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Retro Tech 2025
Fabulous Finlandia; 1982 Granada C22XZ5
Tales of woe after the storms. (2007)
Live Aerial Mast
Total collapse
What Not To Do
1983 Philips 26CS3890/05R Teletext & Printer
MRG Systems ATP600 Databridge
Teletext Editing Terminal
Microvitec Monitor 1451MS4
BBC Microcomputer TELETEXT Project
Viewdata, Prestel, Philips
Philips Model Identification
1976/77 Rank Arena AC6333 – Worlds First Teletext Receiver
PYE 1980s Brochure
Ceefax (Teletext) Turns 50
Philips 1980s KT3 – K30 Range Brochure
Zanussi Television Brochure 1982
Ferguson Videostar Review
She soon put that down
1983 Sanyo Brochure
Wireless World Teletext Decoder
Unitra Brochure
Rediffusion CITAC (MK4A)
Thorn TRUMPS 2
Grundig Brochure 1984
The Obscure and missing Continental
G11 Television 1978 – 1980
Reditune
Hitachi VIP201P C.E.D Player
Thorn 3D01 – VHD VideoDisc Player
Granada Television Brochure, 1970s
Long Gone UK TV Shops
Memories of a Derwent Field Service Engineer
PYE Australia Circa 1971
Radios-TV VRAT
Fabulous Fablon
Thorn TX10 Chassis
Crusty-TV Museum, Analogue TV Network
Philips N1500 Warning!
Rumbelows
Thorn EMI Advertising
Thorn’s Guide to Servicing a VCR
Ferguson 3V24 De-Robed
Want to tell us a story?
Video Circuits V15 – Tripler Tester
Thorn Chassis Guide
Remove Teletext Lines & VCR Problems
Suggestions
Website Refresh
Workshop Finding Philips (Mullard) VDRs
Anyone know where you can source Philips VDRs?
There are 3 types I'm interested in, they are all coated beige (at least the Oz made ones were) and about the size and shape of a 1 watt resistor with different colour end bands.
Back in the day (late 60s, early 70s) we knew them as:
Blue band - used mainly for height voltage regulation and also as..
Green band - used across the vertical output transformer primary as protection (in case the vertical yoke connection was unplugged or went o/c).
Blue-Black band - used in line stabilization circuits.
There has to be a Philips data book that covers these, with a long Philips part number, but I've been unable to find it.
Anyone?

I've a few of these different types in stock, but not enough to move any on. As for sourcing them, look on eBay, that's where mine came from, it just takes time for them to crop up but they do.
I don't know about Philips books, but they are fully covered in the Mullard Technical Handbook, Book 3, Components and Materials. There is comprehensive data about them within.
They were known as the E298 series.
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Thanks mate!
Mullard = Philips (pretty much), or Elcoma as their components division was known as in Oz.
You've given me the information I needed.
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