Philips BX626 tube radio restoration - Part 1. First look

Philips BX626 tube radio restoration - Part 1
This set dates from 1952, and comes with 6 bands: MW and 5 SW bands, but no FM.
It has a Phono input, so adapting it to a bluetooth receiver will be possible and desirable, to make it more useful.
This particular radio has a 6V battery power option, besides the mains power input, so it should be interesting to see how they do that.
Stay tuned. This is just the beginning.

Full info on this radio at:

You can see the playlist for this series restoration at:

See a series of 'Restoration Building Blocks' videos on detailed steps in the restoration process:

See also playlists on some other completed restoration projects.

PHILIPS BX750A:

TELEFUNKEN OPUS 2114:

SABA UW-175-Z 3D:

GRUNDIG 1070:

SCHAUB-LORENZ GOLDY 58 type 3020:

BUSH VHF64:

GRUNDIG 3060A:

TELEFUNKEN OPERETTE 8:

GRAETZ SUPER 171W:

LOEWE-OPTA MAGNET 3737W:

BRAUN ATELIER 3:

LOEWE-OPTA TRUXA STEREO 4741W:

GRAETZ COMEDIA 616:

SABA FREIBURG W2:

GRAETZ MUSICA 4R417:

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[GeorgeChristofi]

It's a lovely looking set Mike. Looking forward to this series.

[matthewenderby]

Bit of an odd ball model but very intriguing, looking forward to seeing more updates. Australian resident, been following your videos for a few years now I think your channel is one of the best on YT. You really deserve more subscribers. Just picked up my first tube hifi set a Graetz M518D. One of the peaking coils had fallen from the underside of the chasis and unwound partially and unsoldered, hoping to rewind and glue back into place. Looks like they only used molten wax to hold them in place.

[cvalbuenainfa]

Great video, it's complete!. Could you tell me where can i find the schematic please?

[teslakovalaborator]

Nice video as per usual. I am having fun with tune radios too (Tesla Humoreska 2).

[MichaelBeeny]

What an un usual radio! The vibrator pack is similar to early car radio's with valves. Being 6 volts, that would power the heaters directly. I think you would have to use a very large battery, probably a car type as the current draw will probably be about 5 or more amps.

[pcno]

This reminds me a little of the "farm radios" we had in the USA, designed to run on batteries that were usually charged by windmills. At first I was wondering if this was one of Phillips' 1950s sets with a transformerless totem-pole output, but from the other comments I see that the can is a transformer. If no vibrator is located, maybe it uses one of the tubes as a power-conversion oscillator.

[Andrewausfa]

There are valve radios and then there are Philips valve radios!

[loricastro]

Did this radio came from Brazil? It seems that it has a label written in Brazilian Portuguese inside it ...

[cvalbuenainfa]

Great video, it's complete!. Could you tell me where can i find the schematic please?