RECEIVER INSETS


Receiver Inset No. 1L

Used in most early Bakelite handsets.
Superseded by the Receiver Inset No. 2P.

Used with an Earpiece No. 18 and Diaphragm No. 18.
 

Receiver Inset No. 2P

Used in later Bakelite handsets.

Used with an Earpiece No. 23 and Diaphragm No. 25.
 

Receiver Inset No. 2/3T

Used in 700 handsets.  Introduced in the 1980's as an aid to those who wore hearing aids.  The receiver had a coil of wire wound around the outside and this would interact with a hearing aid that was switched to the 'T' setting.

 

Receiver Inset No. 3T

Used in Headsets and Trimphones.


 

Receiver Inset No. 4

Used in many 700 type telephones.

Later Receiver Insert No. 4's  comprised of a No. 3T inserted into a plastic housing which resembled the No.4 - dimension wise.

 

 
 

 

 
 
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