Hello. I recently bought a Cell2Jack. This device allows someone to connect a mobile phone to a regular one via Bluetooth and use the latter for making and receiving calls. I bought it because I don't carry my mobile (iPhone SE 2022) with me and many times, when I'm outside on the deck, I don't hear it ring in the little house (the room on the deck) and I miss calls. I also hate touchscreens and trying to dial and hang up with them, which is why I use an external keyboard. I own several normal phones, but they're not available right now. The same is true of my stand-alone answering machines. I am trying to decide if I should get an ITT 2500 that I found on Ebay, or another Trimline, and just use one of them, or if I should get a phone with an answering machine attached. I have no interest in digital things. My requirements are as follows.
1. Dual cassette. It can be standard or micro, but I would prefer standard if possible. I don't want a single cassette because it has to rewind to the beginning each time to play the greeting, then fast forward to the next blank space, making the caller wait a long time before he can leave a message.
2. No endless loop recording tape. The only reason I am against this is that they are typically twenty or thirty seconds long, and if my message is shorter, it will still run the whole tape. But if a machine exists that doesn't do that, then an endless loop is fine.
3. No screen, menus, clock, etc. I don't mind if it puts indicators/time stamps on the recording, so that when I fast forward, it stops at each message. But clocks, menus, and so on won't talk and are therefore inaccessible to the blind.
3. Standard jack, not hard-wired. This one is obvious, but I had to add it because I once bought a 2500 that was and I couldn't use it.
4. (optional but strongly preferred Detachable phone cord. This makes things easier should something happen to the cord. I'm referring to the curly one that goes between the phone and receiver but also the one that plugs into the wall (or in my case, into the Cell2Jack).
5. Able to record my own greeting. I know some later AT&T phones have a pre-recorded message that can't be changed.
6. (optional) Bell ringer. This is not necessary. It's just nice to have.
7. (optional) Speaker phone. Again, this is not necessary, but it can be useful.
8. (optional) Remote. I like the idea of having a remote (I think it's called a pocket coder but could be wrong) that I can use on another phone to check and delete my messages, and I have seen an answering machine which has this.
Right now, I am considering a few Duofones, a Unisonic Corded Trimline (must get model number), and the AT&T 1506, but I am open to suggestions, particularly if you can reference one on Ebay or Etsy in good/excellent condition. I know nothing about fixing the belts, changing parts, etc. so I need something that works out of the box. I thank you in advance for any help given.
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