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I have an older Phone Answering Machine , it uses two small tapes , one for the answer message and one for the incoming message , I really like the unit and hate to give it up , problem is this , it will record a message that has been sent via wired phone , for some reason it hates Cell Phones , will drop out after a few seconds of record , I am not sure if the Cell sees something it doesn't like and stops or if the recorder doesn't like the Cell Phone , any thoughts would be appreciated . Phil |
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"Phil" wrote in message ... Hello I have an older Phone Answering Machine , it uses two small tapes , one for the answer message and one for the incoming message , I really like the unit and hate to give it up , problem is this , it will record a message that has been sent via wired phone , for some reason it hates Cell Phones , will drop out after a few seconds of record , I am not sure if the Cell sees something it doesn't like and stops or if the recorder doesn't like the Cell Phone , any thoughts would be appreciated . Can you make more of these -- .. -- .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. -- |
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No kidding. The old tape machines were great. Easy to rewind a couple
seconds to replay a portion of a message you couldn't quite get. Now, with digital, someone leaves you a 5 minute long message and then blabs the phone number so fast at the end that you can't understand it, you have to replay the entire message over, and over, and over........ Hmmmm, reminds me of the VCR/DVD discussion... JR Homer J Simpson wrote: Can you make more of these -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth |
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Phil wrote:
Hello I have an older Phone Answering Machine , it uses two small tapes , one for the answer message and one for the incoming message , I really like the unit and hate to give it up , problem is this , it will record a message that has been sent via wired phone , for some reason it hates Cell Phones , will drop out after a few seconds of record , I am not sure if the Cell sees something it doesn't like and stops or if the recorder doesn't like the Cell Phone , any thoughts would be appreciated . Phil This is a "voice control" problem. Old answering machines were designed to stop after about 8 seconds of silence or hum (dial tone). The machine would have to be modified, or the signal improved. A few machines had this feature defeatable with a switch. Mark Z. |
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I had one of these years ago and it would do what you describe
occasionally even from wired phones. I belive it confused the tone of some woman voices with those indicating call termination. It had a switch on the back to defeat that but enabling would not stop recording until tape end which was worse. Phil wrote: Hello I have an older Phone Answering Machine , it uses two small tapes , one for the answer message and one for the incoming message , I really like the unit and hate to give it up , problem is this , it will record a message that has been sent via wired phone , for some reason it hates Cell Phones , will drop out after a few seconds of record , I am not sure if the Cell sees something it doesn't like and stops or if the recorder doesn't like the Cell Phone , any thoughts would be appreciated . Phil |
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Try using a cell phone to call your machine and see if your call is
dropped. That will determine if the problem is on the cell end or the machine end. If cell phone stays connected then its a machine problem. Then try talking REALLY loud into the cell phone to see if maybe the machine just doesn't "hear" the incoming message. If that's the case you could leave an appropriate outgoing message informing the caller to shout if on a cell phone. I love those old machines. Mine quit a couple years ago and I miss it. Perhaps I'll get around to fixing it one day. ;) Guy On Feb 25, 1:32 pm, "Phil" wrote: Hello I have an older Phone Answering Machine , it uses two small tapes , one for the answer message and one for the incoming message , I really like the unit and hate to give it up , problem is this , it will record a message that has been sent via wired phone , for some reason it hates Cell Phones , will drop out after a few seconds of record , I am not sure if the Cell sees something it doesn't like and stops or if the recorder doesn't like the Cell Phone , any thoughts would be appreciated . Phil |
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"badgerboy" wrote in message ups.com... Try using a cell phone to call your machine and see if your call is dropped. That will determine if the problem is on the cell end or the machine end. If cell phone stays connected then its a machine problem. Then try talking REALLY loud into the cell phone to see if maybe the machine just doesn't "hear" the incoming message. If that's the case you could leave an appropriate outgoing message informing the caller to shout if on a cell phone. That's what the world needs more of, dickheads shouting on their yuppie-yappers. |
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