	S8N radio gram.	A 59-11W	23″	1962/63	P
23 RN 352A	Novorama FM	S11N	A 59-11W	23″	1963/64	P
23 RN 362 A	Combinado FM	S11N/1radiogram.	A 59-11W	23″	1964/65	P
23 RN 374A	Vistarama FM	S17SB	A 59-11W	23″	1965/66	P
23 RN 382A	Combinado	F2S/E	A 59-11W	23″	1966/67	P
23 RN 384A/00/01	Vistarama FM	F2S/E	A 59-11W	23″	1966/67	P
23 RN 385A	Viderama FM	F2S/D	A 59-11W	23″	1966/67	P
23 TN 290A	Panorama 2	21TN210A	AW 59-90	23″	1960	T+S
23 TN 311A	Panorama 3	S7B	AW 59-90	23″	1961/62	P
23 TN 311A/ 01	Panorama 3	S7N	AW 59-90	23″	1961/62
23 TN 312A	Vistarama	S8	AW 59-90	23″	1961/62	P
23 TN 343A	Panorama 4	S8N	A 59-11W	23″	1962/63	P
23 TN 344A	Vistarama 2	S8N	A 59-11W	23″	1962/63	P
23 TN 353A	Panorama 5	S11	A 59-11W	23″	1963/64	P
23 TN 354A	Vistarama3	S11N	A 59-11W	23″	1963/64	P
23 TN 361A	Panorama 6A	S11N/1	A 59-11W	23″	1964/65	P
23 TN 362A	Combinado FM	S11N/1	A 59-11W	23″	1964/65
23 TN 363A	Panorama 6	S16S el. S16SB	A 59-11W	23″	1964/65	P
23 TN 364A	Vistarama 4	S11N/1	A 59-11W	23″	1964/65	P
23 TN 373A	Panorama 7	S17SA	A 59-11W	23″	1965/66	P
23 TN 383A	Panorama 8	F2S/D	A 59-11W	23″	1966/67	P
24 B 360	E1	A 61-120W	24″	P
24 B 562	E1	A 61-520W	21″	P
24 B 562	E1	A 61-520W	21″	P
24 B 650	E1	A 61-520W	21″	P
24 B 650	E2	A 61-520W	21″	P
24 B 850	E2	A 61-520W	21″	P
24 TL 7524	L7	A 61-520W	21″	P
25 CN 376A	Viderama 4	S17SA	A 65-11W	25″	1965/66	P
25 RN 371A	Novorama FM	S17SB	A 65-11W	25″	1965/66	P
25 RN 372A	Combinado FM	S17SA	A 65-11W	25″	1965/66
44 T 520	E1	A 44-520W	17″	P
61 T 361	E1	A 61-120W	24″	P
61 T 563	E1	A 61-520W	21″	P
9TC 2100	TC 2	9VATP4	9″	P
A17T750	Portarama 17″	F6N	A 44-120W	17″	1972/73	P
CS 2114 A	E3A	AW 53-88	21″	P
DX 51T103	F6	20″	P
N19T270	Minirama 5	F4S/B	A 47-26W	19″	1967/68
N19T471	Minirama de Luxe	F4S/B	A 47-26W	19″	1967/68
N23T273	Panorama 9	F4S/B	A 59-23W	23″	1967/68
N23T283	Panorama 10	F4S/A	A 59-23W	23″	1968/69	P
N23T576	Viderama 6	F4S/D	A 59-23W	23″	1967/68
N23T586	Viderama 7	F4S/A	A 59-23W	23″	1967/68	P
N23T674	Vistarama FM	F4S/A	A 59-23W	23″	1967/68
N23T775	Viderama FM	F4S/A	A 59-23W	23″	1967/68
N23T785	Viderama FM	F4S/A	A 59-23W	23″	1968/69	P
N23T879	Combinado	F4S/D	A 59-23W	23″	1967/68
N24T697	Vistarama FM	F6/ X17T680	A 61-120W	24″	1969/70	P
N24T798	Viderama FM	F6N/ X17T680	A 61-120W	24″	1969/70	P
S20T280	Minirama 6	F4S/B	A 50-120W	20″	1968/69
S20T301	Minirama	X17T680	A 50-120W	20″	1970/71	P
S20T310	Minirama 8	X17T680	A 50-120W	20″	1971/72	P
S20T310/56/57	Minirama 8	F6N	A 51-120W	20″	1972/73
S20T481	Minirama de Luxe	F4S/A	A 50-120W	20″	1968/69	P
S23T487	Vistarama	F4S/A	A 59-23W	23″	1968/69	P
S23T687	Vistarama FM	F4S/A	A 59-23W	23″	1968/69
S24T293	Panorama 11	F6/ X17T680	A 61-120W	24″	1969/70
S24T304	Panorama de Luxe	F6/ X17T680	A 61-120W	24″	1970/71	P
S24T314	Panorama 12	F6/ X17T680	A 61-120W	24″	1971/72	P
S24T314/53/54/55	Panorama 12	F6N	A 61-120W	24″	1972/73
S24T417	Vistarama	X17T680	A 61-120W	24″	1971/72	P
S24T417/53/55	Vistarama	F6N	A 61-120W	24″	1972/73
S24T497	Vistarama	X17T680	A 61-120W	24″	1969/70	P
S24T596	Viderama 8	X17T680	A 61-120W	24″	1969/70
TS 2330A	TS2330A	AW 59-91	23″	1962	T+S
TX 1420	TX1420	MW 36-24	14″	1953/54
TX 1720	TX1720	MW 43-43	17″	1953/54
X09T741	Portarama 9″	X09T741	9APG4	9″	1972/73	P
X12T700	Portarama Trans.	X12T700	A 31-20W	12″	1969/70	P
X12T740/17/19	Portarama 12″	T4	A 31-120W	12″	1971/72	P
X12T740/98/99	Portarama 12″	T4	A 31-120W	12″	1971/72	P
X17T680	Portarama 17″	F6/ X17T680	A 44-120W	17″	1970/71	P

Philips s/hv-chassis:

E 1	M	P 1A	M	T 4	M
E 1-M	M	P 4	M	T 8	M
E 2	M	S 7	M	T 8-E	M
E 3-A	M	S 7B	M	TC 2	M
F 2S/ B	M	S 8	M	TS 7	M
F 2S/ D	M	S 8N	M	TX	M
F 4S/ A	M	S 11	M	TX 2	M
F 4S/ B	M	S 11N	M	TX 3	M
F 4S/ D	M	S 16S	M	TX 12	M
F 6	M	S 16SB	M	TX 14	M
F 6N	M	S 17SA	M
L 7

Further data will be forthcoming in due course.