"Telephone Repair Illustrated" explains how to install, maintain and repair telephones. Without using esoteric theory or complicated mathematical formulae, this text provides a straightforward presentation of basic electronic communications principles, troubleshooting tables, service guidelines and illustrated repair techniques for non-technicians. Readers are introduced to tools and materials, test equipment, components and circuitry and methods for installing and servicing all popular kinds of residential and small business telephone systems. In addition to standard rotary and push-button telephones, Stephen Bigelow covers the latest cordless and cellular models and a variety of answering machines ranging from simple two-tape devices to voice synthesized, digital messaging machines.
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Stephen J. Bigelow (Leicester, MA) is the founder and President of Dynamic Learning Systems, a technical research and writing firm specializing in PC and peripheral service. An experienced electronics engineer, he is the author of several best-selling computer books including Troubleshooting, Maintaining and Repairing PCs, now in its fourth edition and is the editor of The PC Tolbox Newsletter.
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Basic information for the do it yourselfer.,
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Along with an index, glossary, bibliography and schematics,
this will help someone troubleshoot a problem with their
telephone, cordless phone, or answering machine. Basic
information.
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Good material,
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This book told me what I needed to know. I wanted to be able to troubleshoot some old telephones. I collect old payphones and had a few that didn't work. They do now. I rate the book highly.
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You will be interested in this book if you:
o Want to learn the basics of how to repair or perhaps modify telephones. This is not suitable for anyone who: o Needs a text to pass apprenticeship or trade qualifications examinations; o Has no background in electronics. It's a brave person who repairs their own telephone and your telco contract or local laws and regulations may forbid you to do this unless you are a qualified technician. This will be useful, however, for the hobbyist who wants to experiment with telephones. Warning: never connect telephones that you have repaired or modified to the public switched network or use the network to conduct experiments. Your telco contract and local laws will prohibit this as it can result in shocks or injury to linesmen and damage exchange (US: "central office") equipment. Basic techniques are shown along with instructions on how to use instruments for analysis, but there is so much variation in manufacture that this can only be very general. Hobbyists are advised to seek out the datasheets of the ICs used in any phone they wish to repair. My own experience is that many electronic phones use Chip-On-Board technology which makes them impossible to work with, but good luck anyway. Topics covered include repairs to: o Vintage telephones o Rotary dial telephones o Electronic (push-button) telephones o Cordless telephones o Answering machines (tape and digital) There is a chapter on mobile (US: "cellular") phones, but this refers only to outdated analogue types no longer in use. This is a 220 page trade paperback, of the high quality typical of TAB.
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THE PUBLIC TELEPHONE SYSTEM HAS SOMETIMES BEEN REFERRED TO AS THE eighth wonder of the modern world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
modular receptacles, retest the machine, hook switch contacts, use your multimeter, pulse dialer, electromechanical ringer, classical telephones, speech network, electrodynamic microphone, set your multimeter, rotary dialer, suspect telephone, ringing cadence, handset cord, logic probe, incoming ring, pulse contacts, ringing signal, mute signal, dial unit, digital signalling, transmit circuit, speech circuit, tone decoder, electronic telephones Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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modular receptacles, retest the machine, hook switch contacts, use your multimeter, pulse dialer, electromechanical ringer, classical telephones, speech network, electrodynamic microphone, set your multimeter, rotary dialer, suspect telephone, ringing cadence, handset cord, logic probe, incoming ring, pulse contacts, ringing signal, mute signal, dial unit, digital signalling, transmit circuit, speech circuit, tone decoder, electronic telephones Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Understanding Telephone Electronics, Fourth Edition by Joseph Carr in Back Matter
- The Illustrated Dictionary of Electronics by Stan Gibilisco in Back Matter
- Microprocessors and Microcomputers for Electronics Technicians by Edward Pasahow in Back Matter
- Modems Made Easy: The Basics and Beyond! by David Hakala in Back Matter
- Ready-To-Build Telephone Enhancements by Delton T. Horn in Back Matter
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