COIN TELEPHONE No. 29B


Marketing name - Payphone 100 Mark II.
Engineering name - Coin Telephone No. 29B.

Taken from the BT Products & Services Handbook (1990)

Description
A table-top payphone suitable for small businesses which is ideal for supervised locations like small restaurants/clubs and hairdressers.

Switchable between payphone and private use.

The full range of calls can be made, including Operator access on 100 and 999 calls.

Cash box capacity £15.

Size and Weight
W230mrn x D202mm x H180mm.

Weight
278kg (6.1lbs).

Colours
Brown or Stone, with a black base.

Compatibility

  • DEL's only

  • Signalling: LD or MF

  • REN value of 1

  • SPM necessary

  • Cannot be connected to Call Connect Systems

  • For security reasons Star Services should not be sold on Payphone lines

  • Only grandfathered attachments allowed


Main Features

  • Switchable between payphone and private use (at the keying of a PIN)

  • Displays user prompts. Display of remaining credit

  • Follow-on call facility

  • Refunds wholly unused coins

  • Tone sounded on Operator calls

  • Audit facility

  • Protection from fraudulent attempts to reverse the charges to the payphone

  • Allows you to see at a glance the cumulative total of cash collected

  • Accepts a range of coins (l0p, 20p and 50p)

  • Mixture of coins can be used, so customers will not be continually asking for change

  • Local, national, international calls. Call the world.

  • Inductive coupler


 

 

 

 
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