In a sense, it is like a 1987 smartphone.

Magically tunes in 2 stations both playing songs that would have been on the radio in 1987. Magic by Olivia Newton John 1980 and Let it Whip by the Dazz band 1982.

I'm impressed by all the functionality they threw in, somewhat surprised by what they left out...and don't think I'd want one because of the odd limitations. It seems very...busy. The outgoing announcement certainly sounds like a recording, rather than a synthesizer.

holy shit... I had one of these... I used it from 1998 to about 2004 when I was able to purchase my first cellphone... at 16... Yes iI used this phone at only 10 years old... I had a friend that moved several states away when I was 10 and we would call and play video games together through the phone... not online games just playing single player games and telling each other about the cool things that we found and could do... we both got our first windows xp computers in christmas of 2004 and then switched to using skype with 1mbps upload and 256kbps DSL connections... That was a different era... the phone/clock/alarm/radio was a whole different era in and of itself from before I was born... I never used the answering machine cause my mother at the time had an at&t digital answering machine model 1725... that thing was sooo cool. I think i remember calling into it and using a code to get the answering machine to play back messages...

The handset looks like a Intellivision controller.

5:29 - Love how the Jersey came out of you when you said "off."

I.....WANT.......THIS

30+ years old and still very usable today, I wonder how much 2018 tech will a) still work in 2049, b) be practical and relevant?

Back to the Future called about 3 years ago. They wanted their hoverboards back.

Awesome. Kind of a neat 80s fad back in those days where they tried to cram many different devices into one box of electronics. It's amazing how many devices have been made obsolete by "smart" phones. My old "dumb" flip phone had an FM radio that you could listen to anytime, even if there was no cell signal. When I tried to find this feature on my newer "smart" phone, I found out that all smartphones actually have the FM radio receiver functionality built-in, but the telecoms disable it so that you have to use their music apps. I guess so they can make more $ & track what you're listening to.

2:00 The slide switch, such a staple element in clock radios... and so notoriously prone to go bad and make bad contact with time.

I wonder how many more features they could cram into one of these now. I love how VOICE SYNTHESIZE is displayed prominently.

the smartphone of the 80's ... love it ! 🤩

The nostalgia is unreal

I kinda miss things that look like this, my mum had a radio/bedside lamp combo that looked very similar to this too.

You came across one of these in your 'Weekend thrift store adventure' from 2013, i just happened to watch it yesterday.

Same Magnavox (or almost same) from a thrift store 'adventure' posted on 25 March 2013. :) That video was with the Sangean/Discovery pocket radio. Love that feature to record both sides of a phone conversation, without the beeps to warn that conversation was being recorded. :)

1:29 is 'Magic' by Olivia Newton John If you're curious

1:37 you can even listen to Bounce FM on this device.

I hope that PC cassette deck is next up for a video.

God I miss the 1980s. Time travel still possible if you took care of stuff like this!

You're telling me... You tuned randomly to two FM station on an analog dial... And BOTH stations were playing 80s hits?!? I call shenanigans! (The first station is playing "Magic" by Olivia Newton-John from 1980 and "Let It Whip" by Dazz Band from 1982.)

Speaking of phones in the 80's and such. I remember they used sell recliner couches that came with phones in the center compartment throughout the 80's and 90's (or maybe they still do?)...

Maybe I'm old-school, but I never go to bed without a clock/radio.

I really hope there is a video coming about that PC device in the background...the Plus Deck 2c...never knew they made a cassette deck for PCs

I noticed that PC cassette deck in the background, that seems pretty interesting :)

I can kind of see using this in a small office more than a bedroom with the dictation and call record features.

I miss the boxy look of old electronics. lol

I've got a telecom brand mini cassette phone tape answering machine . It's the best thing ever. Especially when telemarketing bozos calls U only to hear a drunk guy singing never gonna give U up.

8:57... You answered the question I was going to ask. Nice anticipation of a potential question!

9:12 Cool that it can still record two parties calling each other (otherwise known as memo mode recording iirc)

80's answered and now I must go - My planet needs me!

Random connection: the illuminated tuning marker reminds me of a 90s chrysler head unit. The equalizer dials are lit the same way.

Pretty nice. I have a D7527... looks a little like that 7547 except has record.

Ooh, i have exactly that clock radio but without the answering machine. Interestingly, it can't record but it does have the erase head in the cassette deck.

The answer voice sounds almost like that of Don Elliott. He's the guy who was on some early telephone announcements as well as once being the voice of WWV. Really apparent when you play the HQ version. Also, notice how far right the radio dial goes. Could that tune into the extended AM band?

I called and the 1980s Awnsered AT 3AM WHILST SPINNING A FIDGET SPINNER ( NO CLICKBAIT ) I ALMOST DIED

I had a clock radio then with a cassette recorder that I could set the alarm to play the cassette. Sometimes when the cassette alarm went off with music I would dream I was playing in a band. I remember recording my voice saying " quit dreaming and wake up" repeating it multiple times because I hated the alarm and radio to wake up too.

I love this; thank you for making this video! Wish I had one of these to mess with.

That was wonderful man I love all of the great classic songs that you played on there that clock is wonderful

Ha! I remember those from back then. If I recall many other companies made and sold these. I don't have the telephone clock radio one, but I still have a very cool GE version with cassette radio on it. And the clock LCD is rather weird, orange color backlit by an automotive side marker bulb, a 193. I've replaced it about 3 times since 92' With this one you can press play on the cassette and wake up with it. I got that way back in 1992

WOW YOU USED A SLUGBUG SONG!!!!!!! love it

I graduated high school in 81, I remember these things, I never personally had one but they were everywhere for a while. The recording of your own phone calls was a pretty cool feature! And that ring tone!! Man that brought back memories!! Thanks for the upload!

I remember once being a clock radio with a built in tape deck that could be used as an answering machine, but it didn't have a phone built into it. I was told the microphone in said unit didn't work. I don't know who the unit was made by, but I do remember it had a red digital readout and a red tuning indicator LED. I think the reason the tape deck doesn't sound so great is because of the built in speaker more than anything. The phone ringer sounds like a cricket. It's too bad the unit can't record from the radio, that surprises me.

For whatever reason this reminds me of growing up in suburban Chicago!

I actually quite want one of those, that’s a really useful set of features. Love the ringtone, what a neat thing!

1980 s electronics are awesome! i have love for these things

This looks awesome!!

I've just bought one today (of Philips branded variety though), and apart from missing the cassette cover, it seems alright. I even plugged it in, and it works, the sad thing I couldn't find any instructions for it

Holy shit thanks for linking that song. I cant stop listening to it

If a device told me to Slumber Off, I'd take that as an insult.

Sounds like a product you'd be able to pick up at your local Stereo Dust Particles, the stereo store with a whole lot more!

Love this. I would totally use this if I had a land line connection. Yeah we had BBC micro computers at school in the 80s which had a crude text to speech voice and it was not natural at all. When we typed in the word 'fuck' it pronounced it 'Vuuug'

The Eighties song I thought of while watching this was "Answering Machine" by The Replacements. "How do you say, 'I miss you' to an answering machine?"

I bought my father the non-phone version of this very alarm clock (AM/FM/Cass) for father's day, silver with red LEDs, I still have the pictures (taken with my Fisher-Price 110mm camera) from the day he unwrapped it. The clock set buttons were a PITA to use. The radio reception was very impressive, and it could go pretty darn loud (although, as you noted, the speaker is craptacular). 2:43 - YUP, that's the exact model! 6:40 - I expected you to call 1-877-KARS-4-KIDS. lol I used to use Dad's alarm clock as a tape player for background music while sitting at the Macintosh Plus doing my homework. I put a *LOT* of mileage on that tape deck, and it never ate a tape, even previously-eaten tapes ran through it pretty well.

Heavens. We never had those here, as our GPO British Telecom were very snooty regarding what could be connected to their system. We did, however, have Philips clock radios, though with british LW/MW rather than just AM. The Magnavox you show I recall well, badged as Philips or PYE. Very interesting as always.

Thanks for introducing me to Slugbug.

I went out and bought both and the D-7547 I got is the exact listing you showed. I'm gonna try to swap the displays, because I want the D-7549 in all red.

Wow, even in 1987 people wanted to put as much crap as possible into a phone :D

Is there a short tone every 15 seconds or so when recording both sides of a phone conversation? I think some states mandated that back then.

The flashing light in the phone is for deaf people .

That ringer sounds like an aggressive cricket

I had this exact same model of clock as a kid.

If someone calls you and the radio is playing and you pick up the phone. The radio mutes, If you hold that mute switch can the person who called hear the radio playing over the phone or does it switch from radio to phone? My cousin had one of these a very long time ago. That ringer reminds me of Fox Mulder's cell phone ringer.

11:35 - damn I wish voice mail messages were that quick this days. No BS and the beep is like 20% the time of the beeps common now.

Very cool little machine, there. That late 80s red/black/grey style is still my favorite. Isn't it about time it makes a comeback? The design cycle seems to go chrome/black/colorful, then repeat.

I remember getting home from work (in the late 1990's) and looking for the flashing light to see if I had any messages on my answering machine. No anticipation of missed calls these days kind of sad.

Cool and functional. Feature rich.

The greeting message is definetly a pcm sample, which would be perhaps8-10 bits 8khz sampling rate. I would suspect the system to use at least two chips, one for the rom, the others for the DAC and the control unit. Systems from keyboards such as the Yamaha ones and video game consoles were using already such DAC and even the old NES was able to play pcm. The only limitation was space. But this spoken greeting is really quick said... to save space...

damn it i need this now. can they start producing it again?

If I still had home telephone service I would rush out and try to find one of these. Haven't had home telephone service in about four years. It's cheaper and easier to just have a cell phone.

that was awesome

I thought your intro was going to include part of the Rockford Files for a moment!

Very Blade Runner-ish design.

Let it Whip!

I ❤️ 80s

awesome

I prefer the blue LEDs of my GE alarm clock made in the 70s with a tape deck.

Awesome

Genuinely thought you'd start the video saying "I didn't want to do it but I got too lonely...", especially after the clip of the phone being dialed!

Hello, New Jersey Bell?

Landline as we know it is being replaced to VOIP is the only way now pn AT&T you can have a home phone business phone, mostly A router OS used cost less than a landline. it's nice to see vintage phones and answering machines I can remember a time we all had answering machines and a landline phone back than Than you paid for your calls you made on a landline

At a time when the western electric model 500 style phone was still the standard, this must have seemed straight out of blade runner.

Seems like a nice bit of kit if you had it in 1987.

0:42 "Plus Deck 2C" I'd like to see a video about that.

that thing is so mint looking. i noticed something theres a lot of stuff that was made in 1987 which is the year i was born December and that song couldn't have been timed any perfect lol (magic by olivia newton john 1980)

Nice

I liked the video purely on the title

I like that I think that cool.

When I last saw the video it had 911 likes lol CALL 911 !!!

If I was an adult in the 80's, that might be something I would want.

Lol I just looked at my bedside table and it has a separate alarm clock, cordless telephone, and AM/FM radio 😝. Of course my other bedside table has an iPhone, iPadMini, and IPad, so I guess I’m cool there.

The tone ringer in that sounds rather like a GPO Trimphone, very shrill and annoying (to me at least!!), much prefer a mechanical bell ringer myself... :)

I had one of these but I couldn't figure out how to make the anwsering part work lol

What does the "monitoring" button do? I guess its not similar to a monitoring feature in a call center phone where you can have a supervisor on another attached handset?

I love the Slugbug new wave video 😀🎹🎸 Btw, what's that old song @1:30 with female vocals?..I remember it//yet can't recall the band or title. Thanx anyone 📡

What's the song at 10:37. I've heard that song so many times and never picked up the title.

It would be amazing if someone actually answered form the 1980s.

"Can I use your Dictaphone?" "No, use your finger" If that thing has touch tone instead of a dial, that joke was already obsolete in 1987

First thought - MagnaVolt: Lethal Response.