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dalgwcobl · 29th Aug 2019, 10:13 pm

Please don't call the HFC205 a 'Radiogram'. It's officially an 'Audio Separate'. Compared to most of its contemporary radiograms, it was really hi-fi. Sorry, I'm biased - I wrote the user instructions and service data at Dynatron in the 1970s. Our 'radiogramophones' used the same chassis and speaker drivers as the HFC units, installed in one big cabinet.
I believe the colour of that diamond-pattern cloth varied over the years. Early ones had a distinctly grey background, whereas some, like yours, were more green. I have some of the very late 70s speakers and the cloth is a brown background. I've just looked at the same pattern cloth on my 1974-ish CTV and it has a distinctly green background. Never noticed it before!

29th Aug 2019, 10:13 pm	#8
dalgwcobl Pentode Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Royston, Hertfordshire, UK. Posts: 131	Re: Dynatron HFC 205 Radiogram Please don't call the HFC205 a 'Radiogram'. It's officially an 'Audio Separate'. Compared to most of its contemporary radiograms, it was really hi-fi. Sorry, I'm biased - I wrote the user instructions and service data at Dynatron in the 1970s. Our 'radiogramophones' used the same chassis and speaker drivers as the HFC units, installed in one big cabinet. I believe the colour of that diamond-pattern cloth varied over the years. Early ones had a distinctly grey background, whereas some, like yours, were more green. I have some of the very late 70s speakers and the cloth is a brown background. I've just looked at the same pattern cloth on my 1974-ish CTV and it has a distinctly green background. Never noticed it before!