Joel Spolsky <spolsky-joel@cs.yale.edu> (04/22/91)
Hi, Does anybody know if an American answering machine will work in Israel? Thanks, Joel Spolsky spolsky@cs.yale.edu
David Lemson <lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> (04/23/91)
spolsky-joel@cs.yale.edu (Joel Spolsky) writes: > Does anybody know if an American answering machine will work in > Israel? Yes. They work fine. Remember that the power transformer cube will be a 120V one but you'll either need to devote a step-down transformer (one of the 100W ones that puts out a sine wave, not the solid-state ones) or buy a 220V -> whatever voltage the answering machine needs. (Probably be easier to buy it over there or in Europe.) Remember that almost no phones in Israel have Touch-Tone (tm), though. So, don't expect to be able to use beeperless remote unless you buy a small DTMF pad at Radio Shack (which is exactly what I did) and bring it with you. David Lemson University of Illinois Computing Services Consultant Internet : lemson@uiuc.edu UUCP :...!uiucuxc!uiucux1!lemson
Danny Padwa <PADWA@hulaw1.harvard.edu> (04/23/91)
In article <telecom11.299.5@eecs.nwu.edu>, spolsky-joel@cs.yale.edu (Joel Spolsky) writes: > Does anybody know if an American answering machine will work in > Israel? I'm not certain, but I'm pretty sure it will work ... while I didn't quite have my own phone line when I was there last year, many of my friends brought phones (and answering machines, and all sorts of other things) with them, and didn't have much problem. You will need a converter for the power, of course, and a little gizmo to bridge the phone connectors ... if memory serves correctly the box just connects the wires (perhaps with some impedance matching) and is very easily available there. Be careful about the import duties on electronics, however. Danny Padwa Padwa@Husc3.Harvard.Edu
berger@clio.sts.uiuc.edu (Mike Berger) (04/25/91)
spolsky-joel@cs.yale.edu (Joel Spolsky) writes: > Does anybody know if an American answering machine will work in > Israel? Doesn't it run backwards? Mike Berger Department of Statistics, University of Illinois AT&TNET 217-244-6067 Internet: berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu
Arnold Robbins <arnold%audiofax.com@mathcs.emory.edu> (04/27/91)
> spolsky-joel@cs.yale.edu (Joel Spolsky) writes: >> Does anybody know if an American answering machine will work in >> Israel? berger@clio.sts.uiuc.edu (Mike Berger) writes: > Doesn't it run backwards? No, you just have to listen from right to left. (-: Arnold Robbins AudioFAX, Inc. 2000 Powers Ferry Road, #200 / Marietta, GA. 30067 INTERNET: arnold@audiofax.com Phone: +1 404 618 4281 UUCP: emory!audfax!arnold Fax-box: +1 404 618 4581
Hank Nussbacher <HANK%BARILVM.BITNET@vm.biu.ac.il> (04/29/91)
In article <telecom11.305.10@eecs.nwu.edu>, berger@clio.sts.uiuc.edu (Mike Berger) says: > spolsky-joel@cs.yale.edu (Joel Spolsky) writes: >> Does anybody know if an American answering machine will work in >> Israel? > Doesn't it run backwards? My Panasonic answering machine works fine. Needs no modifications. And it even records in English and in Hebrew :-) Hank Nussbacher Israel