Telephone answering device
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DIGITAL/CONSUMER
- DATE
- 1999
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0007.001
- MANUFACTURER
- KYUSHU MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC CO. LTD
- MODEL
- PANASONIC KX-TM150CB
- LOCATION
- Fukuoka, Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 9GCKA003016
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL & SYNTHETIC CONSTRUCTION/ .1PT BAG: SYNTHETIC (PLASTIC ?)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.7 cm
- Width
- 11.3 cm
- Height
- 4.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MATSUSHITA
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Fukuoka
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS MACHINE NEVER USED. THIS TYPE (IE. DIGITAL) AVAILABLE LATE 1980S +
- Canada
-
TELEPHONE ANSWERING MACHINES FIRST AVAILABLE IN CANADA IN 1950S, BUT NOT COMMON UNTIL EARLY 1980S. THE RAPID ADOPTION OF ANSWERING MACHINES IN 1980S REFLECTS CHANGING CANADIAN SOCIETY: MORE CANADIANS WERE LIVING ALONE, AND MORE MARRIED WOMEN WORKED OUTSIDE THE HOME. - Function
-
TO RECORD AND PLAY BACK TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBER GREETING AND CALLER MESSAGES. - Technical
-
REPLACING CASSETTE-BASED ANALOGUE RECORDERS, DIGITAL MACHINES CONVERT AN INCOMING AUDIO SIGNAL INTO A COMPRESSED DIGITAL BIT STREAM AND STORE IT IN A MEMORY CHIP. THIS MODEL IS A HIGH-END CONSUMER MACHINE WHICH IS SIMPLE TO OPERATE, OFFERS OPTIONAL FEATURES SUCH AS MAILBOXES, SKIPPING OR DELETING MESSAGES, CALLER DISPLAY, AND A BILINGUAL GREETING OPTION. (REF.1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 "Panasonic" and "DIGITAL/ MESSAGING SYSTEM/ VOICE MENU/ TIME DAY STAMP " printed in gold text on machine front; all controls, etc. labelled. "MIC" appears in recessed print in lower left of front. Black decal on underside reads " Panasonic [registered trademark symbol]/ MODEL NO. KX-TM150CB/ [logos- Canadian Standards Ass'n & "L" (?)]/ POWER SOURCE: 9V---500mA/ (USE ONLY WITH Panasonic AC ADAPTOR PQLV1)/ REN/ IES: 0.1 DATE CODE 9907/ Kyushu Matsushita Electric Co.,Ltd. Fukuoka Japan/ FOR USE ONLY WITH CLASS 2 POWER SUPPLY MODEL PQLV1/ N'UTILISER QU'AVEC UNE ALIEMENTATION CLASSE 2 MODELE/ PQLV1./ Made in Malaysia PQGT13732ZA ". *CONT'D
- Missing
- NONE.
- Finish
- FINELY TEXTURED BLACK SYNTHETIC CASING; GREEN DISPLAY SCREEN; BLACK BUTTONS/CONTROLS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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KYUSHU MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC CO. LTD, Telephone answering device, circa 1999, Artifact no. 2000.0007, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0007.001/
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