Gerard's ITT Schaub Lorenz Teddy automatic 100

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ITT Schaub Lorenz Teddy automatic 100 Portable

Four band pocket portable with 49m band

**Data for ITT Schaub Lorenz Teddy automatic 100**
Production	Germany, 1971.
Bands	LW (150-280kHz), MW (510-1620kHz), SW (5.9-6.3MHz), FM (88-104MHz).
Cabinet	Plastic. Size 21.5x13x7cm.
Power	AC 230V (OFF: 0.6W, ON: 0.8W) or Batt 4xAA.
Documents	Rmorg article, Service data from DocTSF.

The Design

The built of this radio is a little bit like the Grundigs with knobs on top, like the Music Boy 208, but it is a little smaller. I also like it that it has a built in AC power supply at the same time as a battery, while some of Grundig models need the battery compartment for the power supply. In many Philips portables, the main supply gives a voltage that is higher than the battery, but here the power supply (stabilized by a CS1506 transistor) gives 5.9V.

The ITT 1969 catalogue lists the Teddy 4 on page 5, mentioning that 4 here means four bands. So I was a bit disappointed to see that my radio has less than 100 bands. Short wave covers just the 49m band, which makes this radio very convenient for trips through Europe.

Obtained	7/2022 from Simply Listening in Ulrum, sn=T236980.
Condition	9; fully functional and complete, minor signs of usage.
Value (est.)	15€.

This Object

The radio is complete and works quite well. I would only like to fix the volume knob a bit tighter, but I didn't know how to open the cabinet.

The photo's at Rmorg show a chassis, just contained in the front plus top panels. Indeed, after removing the three bottom bolts and the two bolts under the carrying handle, with some wriggling I could remove this entire assembly from the cabinet. The trick is that front plus top turn around the edge formed by the top and back panels. After opening the cabinet, the volume pot screw is still pretty unreachable, because it is covered by the end of the ferrite antenna. I could just barely reach the screw with the tip of a driver, but not turn it. I managed to tighten the screw by fixing the screw while counterrotating the volume control.

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