telephone answering machine, "Answermate 1000"
Date: 1992-2000
Inventory Number: 1996-1-0018
Classification: Telephone
Subject:
Maker: Northwestern Bell Phones (1992-present)
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Place of Origin:
City of Use:
Dimensions:
8 × 25.5 × 22 cm (3 1/8 × 10 1/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
Accessories: phone cords (2); AC adaptor/power cord; manual; Quick Reference sheet [Manual and Quick Reference Sheet are in the instrument (1996-1-0018) file folder.]
Description:
Off white, rectangular answering machine. Speaker in upper left corner, translucent black cover over double tape deck in middle, control buttons on bottom left (START/STOP; AUTO ANS; REC; REW; INC/CONF; OGM; POWER), and condenser microphone in bottom right corner.
Signedon top right: BELL phones / BY Northwestern Bell Phones
Inscribedon top:
Answermate 1000
High Quality Answering System
-consumer Easy
-Beeperless remote control with one-key access
-voice activated (VOX) unit stops recording 7 seconds after caller stops talking
-Auto disconnect - Recording stops when you pick up phone during screening
-Toll saver
-Automatic start up after power failure
-Call screening - Monitor Incoming messages so you can decide which to handle personally
-Flashing LED idicates number of incoming messages
-Calling party controls length of incoming message - up to 60 seconds
-conference recording with built-in microphone
-Exclusively manufactured to BELL specifications
Genuine BELL
Answermate 1000
on bottom: Made in Hong Kong
Answermate 1000
High Quality Answering System
-consumer Easy
-Beeperless remote control with one-key access
-voice activated (VOX) unit stops recording 7 seconds after caller stops talking
-Auto disconnect - Recording stops when you pick up phone during screening
-Toll saver
-Automatic start up after power failure
-Call screening - Monitor Incoming messages so you can decide which to handle personally
-Flashing LED idicates number of incoming messages
-Calling party controls length of incoming message - up to 60 seconds
-conference recording with built-in microphone
-Exclusively manufactured to BELL specifications
Genuine BELL
Answermate 1000
on bottom: Made in Hong Kong
FunctionThis answering machine automatically answers the phone and records messages. It enables call screening and automatically shuts off when the phone is answered.
Historical AttributesUsed at CHSI.