General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 WOOD CABINET, SYNTHETIC & METAL PTS/.2 METAL & SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

55.5 cm

Width

37.2 cm

Height

20.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Heathkit

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

USED FROM C.1969 TO C.1990

Canada

EXAMPLE OF A TYPE OF UNIT THAT WAS WIDELY AVAILABLE IN CANADA/ THIS PARTICULAR UNIT BOUGHT, ASSEMBLED & USED IN CANADA

Function

TO RECEIVE FM BROADCASTS & TO PLAY 16, 33 1/3, 45 & 78 R.P.M. DISK RECORDS

Technical

EXAMPLE OF A KIT-TYPE UNIT AVAILBLE FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT WANT, OR HAD NO SPACE OR MONEY FOR, A COMPLETE HI-FI SYSTEM/ ACCORDING TO MAGAZINE REVIEW, THIS WAS THE FIRST COMPACT STEREO AVAILABLE IN KIT FORM, & A VERY GOOD VALUEFOR THE COST (REF. #1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 PLATE ON FRONT 'HEATHKIT'/ ON TURNTABLE 'BSR' [WITH STYLIZED CROWN SHAPE ABOVE IT] & 'McDONALD/ 500 A', 'PRECISION CRAFTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY BSR'; BESIDE CONTROLS '12 10 7', 'OFF/ Man/ ON/ REJ', '16 33 45 78'/ ON MAIN CONTROL PANEL 'HEATHKIT/ MODEL AD-27/ STEREO/ fm tune/ stereo Center/ COMPACT', 'phase/ treble/ bass/ balance/ volume/ phono fm aux/ POWER SPEAKERS STEREO/ OFF OFF MONO'/ ALONG SIDE, FOR PLUG-INS 'AUX INPUT TAPE OUTPUT STEREO HEADPHONE LEFT RIGHT'/.2 INDENTED ON SYNTHETIC CASING (REPEATED ALONG LENGTH) 'ATLAS 5522 TWIN-LEAD TEVCO -- PURE POLY --'

Missing

COMPLETE AS PURCHASED - SPEAKERS OR HEADPHONES WERE SOLD SEPERATELY

Finish

.1 CABINET HAS WOODGRAIN FINISH, MEDIUM BROWN, BLACK ON LOWER SECTION/ TURNTABLE IS BLACK WITH SILVER MKGS & PTS/ CONTROL PANEL IS BLACK WITH SILVERTONE KNOBS, GREEN, BLUE & WHITE MKGS/.2 COPPER COLOUR WIRE WITH BEIGE CASING, SILVERTONE CONTACTS AT ONE END

Decoration

N/A