1940 Philco Wireless Remote Control Radio 40-217

Comments · 430

• SH

  @shango066 · 4 years ago · pinned

  Follow up video on remote control section repair by new owner. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MoYD28PYr8">https://youtu.be/6MoYD28PYr8</a>

  15

• EC

  @ec8107 · 4 years ago

  That remote set up would have been jaw dropping in 1940. The whole neighborhood would have come over to witness it.

  70

• RA

  @rangercv4263 · 4 years ago

  Best Shango comment ever, “WENR. OK, I’ll just leave that one alone.”

  8

• PO

  @poetlorryit · 4 years ago

  Shang&apos;s Tibetan Prayer Wheel moment 😌

  3

• CA

  @capolaya · 4 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8PPDKWbKC0&amp;t=999">16:39</a> It is Art Deco at its finest. That was the &nbsp;fashion at that point in time.

  8

• HI

  @hitechredneck6366 · 4 years ago (edited)

  Those are Chicagoland stations. The radio was home in the Midwest back in the day.

  8

• SU

  @Suddenlyits1960 · 4 years ago

  I’m sure this radio will be adopted very quickly. It has a beautiful Art Deco design.<br>Philco was very advanced for its time! Not only did they have a model with their unique “Beam of Light” changer,but the Mystery Remote control system was also revolutionary. &nbsp;You were able to turn the unit on/off,raise and lower the volume,mute the volume,change radio stations,change to the record player,and even change the records,all wirelessly from the comfort of your chair!

  40

• LA

  @lawrencehansen6788 · 4 years ago

  It&apos;s supposed to look like a spinet piano! When the cover is open, it looks like a music stand, and the &quot;teeth&quot; thing represents the lyre-shaped support for the pedals. A wild creation from the hay-day of radio! Love the Chicago stations on the presets. WBBM and WGN are of course still around. WMBI is the Moody Bible Institute station, 90.1 FM now (a 100,000 watt station, btw - the AM station was sold off only last year and is now WXES). And I remember listening to a revived WJJD playing genuine &quot;oldies&quot; (from the &apos;40s and &apos;50s) at work in the &apos;90s.

  17

• QW

  @qwertykeyboard5901 · 4 years ago

  Holy shit, even nowadays modern remotes use RF. Thats impressive!

  1

• HE

  @herbertsusmann986 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I bought one of these with the remote off of eBay for $0.01 several years ago. That was the minimum bid and I was the only bidder. I had to drive about 6 hours to Ohio to pick it up. &nbsp;I felt sorry for the guy so gave him $20 anyway. I still have not restored it although I later picked up another remote box that was in better shape. The remote boxes used to show up on eBay from time to time for a reasonable price. This was the very first remote controlled anything sold commercially and as such is a keeper for anyone&apos;s collection.

  22

• MU

  @musicom67 · 4 years ago

  &quot;Philco Mystery Control Demonstration&quot;, here on YouTube - - shows you that exact remote control you are missing. Plus, this is the phono-less model. Dial it in, man!

  6

• DA

  @DandyDon1 · 1 year ago

  Fusing and a GFIC is also a good idea.

  1