At work we need to repair or replace our old Bogen paging system. The one we have is dirt simple, and that's all we need, but we can't seem to find anything like it anymore, and Bogen no longer sells parts or anything else that's compatable.
All we need is a system that has maybe 30 handsets and maybe 20 speakers which anyone can walk up to and press a button to get himself heard everywhere we have speakers. He would then wait for the paged person to pick up any other handset and they could talk. We don't want or need point-to-point dialing or the possibility of multiple non-interfering conversations.
Unfortunately the people looking into this have not found a cheap solution. The claim is that no one makes anything like this anymore. I'm hoping that someone here knows of, or has for sale, something we could use.
I don't know the Bogen model number for the phones we now have, but I could get it if it would help. They are all wall mount phones with 8 digit keypads. To put yourself on the speakers you just hold down # 7 and speak. No one seems to know what the other buttons do. We never use them, nor do we ever have the need for more features. We have regular telephone service thruout this area (which we must keep separate) so the only purpose for the paging system is to find someone when you don't know exactly where they are.
Right now our amp is fine, although we have to repair it occasionally, the speakers are fine, and the cabling is fine. All we really need are a few (less than 10) compatable handsets. Used would be fine.
I'm open to suggestions.
thanks,
------------------------------------------------ Jim Adney snipped-for-privacy@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711 USA
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