Not very often you get a real bargain from Ebay, but the D8814 I received on Friday surely is. It's working condition was described as would not power up when plugged in, anyone who knows this box will aware that they can have issues with the power switches, but a much simpler reason is if there is no power to the LCD clock then it will never turn on.
This was a poor listing with no model number in the title or description and only 2 rather poor pictures, but from these its condition looked good and I could see no clock display.
First thing I did when the box arrived was check the clock battery compartment, ther was batteries there but they were long dead, popped in to fresh AA's and the 8814 powered up and was fully functional, I couldn't believe my luck. Only one issue FM reception was poor, but I noticed it improved when my fingers were close to the external ariel socket, mmm I wonder if the antennas are connected.I Quckly removed the back and sure enough they were unplugged, connected them back up perfect FM reception. The box was fairly clean with just some dust and a few paint splatters only took half an hour to clean it. I was pleasantly surprised with sound of this box but it is a high built quality machine.
So here's the pictures, but how much did I pay?
£5 what a steal!
There 21 pictures and I think the condition of this box deserves them.

Ah glad you won it, i was watching it but missed the end. Congratulations on such a super nice looking box for a bargain price.

Thanks DoC, so am I, got very limited funds at the moment so it's very nice to get something like this for so little.

Couldn't agree more, really very pleased for you.

a fiver that,s awesome MRP32DAVE, i love the look of that box, especially as it's a philips, i hope to find that model one day congrats in order, well done

Congrats really nice philips look super heavy duty hope one day i could get one of those monster

yeah nice score and a great price too

That looks very very nice. What year was this produced?

A fiver for that? She's a real beauty, congrats

Yeah thanks "she" is very nice.
These were made between 81 and 83.

Wow, what a fantastic box!! I must keep my eye out for one of those!

That is one amazing looking box, it just oozes quality and is very high on my wish list. Congrats mrp32Dave.

very impressive , i had one of those but sold it because i was very stupid at the time .

I also had a perfect one and sold it to get a M70. Now I have a M70 that needs work.

E-bay (sigh)

Very nice and for this time of produce a high tec bbox - but I like the smaller version, the 8714 more, because it's silver color ...

Take a look at my old tread:
http://stereo2go.com/eve/forum...06018954/m/887106326

But for shure: the most beautiful bbox Philips ever designed!

Best wishes
TOM

quote:

Originally posted by hifitom:
Very nice and for this time of produce a high tec bbox - but I like the smaller version, the 8714 more, because it's silver color ...

Take a look at my old tread:
http://stereo2go.com/eve/forum...06018954/m/887106326

But for shure: the most beautiful bbox Philips ever designed!

Best wishes
TOM

The silver D8714 has to be one of the best looking boxes I've ever seen.

what a ridiculous price... verrrry nice!