Rotary Phone Dialing And Ringback

Demonstrating one of the many rotary phones in my house I've bought, this one features the 1956 WE 500 rotary, one of the first I bought on my own.

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• Telephone
• Telecommunications

[RetroVintageItems27]

What is the thing that turns blew when somebody calls?

RetroVintageItems27

[Patriot1776]

@RetroVintageItems27 It's a Caller ID box. It's hooked up to the wall jack and the phone's hooked up to it. As I think I may have said in the video, this phone has had a black mounting cord fitted to it with modern modular plug.

[klokwrkblu]

I had found a Western Electric L/M 500 that dosn't have the phone jack conversion. And I want To use it.

I bought a phone cable that has 4 lugged wires on one end.

Yellow,Green, Red & BlacK

How do I hook it up?

[Patriot1776]

@klokwrkblu Okay first off, is line coming from the phone got the four spade connectors on it, or just two?

[klokwrkblu]

I got one of these at home and i absolutely love it. Problem is i cant use these automated menu answering systems.

[Patriot1776]

@klokwrkblu

Google a device called 'Rotatone'. It's a device that can be internally installed in rotary phones to convert them to touchtone dialing without sacrificing the rotary dialing itself. I have one in another 500 that I use for navigating menu systems via rotary dial, and adds redial and ability to dial * and # as well.

[greatbison]

I also love that old bell sound. You should sample that into an .mp3 file and make it the ring tone for your cell!

[dixiewife47]

I miss those rotary phones. shame on technology for fazing them out !

[CWM880]

what is the code you did the 9 5 9 1 1 0 ? is that just a code in your area or ?

[CuriousCosmo09]

I was born in 1985 and I had thee phones growing up and miss that ring.Plus it was fun dialing.

[TouchTone2500]

What ringback number did you use? I cant seem to find one that works.

[husky45h]

find a jack

[mara235]

I have one of these in yellow - when my son was serving in Iraq, it was the only phone I could get a clear signal on..our cordless phones were useless. Also when we lose electricity, the rotary is there to the rescue. Great phones!

[scryerofold]

I have this one in my kitchen. It works well.

[erod1944]

Yeah, but can you wire it for Party 7 with the Western Electric Tube?