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Started by Dan, March 01, 2009, 05:06:15 PM

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Dan

March 01, 2009, 05:06:15 PM
I have never seen this on a phone. Is the earpiece functional? Does the rotary dial get trumped bythe touchtone?  Electronics guys, please chime in on this one.

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bingster

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March 01, 2009, 05:15:44 PM
One doesn't supersede the other.  Either can be used to dial a number.
= DARRIN =


Steve

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March 01, 2009, 05:46:06 PM

I have one of those myself. works pretty well, although I only tried it a couple times.
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BDM

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March 01, 2009, 06:24:36 PM Last Edit: March 01, 2009, 11:00:43 PM by BDM
Off the subject, but that may possibly be a soft plastic version.
--Brian--

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Dan

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March 01, 2009, 07:08:06 PM Last Edit: March 01, 2009, 07:10:21 PM by Dan
Could  be, it's a 1959. I have three 1959's , all hard plastic. My 1958 was soft however.
"Imagine how weird telephones would look if our ears weren't so close to our mouths." - Steven Wright

Argyris

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March 05, 2009, 08:16:55 PM
I haven't seen this particular gadget before, but I suspect it's just a tone generator--the buttons produce beeps that are then picked up by the element, same as your voice would be, and transmitted down the line. I doubt it's wired into the dial mechanism.

I've seen a similar one that wasn't mounted on the handset. The user would just hold it up to the mouthpiece and punch in the numbers to sound the tones. I think it was battery-operated.
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