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

Minicom Pro 400

Type	Direct
Typical Price (£)	179
Weight without charger (Kg)	0.56
hxwxd (cm)	3x21x19
Memory (kb)	29
Type of batteries	Disposable
Phone status
Phone ringing	Text
Phone being called is ringing	Text
Phone being called is engaged	Text
Phone has lost connection	Light
Display	LCD
Number of lines	2
Words broken between lines	Yes
Number of characters on each line	24
Height of characters (mm)	4.5
Rounded letters	Yes
Displays upper and lower case	Yes
Keyboard
wxd (cm)	19x10
Total number of keys	58
Power status
Power on	None
Low battery warning	Yes
Charging	N/A
Dialling features
Dial key for Typetalk	Can reprogramme - eg for BT TextDirect
Emergency dial key	Yes
Redial last number	Yes
Phone book - numbers stored	20
Answering and recording features
Text answering machine	Yes
Remote message retrieval	No
Personalised messages	Yes
Personalised greetings	Yes
Other features
Loudspeaker and microphone	Yes
Clock and calendar	No
Call duration display	No
Pause and review	Yes
Interrupt facility	Yes
Printing
Built in printer	No
Connect to computer printer?	No
Number of print sizes	N/A
Characters per line	N/A
Available from
Connevans, C&P Hearing equipment centre, Equipment for Equality, Gordon Morris, Newtech International, RNID Sound Advantage, Sarabec, Teletec International