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regentone001 · 13th Nov 2014, 2:01 pm

One that I haven't noticed in the list is the Monarch Prince. Very similar to the UA6 but only "semi automatic". The record size being selected by the lever at the rear and no switch off cycle,it just repeated the last record which must have been very annoying. I have only seen these in the Regentone Multi99 mk1, the mk 2 had the UA6,Easily changed as it used the same motor board cut out .
I must admit to being surprised by the mention of a UA16. When I wrote to BSR in the mid 60s ,along with other companies including Garrard, HMV etc,using a fib that I was doing a project for school, I got back a lot of information on their then available changers and tape decks, TD2 and TD4. They supplied leaflets on each deck. The UA15 was the same as the one used in the Bush SRP31d we had at school,and was available in slate grey/blue and played up to 10 records. Then there was the UA15s, s for slim. in brown and also other colours and played upto 8 ,designed for the trend in slim line radiograms etc. This is the one that a modified version of was used in the PYE Achoic. Then the UA15ss ,ss = super slim and the UA15ss1d etc, designed for portable record players giving an even slimmer case and so easier to carry and played up to 6 records. The next one was the UA25, available in blue /light grey and also brown, a more economical version than the UA15xx. I just wish I still had those leaflets as there was no mention of a UA16.
Steve

13th Nov 2014, 2:01 pm	#104
regentone001 Heptode Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Coventry, West Midlands, UK. Posts: 519	Re: BSR record player deck identification. One that I haven't noticed in the list is the Monarch Prince. Very similar to the UA6 but only "semi automatic". The record size being selected by the lever at the rear and no switch off cycle,it just repeated the last record which must have been very annoying. I have only seen these in the Regentone Multi99 mk1, the mk 2 had the UA6,Easily changed as it used the same motor board cut out . I must admit to being surprised by the mention of a UA16. When I wrote to BSR in the mid 60s ,along with other companies including Garrard, HMV etc,using a fib that I was doing a project for school, I got back a lot of information on their then available changers and tape decks, TD2 and TD4. They supplied leaflets on each deck. The UA15 was the same as the one used in the Bush SRP31d we had at school,and was available in slate grey/blue and played up to 10 records. Then there was the UA15s, s for slim. in brown and also other colours and played upto 8 ,designed for the trend in slim line radiograms etc. This is the one that a modified version of was used in the PYE Achoic. Then the UA15ss ,ss = super slim and the UA15ss1d etc, designed for portable record players giving an even slimmer case and so easier to carry and played up to 6 records. The next one was the UA25, available in blue /light grey and also brown, a more economical version than the UA15xx. I just wish I still had those leaflets as there was no mention of a UA16. Steve Attached Thumbnails