500 speakerphone

[david@london]

saw this speakerphone on sale.....

are the parts original ?

http://tinyurl.com/bppc3an ( dead link 01-31-22 )

[rdelius]

Never have seen a 4A speaker phone in blue but I know they were offered in colors
Robby

[poplar1]

Looks original to me:
500SM telephone set
108 speaker
680 transmitter
85B1 transformer
223A adapter

[ESalter]

We used to have a blue speaker for one(had the screwy connector on the cord).  It was factory painted blue though.  ---Eric

[paul-f]

Check out the colors promoted and available in this 1978 BSP - 512-700-100, issue 4.

http://www.telephonecollectors.info/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=2358&Itemid=11

[Dave F]

Yes, that blue 4A setup is real.  Blue is one of the more unusual colors to find in a W.E. Speakerphone.  My blue 4A components came connected to a Princess phone.  Kinda negates the feature of on-hook dialing!

[HarrySmith]

I was looking at that one too. Pretty neat setup! I wonder how a complete phone system from New Egland ended up in the UK?

Dave: Couldn't you get a blue 500 from the same period and use that in your system?

[twocvbloke]

I wonder how a complete phone system from New Egland ended up in the UK?

Ebay says it's in the USA...

[Doug Rose]

link please

[twocvbloke]

link please

Top of the page I'd guess...

[Dave F]

I was looking at that one too. Pretty neat setup! I wonder how a complete phone system from New Egland ended up in the UK?

Dave: Couldn't you get a blue 500 from the same period and use that in your system?

Harry,

I could do that, but my intention is to use that 4A with my blue Call Director!

Dave

[AE_Collector]

Your Blue Call Director should be the one with built in speakerphone. Was that you who has one or someone else?

<edit> Went looking for it...it is Russ Kirk who has my NECo Call Director Speakerphone!

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=5892.msg71352#msg71352

Terry