Panasonic KXT 308 616 Key service unit, (PBX type unit) for home use by telephone collectors.
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- Опубліковано 19 вер 2024
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The purpose of this video is to discuss the Panasonic systems that are available for connecting vintage telephone collection so that they can work within your home. This is a brief overview there are many choices of systems out there and this only covers the Panasonic KXT 308, 616.
Good stuff. My 616 is still running strong keeping my collection going.
I sold a bunch of 616s. If a customer had a very limited budget and couldn't afford our more robust options, the 308 or the 616 saved the sale. We didn't have access to the fancy modular/66 blocks so we used a standard block and made up our own jumpers with 266 plugs and cross-connect wire.
I've come very close to installing one at my house and still might.
There are a number of Valcom accessories that would provide a custom solution to gate access or talk-back paging applications.
I used to put in Comdial key systems.
Looking at your comments along with Phil's videos brings me back to those days. We had KSU/ DSUs with
Different CO/ Station configurations also. I remember installing Valcom PA systems through these units also.
For a few years at home, I owned a KX-TD816 and the TVP200 voice mail, along with 8 digital sets. Great stuff, well built, documentation readily available. Liked it a lot, until I switched to Asterisk and SIP protocol. Thanks!
Those Panasonic 616s are great little PBXs. They just simply work, haven't had any issues with them.
Back in my running a BBS days, I had a 66 block which required wired jacks, that one with jacks built in looks more what I should have requested but if course, "not on my truck" excuse, followed by "I can come back with one but it's another visit and time charges" ugh Verizon!
I recently discovered your channel and must say it brings back so many memories for me, being an old telephone guy who grew up in and worked every aspect of a family-owned telephone company in Minnesota back in the day. Thank you so much for your videos. I will send your link to my brother, who also worked with me at the telephone company. Many memories, indeed.
A classic. Took one out two years ago and still worked great
This is fascinating to watch.
I know that family of analog systems so well. 2 pair for digital phones but all ports supported 2500 sets.
I've ran one of these for years in my home, I have the central office ports connected to an ATA that ties into my Asterisk system.
I stayed in a roadside no-tell-motel, in the storage room, I found one of these units, and it's manual.. the 81 etc codes did work.. after a week of being always busy trying to get a c.o. line I put in DSL. Of course back then $140 @ week got expensive, so I vacated, when a friend who needed a live in caregiver.
I was recently doing some handyman work in a house with one if these. All it was still being used for was the door intercom/bell, which would ring the only remaining phone on the system. Recently that function stopped working, and despite finding the manual online and resetting and reprogramming, i could not get it to work.
I am pretty sure the proprietary phones only require FOUR wires, not 6. These systems were sold to work with standard modular cords, and could be programmed for a BLF where the proprietary phone is paired to an extension which will BOTH serve as a regular single line phone and light up the BLF using the second pair as the data bus (yellow/black).
308's and 616's use 4-wire stations, not 6.
Correct. I worked on different Panasonic systems that i miss spoke. There was 6 wire Panasonic phones.
Buenos, necesito ayuda, tengo una central Panasonic 616 y tiene un problema que cuando entra una llamada externa, suenan todos los internos al mismo tiempo. Alguna persona sabe cómo resolver ese problema? Muchas gracias
This sounds much easier than messing around with Norstar MICS or CICS, & ATAs. Problem is I have a MICS in my garage, from a closed Borders Book Store, so I'm on the fence. How easy is the Panasonic to program?
In terms of programming, it's much easier!
One caveat: Nortel phones are bumb proof compared to any other phone manufacturers, including Panasonic.
If you have tough users, keep your Norstar. Otherwise, you'll LOVE to use the Panasonic.
Will you be connecting this to CNET so we can dial in and play withit?
@Frank's Vintage Audio and TV It's a private VOIP based network that allows vintage telephone equipment enthusiasts to dial in to old telephone exchanges/switches and play around with them.
Thank you for this video, I had no idea about Panasonic systems before, everyone talks about the Nortel systems but those can be expensive second hand so this is a great option