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Philips BX335U with Bluetooth receiver? How?

Hello :)

I am completely new to the world of vintage radios. This week I got this fantastic Philips BX335U from someone who wanted to throw it away!

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/philips_bx335u.html

I tried everything and it can only receive one local AM radio station so I think it is broken? I don't really mind because it is beautiful as it is, just to look at it. But I have some questions:

  1. Is it possible it would receive more stations with an antenna? If so how would I be able to find and attach an antenna that would be suitable?

  2. I have heard it is possible to attach a Bluetooth receiver like you can use for car radios to these old radios without opening or altering them. I would not want to break it in any way because I think it is important to preserve old things for the future (I collect lots of old things). How would this work? I tried to find out but I cant find a guide for this particular radio and I am a bit hesitant to experiment with it on my own because as said I don't want to break it.

  3. Following this, is it possible to also connect an external FM radio to it to still listen to the sound of the old radio but with a little help from outside? I don't see myself fixing the radio right now, maybe later though.

Hope to hear from you and have a good day.

u/CapableAd9318 — 19 hours ago