I remember Cortelco phones. Some Independent OTC's used them. I don't remember that color from ANY manufacturer. It's a nice shade of Blue. Maybe the clapper needs adjusted in the set. Sounds like it's not getting enough current tho. Love those rings on the other phones. Reminds me of Identa-Ring service (another number on 1 line that rang differently). The service had several names in various areas of the US and Canada). Nice video!
Cool! I never thought about getting one of those in blue; although it’s not like a vintage shade, this one still looks great. Good idea on the carbon mic, but I don’t think Cortelco has used those since the ‘80s. That PBX outputs the wrong ringing frequency (at least, my version does), which causes bell ringers to not sound right at all. But it sounds like your 2500 has the same issue mine did in that the ringer mechanism got knocked out of alignment. I was going to make a video on how I repaired it, but never got around to it, so I can just tell you how I repaired it, if you want.
@@Classic_Electrics Even on my outside line, it wouldn’t ring like normal. It’s odd, because I have a Linn Electronics 015A Bell Ringer next to the Uniden WXI477 that’s in my garage. And that ringer rings like a normal bell ringer, with the ring signal generated by the Ooma Linx Phone Extension. So I tend to think that either this phone takes a different ring frequency or whatever than my bell ringer and the ring signal is not good enough from both the Ooma and the PBX, or that something mechanical inside the phone itself is out of line. And due to my autism, I think I would do better with a demonstration video if that’s OK. (Just whenever you get into doing such a thing) If not, no worries. I’ll probably just keep the ringer on the 2500 off, and keep the ringers on the CS5229 and the 210 on. Also I did just open up the microphone and I do believe it is a carbon microphone. That shade of blue is 1 of my favorite colors, along with the shade of pink that my 210 is. So now I have 2 test phones that are 2 of my favorite colors. 😁
@@JimsElectrics-w4q Huh. Yeah, it sounds like it probably has that issue mine had. Alright, understandable. I'll see when I can make that video! Oh wow, that's surprising. Very interesting that they're still using those. But I will say that in mine, and my 2554, the mics are condenser mics that look similar to carbon mics (especially is size). I hope yours is indeed a carbon one. I don't know why, but even with the weird audio quality, I really like them. Nice!
Great video of the Cortelco 2500 Checkout Jim! That's one awesome video! I have one of those.
I remember Cortelco phones. Some Independent OTC's used them. I don't remember that color from ANY manufacturer. It's a nice shade of Blue. Maybe the clapper needs adjusted in the set. Sounds like it's not getting enough current tho. Love those rings on the other phones. Reminds me of Identa-Ring service (another number on 1 line that rang differently). The service had several names in various areas of the US and Canada). Nice video!
Nice blue 👍
Cool! I never thought about getting one of those in blue; although it’s not like a vintage shade, this one still looks great.
Good idea on the carbon mic, but I don’t think Cortelco has used those since the ‘80s.
That PBX outputs the wrong ringing frequency (at least, my version does), which causes bell ringers to not sound right at all. But it sounds like your 2500 has the same issue mine did in that the ringer mechanism got knocked out of alignment. I was going to make a video on how I repaired it, but never got around to it, so I can just tell you how I repaired it, if you want.
@@Classic_Electrics Even on my outside line, it wouldn’t ring like normal. It’s odd, because I have a Linn Electronics 015A Bell Ringer next to the Uniden WXI477 that’s in my garage. And that ringer rings like a normal bell ringer, with the ring signal generated by the Ooma Linx Phone Extension.
So I tend to think that either this phone takes a different ring frequency or whatever than my bell ringer and the ring signal is not good enough from both the Ooma and the PBX, or that something mechanical inside the phone itself is out of line. And due to my autism, I think I would do better with a demonstration video if that’s OK. (Just whenever you get into doing such a thing) If not, no worries. I’ll probably just keep the ringer on the 2500 off, and keep the ringers on the CS5229 and the 210 on.
Also I did just open up the microphone and I do believe it is a carbon microphone.
That shade of blue is 1 of my favorite colors, along with the shade of pink that my 210 is. So now I have 2 test phones that are 2 of my favorite colors. 😁
@@JimsElectrics-w4q Huh. Yeah, it sounds like it probably has that issue mine had.
Alright, understandable. I'll see when I can make that video!
Oh wow, that's surprising. Very interesting that they're still using those. But I will say that in mine, and my 2554, the mics are condenser mics that look similar to carbon mics (especially is size). I hope yours is indeed a carbon one. I don't know why, but even with the weird audio quality, I really like them.
Nice!
I like it