General Information

Serial #

00138

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL HARDWARE & PANELS/ WOOD VANIRED WALNUT SIDE PANALS/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS, CORD, REELS, TAPE/ SYNTHETIC & METAL WORKING PARTS/PAPER OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS/.2 SYNTHETIC WITH METAL PLUG

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

36.5 cm

Width

29.0 cm

Height

10.4 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Avanti

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Lakewood

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

USED BY DONOR FROM 1971 TO 1990'S

Canada

Unknown

Function

IN THE TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBER'S ABSENCE, TO ANSWER THE TELEPHONE; PLAYS A PRE-RECORDED MESSAGE, & THEN RECORDS A TIMED MESSAGE FROM THE CALLER BEFORE DESCONNECTING.

Technical

GOOD EXAMPLE OF EARLY TELEPHONE ANSWERING MACHINE

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 MFR'S PLATE: `TELEPHONE ANSWERING DEVICE/ SOLID STATE/ K-107 MODEL TAD-10V/ SERIAL NO. 00138/ AC. 117VOLT 50/60Hz 40WATTS/ T.A.D. AVANTI, INC. LAKEWOOD, CALIFORNIA U.S.A./ PRODUCT OF JAPAN/ U.S. & CANADIAN PATENT PENDING/ 2810 TRK'/ ON FRONT: `Record-a-Call [REG. TRADE MARK]'/ FRONT CONTROL DECK: `ON TEST POWER READY AUTO-ANSWER REWIND LISTEN RECORD2 CONFIRM RECORD1 CALL MAX/MIN MIC ON/MONITOR'/ CONTROLS AT REAR: `RING DELAY 1-10/ TIMER 0-10/ EXT. SP./ ANOUNCE/FOODPEDAL RECORD/ FIX CONT./ MULTI-LINE COUPLER'

Missing

N/A

Finish

.1 LIGHT GREY PAINTED LIFT-UP TOP/ BLACK SPEAKER COVER & FRONT CONTROL DECK WITH WHITE PRINTING/ BLACK, RED & WHITE BUTTONS & KNOBS/ RED, GREEN & ORANGE LIGHT COVERS/ BROWN WOOD GRAINED SIDE PANELS/.2 WHITE

Decoration

N/A