Features
The AT&T PagePal provides many useful features:
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Telephone Access from:
– Loop Start trunks
– Ground Start trunks
Analog Station Lines, PBX or Centrex
– Dry Loop page ports (4-wire).
Provides a point of clear demarcation between the
telephone system and the audio system
FCC registered and UL Listed
Main output level control allows adjustment for commercial
power amplifiers or consumer (home Hi-Fi) or specialized
telephone paging amps
Level controls to set Attendant Input and Background Music,
relative to telephone level
Balanced audio inputs and outputs eliminate hum and noise
pick-up
High quality circuitry for low distortion and wide bandwidth
Simplified connections via modular telephone jack and
Iugless terminal block
Inputs are routed to the output with the following priority
(highest to lowest):
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Attendant Access for emergency and other important
announcements
Alert Tone 1 (siren) for evacuation warning, etc.
Telephone Access for general purpose paging
Alert Tone 2 (chime) for time clock, door bell, security
alert, etc.
Nightbell for incoming, after-hours calls to ring audibly
over the public address system
Music input for background music
■Over-ride or busy tone is returned to the telephone user in
the event of a higher priority
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