General Information

Serial #

902506

Part Number

1

Total Parts

10

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

synthetic casing, controls, parts/ metal speaker grille, parts

Dimensions

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

Length

19.7 cm

Width

11.3 cm

Height

5.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Philips

Country

Netherlands

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1964+

Canada

A Dutch made tape recorder, used in England and Canada. It was purchased new by the donor in July 1964 in London for personal use. He used it to record conversations and to tape music off the radio and brought it with him to Canada when he immigrated here in 1976. He used it in the Ottawa area from that time until about 1985, when he purchased a new stereo system and tape deck. The El 3300 was never made available in North America; the first Philips cassette recorders introduced in NOrth America were the EL 3301 and the El 3302 (mid to late 1960's).

Function

A device used to record and play back audio signals on magnetic tape, specifically cassettes.

Technical

An example of one of the first models of tape recorder to use the cassette tape format. The Philips EL 3300 was the first model of tape recorder to use the new Philips 'Compact Cassette' technology. The EL 3300 was a monophonic recorder operating at a relatively slow tape speed of 1.78 in./sec in order to maximize the storage capacity on the .15 inch tape (30 minutes in each direction). Due to its convenience and small size, and as a result of liberal licensing provisions to competing manufacturers, the Philips compact cassette format quickly became an industry standard and within a decade largely replace reel-to-reel tape recorders in the consumer market.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Red and silver label on recorder front reads 'PHILIPS'/ black lettering on casing front reads 'MADE IN/ HOLLAND'/ interior label reads 'Type EL 3300/15/ 7.5 V/ Nr 902506'

Missing

appears complete

Finish

dark grey synthetic casing front, light grey back/ metallic grey speaker grille/ red button/ grey switch/ multicoloured indicator

Decoration

black logo reading 'PHILIPS' on casing front