A RADIO WONDER

Taranaki Daily News, 12 September 1935, Page 7

A RADIO WONDER

EVERYTHING BUT TELEVISION. . There is no end to mechanical achievement. You have gazed with envy on the 1935 model motor-car, you may have seen the latest K locomotive when the Limited was diverted through Stratford, but you have not yet seen the Rolls Royce >f the radio world, for there is only one in New Zealand, and it came to New Plymouth yesterday. This remarkable instrument was the object of considerable interest throughout the day at the premises of Lightband and Wann, who have just landed it. Standing four square in a cabinet of superb design and construction this large 12 valve H.M.V. machine can be made to appear like a radio or a gramophone, whichever appearance is preferred. As a gramophone it will play eight records in succession, automatically 1 changing them by the most uncanny and intriguing of devices, the tone of the machine being unsurpassed. / Turn a few switches and it becomes a radio receiver capable of tuning in on all wavelengths from 10 tp 2000 metres, its short wave and distance reception being a revelation. In addition to all the Visual adjustment controls it has individual tone controls for both base and treble, the resultant effect on instruments such as the organ or the violin being amazing. Turn another switch and the instrument becomes a “home programme recorder.” Blank records and /microphone are provided with the machine. After speaking into the microphone for the length of the record, just turpi the switch, and back your own voice'" comes from the gramophone. ! Novelty, exclusiveness and the epitome of utility—here they all are inside one brown cabinet. A trifle expensive perhaps, but thn' very latest thing in radio.” Hotpoint Toasters, Irons, Jugs, etc., for : full value/and service. National Electrical and, Eng’g Co., Ltd. 2.