General Information

Serial #

305091

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL AND SYNTHETIC MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION..2-.3 SYNTHETIC CASING AND RECORDING TAPE.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

24.7 cm

Width

18.7 cm

Height

8.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

RADIO SHACK

Country

Republic of Korea

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS UNIT USED C. MID-1980S TO 2003.

Canada

THIS ANSWERING MACHINE WAS USED BY THE DONOR IN HER HOME IN OTTAWA, ONR.

Function

IN THE TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBER'S ABSENCE, TO ANSWER THE TELEPHONE, PLAY A PRE-RECORDED MESSAGE, AND THEN RECORD A TIMED MESSAGE FROM THE CALLER BEFORE DISCONNECTING.

Technical

VOICE ACTUATED DUAL-CASSETTE TELEPHONE ANSWERING SYSTEM, WHICH PERMITTED RECORDING OF 60 AVERAGE-LENGTH MESSAGES, AND SCREENING OF INCOMING CALLS. THISTECHNOLOGY LARGELY BEING REPLACED (2000+) BY VOICE MAIL SYSTEMS WHICH DO NOT REQUIRE EQUIPMENT ON-SITE, AND MAY BE ACCESSED REMOTELY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 "DUOFONE TAD-11C/ VOICE ACTUATED- DUAL CASSETTE/ TELEPHONE ANSWERING SYSTEM" printed in white in upper left of casing top. "Radio Shack" appears in raised print on front right of casing top. All controls, connections, etc. labelled. "Radio Shack A DIVISION OF TANDY CORPORATION" appears in raised print on base. Plate fixed to base reads "Radio Shack [registered trade mark symbol] TAD-111C/ MOD: 43-246C/ 120V~ 60Hz 7W/ S. NO. 305091/ [CSA trademark]/ LR38773/ CAUTION (ATTENTION)/ "SHOCK HAZARD- DO NOT OPEN"/ "RISQUE DE CHOC- NE PAS ENLEVER" * Cont'd in Supp. Info.

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE.

Finish

.1 BLACK SYNTHETIC, SILVER METAL, AND IMITATION WOOD-GRAIN SYNTHETIC PANELS COMPOSE CASING; BLACK MOULDED SYNTHETIC BASE. BLACK SYNTHETIC COVERING ON ELECTRICAL CORD; GREY SYNTHETIC COVERING ON CABLE TO JACK..2 BLACK SYNTHETIC CASSETTE CASING; ORANGE & WHITE LABEL..3 CLEAR SYNTHETIC CASSETTE CASING; BROWN PAPER LABEL.

Decoration

N/A