Can you specialists help me attach a lead to record messages from my telephone answering machine. Thanks in advance for any help. I want to archive some messages from my answering machine. The answering machine is built into a DECT cordless phone which is one of the PANASONIC KX-TG7100 range. My phone I could replay the messages with a mic near the speaker but the recording quality is poor. So I want to attach a wire to the phone and record the audio signal on my MP3 recorder.The phone replays messages through a speaker in its base unit or through the earpiece on the handset. There's also a handset speaker.What sort of circuit would I need to attach a recording lead to the speaker contacts?(Below are details of photos, service manual and how to identify similar Panasonic models.)Johnno--------------START-OF-DETAILS--------------PICTURES OF THE PHONE'S INTERNALSThese are photos I took of the speaker and of the contacts on the circuit board:--(1) handset - circuit handset - speaker - handset - speaker - handset - speaker - base unit - front .jpg base unit - circuit base unit - Here is the service manual for this phone (Central European edition):-- I think page 55 of the service manual is saying the handset speaker is 8 ohms; and the 2 terminals going to the speaker is 150 ohms.---------DECODING PANASONIC MODEL NUMBERSI'm in the UK. My DECT phone is one of the PANASONIC KX-TG7100 range. About a year ago the range was replaced by the Panasonic KX-TG7200 and also by the Panasonic KX-TG7300.Info about very similar Panasonic phones might get overlooked unless you decode Panasonic's model numbers. For example, my specific model is actually a Panasonic KX-TG7122ES.NOTE:The last zero can be "2", "3", "4" to indicate number of handsets.The penultimate zero is set to "2" for a built-in answering machine.Any extra suffix will indicate the country. ("E" for UK English model)Any second extra suffix indicates colour. ("S" for silver,...

An old-fashioned induction coil (if you can find one) would be a goodchoice. You don't need to rewire anything. Just lay it over the speaker.If the hand unit has an earphone jack, you could use that. You'll have tomodify a headset cable, as I doubt anyone makes a headset cable with jackswhere the headset would be.

How attach external recording lead to answering machine?

Jun 18, 2009 21 Replies

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Johnno 17 years ago

Thank you for the info.

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Johnno 17 years ago

Nice link. It's very close to what I want to do. I'll give their circuit a go.

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