Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ukma!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: dgc@math.ucla.edu Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Code-a-Phone 2770 Answering Machine Message-ID: Date: 21 Oct 89 23:54:53 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 31 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 468, message 1 of 8 In Telecom digest #464 Otto J. Makela asks: . . . I have a sales blurb for a device called the Code-a- Phone 2600, which would seem to be what I need: 16s of digital outgoing message, micro-casette for message recording and remote message retrieve with 3-digit security code (gives 512 combinations, if the salesperson had it right) plus a few more. The price tag over here in Finland is around US$230, which makes it pretty resonable. Does anyone have hands-on experience with these devices ? We have a Code-a-Phone 2770 which has all of the features described plus a time/day-of-week "stamp" which leaves that information at the end of each message. It uses a 9-volt battery, in case of power failure (useful with the "Banana Republic" power company that serves us -- Southern California Edison), which maintains the clock and outgoing message, but the machine doesn't answer when there's no power. It operates on 10 volts AC, from a little plug-in transformer (so with a different transformer, it would probably run on 240 volts in Europe, unless it really needs 60 Hz). We've had it for about 6 months, and, as I recall, it cost slightly over $100.00. So far it's worked well. It's reliable and easy-to-use (if you read the instruction manual and get used to the multi-function keys). I would recommend it. David G. Cantor Department of Mathematics University of California at Los Angeles Internet: dgc@math.ucla.edu