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