Pye 'Piccadilly 600' 8 band radio 1966

Same as the Philips L6X38T inside and made by them for Pye, who was taken over around then, the Philips version had a metal grille instead of wood finish and came out approximately 1965. I got this very cheep as the cabinet side was damaged and didn't work. It uses 11 transistors and has a swing-up short wave antennae from the front trim area. Also includes a AGC (or RF gain) control a must for short wave and AFC button for FM stability, bass and treble tone controls. It has a Pick-Up input and switch and an external aerial option switch and sockets at rear. Runs off 6 x 'D' cells (9 volts) with two sockets for 9v external power in. Button also fitted for display light and one for battery level that shows on the unlit tuning display.

The Repair

showing front fixing points

As with most Philips designs the disassembly of chassis is a secret that you discover the hard way having removed 50 screws/bolts (manual I found was in German). But if it helps the front will pull away after you remove 4 rear fixing screws and the SW aerial, 2 of the bolts are hidden behind audio module, so that needs to be unbolted too! also when refitting front; bottom first and hinge back up holding light switch/level buttons down. Arrows her show the fixing bolts, good luck finding them on chassis side, lol Once front away the speaker wires are folded so will extend. The battery box will also need to be removed for ease of access and cleaning, just two wires and 8 bolts. Now this is all done the sides can be removed with 4 bolts if needed (I did to paint them. The bolts holding all knobs go all way though spindles and need to be pulled out to remove them, even the tuning knobs. I struggled to remove chrome trims for spaying sides, they are glued in place.

View showing inside front - the IF transformers are tiny (smallest I've seen for the period)

Once inside the front you can apply cleaner to all the band switches and tone controls. While in here I connected an LED to illuminate the signal meter, wiring it across 9v live rail via a 680 ohm shunt resistor. 5 x silver aluminium trims on selector buttons had gone missing, I cut some silver card to size and glued.

Left: Filler and sanded down left sides damaged area. Right: 2 ends after respray, and good a clean.

I've added a picture of rear sockets showing; AE switching, in-out sockets, power in, and extension speaker out.t

I didn't really need the circuit diagram, but it can be sent if needed, just email me, it's quite large and covers 3 pages in the German manual. It's a lovely set, and German Grundig equivalents go for £200-300, I suppose this model will have it's day. Good luck - hope this helps!