Classic Rotary Phones Forum

Telephone Talk => Decorator, Reproduction & Novelty Phones => Modern "Novelty" Phones! => Topic started by: HarrySmith on October 13, 2010, 02:24:13 PM

Title: rotary dial with * and #
Post by: HarrySmith on October 13, 2010, 02:24:13 PM
How is this possible??

goo.gl/Dfcb

Rotary * and # ?? And redial ??
Title: Re: rotary dial with * and #
Post by: Jim Stettler on October 13, 2010, 02:28:33 PM
I think it is a rotary tone phone., (your link doesn't work) I would be interested in opening up one of these.

Isn't shipping around $50.00?

JIm
Title: Re: rotary dial with * and #
Post by: dsk on October 13, 2010, 03:06:15 PM
I guess it is this one: http://tinyurl.com/27z39ao (http://tinyurl.com/27z39ao)
The famous one with the 0= rotarepo!  ;D

I do not know how it works, or if it works, but it looks quite like a 500? or??

dsk
Title: Re: rotary dial with * and #
Post by: KeithB on October 13, 2010, 03:07:48 PM
It's manufactured after 1969, has modular plugs, and is shipping from Hong Kong.

No Sale!!

Title: Re: rotary dial with * and #
Post by: Jim Stettler on October 13, 2010, 03:13:22 PM
 I think it is manufatured after 2009.
They lowered the shipping and raised the starting bid.

I suspect the dial activates a "counter", the IC then generates the proper tone.
I guess you would call this a rotary-tone set.

JMO,

Jim
Title: Re: rotary dial with * and #
Post by: HarrySmith on October 13, 2010, 03:14:33 PM
Yes, I see Hong Kong and would not buy one but I was curious as to how they get * in a pulse?
Sorry about the link I tried Google URL shortener instead of TinyURL and I guess it is not quite as good.
Title: Re: rotary dial with * and #
Post by: KeithB on October 13, 2010, 03:18:53 PM
Your Goo.gl link works fine, if you prefix it with 'http://' 

Sorta like having to dial '1' before long distance calls. ;)
Title: Re: rotary dial with * and #
Post by: deedubya3800 on October 13, 2010, 06:21:23 PM
I would really be interested to see how that works. And I love rotarepo! It sounds like the phone company is going to come take your rotary phone back. No, you can't have it! :D
Title: Re: rotary dial with * and #
Post by: Phonesrfun on October 13, 2010, 06:34:47 PM
The rotary dial most likely converts to tone and sends it out over the line in DTMF
Title: Re: rotary dial with * and #
Post by: Greg G. on October 13, 2010, 06:47:40 PM
There are some phone trees where I can dial the option # and it works.  Most of them don't do that though.  I really like the "push or say" option on some. 
Title: Re: rotary dial with * and #
Post by: Jim Stettler on October 13, 2010, 06:52:00 PM
Quote from: HarrySmith on October 13, 2010, 03:14:33 PM
Yes, I see Hong Kong and would not buy one but I was curious as to how they get * in a pulse?
Sorry about the link I tried Google URL shortener instead of TinyURL and I guess it is not quite as good.

dial 011 and 012 I think,

There used to be a standard when voice mail/phone trees  were becoming popular.
Jim
Title: Re: rotary dial with * and #
Post by: deedubya3800 on October 13, 2010, 07:10:37 PM
Apparently it dials out using pulse or tone. Here is a page about it: http://gadget.brando.com/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00724