A guide to buying a textphone, 2001 (view report contents)

Minicom6000/6000+ (6000+ has built in printer)

Type	Acoustic or Direct
Typical Price (£)	199/239
Weight without charger (Kg)	1.7
hxwxd (cm)	8x24x25
Memory (kb)	32
Type of batteries	Rechargeable
Phone status
Phone ringing	Light
Phone being called is ringing	Text, Light
Phone being called is engaged	Text, Light
Phone has lost connection	Light
Display	Vacuum fluorescent
Number of lines	1
Words broken between lines	N/A
Number of characters on each line	20
Height of characters (mm)	6
Rounded letters	No
Displays upper and lower case	Upper only
Keyboard
wxd (cm)	23x10
Total number of keys	50
Power status
Power on	Light
Low battery warning	Light
Charging	None
Dialling features
Dial key for Typetalk	No
Emergency dial key	No
Redial last number	Yes
Phone book - numbers stored	No figure available but has large memory
Answering and recording features
Text answering machine	Yes
Remote message retrieval	Yes
Personalised messages	Yes
Personalised greetings	Yes
Other features
Loudspeaker and microphone	No
Clock and calendar	Both
Call duration display	No
Pause and review	Yes
Interrupt facility	Yes
Printing
Built in printer	6000+ only
Connect to computer printer?	6000 only
Number of print sizes	3
Characters per line	14-24
Available from
Connevans, C&P Hearing equipment centre, Equipment for Equality, Gordon Morris, Newtech International, RNID Sound Advantage, Sarabec, Teletec International