Telephone answering device
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TAPE/SOLID STATE
- DATE
- 1960–1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0395.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- ROBOT-PHONE TAD 15-RVX
- LOCATION
- Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2070333
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC & METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.0 cm
- Width
- 27.2 cm
- Height
- 11.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- USED FROM THE 1960'S OR 1970'S UNTIL SOMETIME BEFORE 1994.
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF A DEVICE MADE FOR A CANADIAN CO. & USED IN CANADA. - Function
-
TO PLAY A PRE-RECORDED MESSAGE & TO RECORD INCOMING MESSAGES ON A TELEPHONE LINE/ ALLOWS MESSAGES TO BE RETREIVED FROM ANY TELEPHONE, OR FROM THE MACHINE ITSELF/ CAN ALSO BE USED TO RECORD 2-WAY TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS. - Technical
-
REPRESENTS AN ADVANCE IN TECHNOLOGY OVER PREVIOUS MACHINES (SUCH AS 870966) IN USING CASSETTE TAPES, & ALLOWING MESSAGES TO BE RETREIVED FROM A REMOTE TELEPHONE, WITH SOME DEGREE OF PRIVACY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- UPPER PANEL 'ROBOT-PHONE/ TAD 15-RVX CLASSIC' & ABOVE BUTTONS 'POWER REW.STOP RESET PLAY RECORD [BELOW 'RECORD' IS '2 AUTO 1'] TEST VOL' & PL CL BL'/ ON BACK PANEL 'ROBOT PHONE/ MODEL TAD 15-RVX/ SOLID STATE/ SERIAL NUMBER 2070333/ AC117 VOLTS 50/60Hz 20WATTS/ MANUFACTUREED FOR ROBOTRONICS CORPORATION/ 61 ST. CATHERINE STREET EAST/ MONTREAL 129, CANADA JAPAN', 'FREQUENCY 937.5 Hz'/ 3 #'D DIALS MK'D 'REMOTE SENS.', 'TIMER CONTROL', 'BELL SENS'/ OTHER CONTROLS MK'D 'DIAL TONE CONT.', 'OFF MON. ON/ C TIMER F/ ONE WAY TWO/ OFF COUP. ON'/.2 'Remote Message Master/ MODEL TAD 15-RVX/ FREQUENCY 937.5 Hz/ SERIAL NUMBER 2070333/ DC.9V/ ROBOTRONICS CORPORATION/ 61ST. CATHERINE STREET EAST/ MONTREAL 129, CANADA' .
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- HAS WOODGRAIN FINISH ON SIDES; BLACK PANELS ON FRONT & BACK; BLACK LID; SILVERTONE PANEL ON TOP & SILVERTONE EDGING ON LID; BLACK MARKINGS ON TOP PANEL, WHITE MARKINGS ON BACK PANEL; BUTTONS ARE TAUPE WITH ONE RED ONE; WHITE, RED & GREEN INDICATOR LIGHTS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Telephone answering device, circa 1960–1980, Artifact no. 1994.0395, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1994.0395.001/
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