TELEPHONE No's 90XX, 910X & 910X range

The Statesman

Telephone No. 9001
Original basic Statesman telephone.  Introduced 1983.

Key Features:

  • Pulse dialling only

  • Push button dialling

  • Tone caller ringer

  • REN - 1

Colours: Blue, Green, Mid Brown and Stone

Approval Number: S/1000/GF/1981/PR
 

Telephone No. 9001R
Original basic Statesman with recall facility.  Introduced 1983.

Key Features:

  • Pulse dialling only

  • Push button dialling

  • Earth recall

  • Tone caller ringer

  • REN - 1

Colours: Blue, Green, Mid Brown and Stone

Approval Number: S/1000/GF/1981/PR

Price in the early 1980's was £37.
 

 

Telephone No. 9003R
Statesman with recall.

Key Features:

  • Pulse dialling only

  • Push button dialling

  • Earth recall

  • Tone caller ringer

Colours: Blue, Mid Brown, Grey, Maroon and Stone

Approval Number: S/1000/GF/1981/PR
 

 

Telephone No. 9005R
Original basic Statesman

Key Features:

  • Pulse dialling

  • Earth Recall

  • Tone caller ringer

  • Push button dialling

  • REN - 1

Colours: Stone

Approval Number: S/1000/3/F/451210
 


Telephone No. 9020R
Called the Statesman 10 this phone has 10 indirect memories.

Made by EET circa 1984.

Key Features:

  • Pulse dialling

  • Earth recall

  • Last number redial

  • 10 number memory store

  • Tone Caller

  • REN - 1

  • Press button

Colour: Stone

Approval Number: S/1000/3/D/450051
 


Telephone No. 9040R
Statesman with last number redial.

Key Features:

  • Pulse dialling

  • Earth recall

  • Last number redial

  • Tone Caller

  • REN - 1

  • Press button

Colours: Brown, Stone, Grey and Maroon

Approval Numbers:
S/1000/3/E/500059 (LR button is to the right of 0.  Made by GEN)
S/1000/3/F/500337 (LR button is to the left of 0.  Made by EET)
 

 

Telephone No. 9101
Original basic Statesman telephone with MF dialling.  Introduced 1983.

Key Features:

  • Tone dialling only

  • Push button dialling

  • Tone caller ringer

  • REN - 1

Colours: Blue, Green, Maroon, Mid Brown and Stone

Approval Number: S/1000/GF/1981/PR

Picture - Science Museum

User Guide

 

Telephone No. 9101R
Original basic Statesman with MF dialling and recall facility.  Introduced 1983.

Key Features:

  • Tone dialling only

  • Push button dialling

  • Earth recall

  • Tone caller ringer

Colours: Blue, Green, Maroon, Mid Brown and Stone

Approval Number: S/1000/GF/1981/PR
 

Telephone No. 9101RR
Statesman with Register Recall (RR) facility.

Key Features:

  • Tone dialling only

  • Push button dialling

  • Time break recall only

  • Tone caller ringer

Colours: Blue, Green, Mid Brown and Stone

Approval Number:

 

Telephone No. 9101AR
Original basic Statesman

Key Features:

  • Tone dialling

  • Earth and Time break recall

  • Tone caller ringer

  • Pushbutton dialling

  • REN - 1

Colours: Blue, Green, Maroon, Mid Brown and Stone

Approval Number: S/1000/3/F/451199

Picture - Science Museum
 

 

Telephone No. 9102R
Original basic Statesman with recall facility.  This model used Ambassador circuitry.  Introduced 1983.

Key Features:

  • Tone dialling only

  • Push button dialling

  • Earth recall

  • Tone caller ringer

Colours: Light Grey, Mid Brown and Stone

Approval Number:

 

Telephone No. 9102RR
Statesman with recall facility.  RR stands for Register Recall (TBR).  Introduced 1983.

Key Features:

  • Tone dialling only

  • Push button dialling

  • Time break recall

  • Tone caller ringer

Colours: Blue, Green, Mid Brown and Stone

Approval Number:

 

 

Telephone No. 9103R
Statesman with recall facility.  Introduced 1983.

Key Features:

  • Tone dialling only

  • Push button dialling

  • Earth recall

  • Tone caller ringer

Colours: Blue, Green, Mid Brown and Stone

Approval Number:
 

 

 

Telephone No. 9110R
Statesman with Message waiting light.

Key Features:

  • dialling

  • Recall

  • Message waiting light

Colour: Stone

Approval Number:
 


Telephone No. 9111R
Statesman with Neon calling indicator in the handset.

Key Features:

  • Tone dialling

  • Recall

  • Neon calling indicator

  • Tone caller

Colour: Stone

Approval Number:

Picture - Science Museum
 

 

Additional Information

The basic Statesman telephone is available in Loop Disconnect (LD) l0pps pulsing or MF4 signalling.  LD versions are available with Earth recall only whilst the MF 9101AR version offers earth or timed break recall facilities.  The Statesman 9101AR is supplied configured for Earth Loop recall for conversation to Timed Break recall.

Telephone No's 9001, 9003, 9005 and 9040 are basic LD Statesman, the 9040 includes last number redial facility.

The message waiting and neon handset variants are only available with MF4 signalling and in stone colour only.
All models are similar in appearance.
The colour range comprised of Brown, Blue, Stone, Green, Grey and Maroon.
Not all versions are available in all colours.
Incoming calls are indicated by a tone caller with adjustable volume control.

Made by:-
GEC Ltd (GEN)
Plessey Ltd (EET)
PYE/Phillips Ltd (TMC Ltd) (GNA)

Click here on how to dismantle a Statesman telephone

Ringer
Statesman Telephones have a Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) of 1.  Telephone instruments (BT and non BT supplied) are now required to be labelled with their REN so that users do not exceed the permitted maximum number of ringers in circuit.

A telephone with REN of 1 has a ringer performance comparable to that of a standard instrument (i.e. Telephone No. 8746G), the total REN value of all ringers connected at any time at an installation must not exceed 4.

The REN does not guarantee compatibility between ringers of different technologies on the same installation.

There is a known problem with the Statesman ringer not operating.  This is generally due to the connectors on the rear of the ringer.

To check and rectify this issue:-

  1. Remove the base by removing the central screw and prising the base away from the front edge.
  2. Locate the ringer mechanism which is the black, plastic round item in the base moulding.
  3. There are two metal strips protruding from the plastic housing.  They should extend the same distance as each other.
  4. Pull the two strips away from the plastic housing until they stop.
  5. Bend the two metal strips upwards so they are at about 45 degrees to the plastic housing.
  6. Ensure the strips cannot move back into the plastic housing by bending the lugs at the base of the strip.
  7. Reassemble the base.

Alternate Recall (AR)
To configure a Statesman No. 9101AR for timed break recall proceed as follows. open the telephone by removing the screw in the base and pulling the case halves apart. Shift plug 'PLD' on the PCB from the 1 - 2 to the 2 - 3 position.  To return to Earth Loop recall return plug 'PLD' to the 1 - 2 position (see diagram further down this page).

PARTS

DESCRIPTION  ITEM CODE
Telephone 9040R Brown
Telephone 9040R Stone                           
Telephone 9040R Mid Grey/Dark Grey              
Telephone 9040R Maroon                          
Brackets Telephone 25C Black                    
Telephone 9101RR Stone                          
Telephone 9101RR Brown                 
Telephone 9101RR Blue                           
Telephone 9101RR Green                          
Telephone 9101AR Stone                          
Telephone 9101AR Brown                          
Telephone 9101AR Grey                           
Telephone 9101AR Maroon                         
Telephone 9110R Stone (Message Waiting)         
Telephone 9111R Stone (Neon Handset)            
Receiver Inset 3/3T (Inductive Coupler)		 877035
877036
877037
877038
877030
411162
411163
411164
411165
877070
877071
877072
877073
877040
877060
877095

POWER REQUIREMENTS
Telephone 9040R is 50 Volt line powered and requires no external power supply.  The last number redial facility constantly draws approximately 23ma from line to maintain the memory.  If the instrument is disconnected from line for more than a few minutes the memory will be erased.

PBX APPROVAL
All Statesman Telephones except for 9040 with manufacturers code 'EET' an classified as '700 type' impedance for PBX extension approval purposes.  The 9040 with manufacturers code 'EET' is classified as complex impedance and must not be used as an extension to e.g. IBM PABX.

INDUCTIVE COUPLER
The Receiver Inset 3/3T may be used in all types of Statesman Telephones covered by this CSI with the exception of 9101 with manufacturers code 'EET', 9040, 9l10 and 9111.  This type of receiver inset provides inductive coupling to certain types of 'behind the ear' hearing aid.

RFI
Statesman 9005, 9040 (with manufacturers code 'GEN' made since September 1985) and 9101AR have good immunity to Radio Frequency Interference (RFI), other models have poor immunity and may be affected by nearby radio transmitters.

EXCHANGE COMPATIBILITY
Not all modern telephone exchanges will accept loop disconnect dialling (LD).  This is evidenced by pressing a button which will break the dial tone (prove by trying the phone on a BT line).  The phone will still ring and can used to answer incoming calls.

KEYPAD CLAMP
Please see picture below

Telephone No. 9101AR
Conversion to Time Break Recall

  1. With a flat screwdriver remove the central screw on the base of the phone.
  2. Pull the base from the top casing.
  3. Follow the instructions in the picture to the right.
  4. When re-assembling the phone ensure that the cords are correctly located.


 

Keypad Clamp No. 1A

This clamp goes around the phone and over the keypad.
It is locked with a small padlock.
The number 9 button is left exposed to allow for 999 - emergency calls.

 

Telephone No. 9040

 

 
 
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