General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

4

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CARD STOCK BOX & INNER SUPPORTS/ PT SYNTHETIC (PLASTIC ?) STORE BAG

Dimensions

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

Length

22.4 cm

Width

15.5 cm

Height

6.5 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

Illustration on box front depicts answering machine, and includes text " Panasonic® KX-TM150CB/ Black/Noir/ 12-Minute/ All-Digital Recording/ Call Display Compatible*/ Enregistrement intégralement/ numérique de 12 minutes/ Compatible au service/ d'affrichage du demandeur* ", " Call Display/ Affichage du demandeur " and " Digital Answering System/ Répondeur téléphonique numérique ". Box top includes additional text " L4" and " Call Display, where available, is a/ telephone company service. After/ subscribing to Call Display, this unit/ can display a caller's name and/ phone number./ L'affichage du demandeur, lorsque/ disponible, est un service offert par/ les compagnies de téléphone. Une/ fois abonné à ce service, cet appareil/ est capable d'afficher le nom et le/ numéro de téléphone du demandeur. " White decal affixed to box top reads " 1758 NOIR/ BLACK/ KXTM-150 REP/DIG/ID/ KXTM-150 DIG/ANS/ID ". Bottom panel of box includes additional text " Accessories/ Telephone Line Cord.....1/ AC Adaptor.....1/ Acessoires/ Cordon de ligne téléphonique...1/ Adaptateur secteur...1/ M/ PQPK12864ZA ". Text panel on box back has been copied- see hardcopy in Supp. Info. file./ PT bag: White (plastic ?) Bag features red & black illustration of a telephone booth, and text " THE/ TELEPHONE/®BOOTH/ LA/ CABINE®/ TÉLÉPHONIQUE " on both side panels. " [recyclable logo]/ 4/ LDPE/ OMNI/ PLAST/ Made in Canada/ Fabriqué au Canada/ 1-800-361-7823/ [recyclable logo]/ 4/ LDPE " printed in black on base.

Missing

N/A

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

Illustration on box front depicts answering machine/ Pt bag: red & black illustration of a telephone booth