1973 Philips 547 Record Changer

This is my 547 Philips turntable, manufactured in Brazil, a very popular record changer here. This unit can play 16 2/3, 33 1/3, 45 and 78 rpm records, and also can intermix the three standard sizes of records - 7, 10 and 12", altought the larger records must be played before the smaller ones.

The changer mechanism is very similar to the one used by Collaro Conquest turntable.

The stylus is a ceramic type, double-sided for playing 78 rpm or microgroove records and the turntable has a coupled solid state stereo amplifier with a two band equalizer.

This unit needs some fixing because the gears are very noise and sometimes the needle falls out of the record. I guess some cleaning and some lubing will fix the problems.

In this video, the changer plays "The Good Times", a 1962 Capitol single by Nat King Cole with Belford Hendricks Orchestra.

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[Spacekriek]

Your video brought back some fond memories ! My father had a similar turntable back in the seventies though ours came in cabinet. Record player in the top third, AM/FM radio in the middle and storing room at the bottom. It came with matching speaker units about the same height as the main cabinet. I am from South Africa, can anybody confirm if this set was sold elsewhere in the world ?

[simonboutman]

Thanks for Watching!

Well, I know that this kind of turntable was large avaliable in Brazil, and also in Holland. But I didn't know that this was sold in South Africa, or in other part of the World.

[tough213]

hello, I had found one of these philips changers along with an elac miracod , and an old zenith belt drive turntable this is a great changer I was wondering if you know if the cartridge could be changed to a magnetic onethank you and keep bringing these great videos

[simonboutman]

Hello!

Yes, I had seen once on internet a magnetic cartridge that fit in most of Philips' record players - but I've never found one of these, especially here in Brazil where I live.

Thanks for watching!

[Falcons66]

Hey. Damusician sent me this vid. very cool. I didnt know someone besides collaro made a changer like this. Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

[simonboutman]

Hey. I love your videos - I wish I had a Philco turntable like yours.

In fact, I tought Philips was the inventor of this changing mechanism, just recently I found that Collaro actually was the fisrt company to introduce this type of changer.

[ludovico9vonz]

@Spacekriek em 1978 comprei uma dessa e paguei em 10 prestações nas lojas cem em são roque, e o primeiro LP que tive foi da Novela Espelho Magico, e discoteque whiskadão.

[spaceking66]

i would like to see and hear a digital recording of the gloria  liturgical chant lagrime di san petro come falda fro di neve by orlandi di lassus availluble on digital audio music cds availuble in recorrd stores by philips records

[ConfusedSponge]

i want to see the record changing

[SeanElGatoTelevision]

Capitol adopted the yellow/red swirl label in 1962 for its 45s. It was the standard 45 label until 1969.

[DjJohnnyM68]

this is an old changer ...my old emerson had an arm that came out to touch the record to measure what size it was, i guess. nowadays kinda would get a retro kick out of loading it up with some 45s, not collectables, just average well played ones in my collection , and just kick back and drift off into the past.

[FaerieCrone]

Our family had one of these players in 1971.

[stebearleeds]

This was my 1st Stereo record player my mum and dad got me for my Xmas/birthday as i was Boxing day baby :-) Pye use Garrard to as I have Pye Black box with Garrard 209 deck in it from 1959

[AG3304]

This is an all-Philips affair.You didn't see BSR decks in Philips equipment,though bizarrely,some PYE music centres had BSRs,even though PYE and Philips were very closely tied up then!

[lrd9999]

The Phillips-Collero-Magnavox changers were, I believe, totally unrelated to BSR. The latter had a manual record size selector by '73, while the Phillips still checked the size of stack before each record droped (as you can see at 0:04). Various models of these changers were made in various countries until 1993!

[Lachlant1984]

I take it this unit has a BSR changer in it, right?