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- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 12:38:51 GMT
- From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Summary: Tapeless Answering Machines
- Message-ID: <telecom12.692.7@eecs.nwu.edu>
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- In article <telecom12.676.1@eecs.nwu.edu> andrew@jester.pa.dec.com
- writes:
-
- > Panasonic KX-T8000
-
- Here are some further comments after owning one for a few weeks.
-
- > maybe has remote selective deletion of messages
-
- Yes, it does. You can delete the current message or all messages using
- the *4 or *5 key combinations. There is a minor timing problem though;
- on long hang-up calls (i.e. when the caller hangs up just after the
- beep; too late to be dumped by the CPC detector) it is impossible to
- hit *4 fast enough to selectively delete that message remotely. All
- message delete will remove it remotely, and the selective delete
- button on the console will get it locally.
-
- The skip/forward buttons also work remotely: you can go back and forth
- between stored messages with a keypress.
-
- Complaints: voice quality is actually better over the phone than
- through the speaker. Digital voice is okay, better than the SONY, but
- still lacking in treble. Nobody has complained or, for that matter,
- even noticed that I changed machines.
-
- Some features on cheaper Panasonic analog machines ( e.g. dual
- outgoing messages, priority message) are not present on this model.
-
- Remote delete does not =say= "DELETED", it just plays a staccato of
- beeps at you. Since it uses voice for everything else, I consider this
- a design flaw.
-
- Also has rapid playback (no Mickey Mouse) on either local or remote
- playback of messages. Can be toggled remotely too.
-
- The above minor niggles notwithstanding, this is rapidly becoming my
- all-time favorite answering machine.
-
-
- Mike Schuster
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