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Model 48-1256 questions
#1

Hey all!  So recently someone gave me one of these cool little radios. The AM seems to come in ok but I'm still not sure what each knob on the front adjusts exactly I can change the station and then adjust something else so it sounds different. I have never had or used an old tube radio so I pretty much have no idea where to start with this thing.

I do not own any records so I'm not sure if that works yet, will find out shortly I suppose. 

The speakers seem to work ok, not sure what the quality should be like on something almost 70 years old.

Any info is appappreciated.
#2

Welcome.

This radio other than playing records foes not give you many controls. There is the Radio/Phono switch, volume, tone control and the tuning.

People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
#3

Welcome to the Phorum!
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Here's a link to the Nostalgiaair schematics: http://www.nostalgiaair.org/pagesbymodel...013612.pdf

and a little history on the set: http://www.philcoradio.com/gallery/1948a.htm#y
#4

Hi and welcome,
Here's a previous about your set:
http://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=1264
And from another site w/a lot of pics.
http://www.ppinyot.com/48-1256.htm

When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!

Terry




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