SOLD American Telephone and Telegraph Original Candlestick Phone

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Re: SOLD American Telephone and Telegraph Original Candlestick Phone

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gramophone-georg wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2024 7:56 pm Hmmm. Wonder if anything similar exists that could bring the old rotary dial mobile radiophone in my 1965 Mercedes back to life...
Are you familiar enough with electronics to make your own adapter? If so, here is an article about some guy who made one for a ''90s car with built in phone:
https://www.electro-tech-online.com/thr ... 0s.162764/
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Re: SOLD American Telephone and Telegraph Original Candlestick Phone

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Curt A wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 2:32 pm
gramophone-georg wrote: Thu Oct 31, 2024 7:56 pm Hmmm. Wonder if anything similar exists that could bring the old rotary dial mobile radiophone in my 1965 Mercedes back to life...
Are you familiar enough with electronics to make your own adapter? If so, here is an article about some guy who made one for a ''90s car with built in phone:
https://www.electro-tech-online.com/thr ... 0s.162764/
Hi Curt- I likely don't have the talent or experience to do this but will certainly enjoy reading up. Thanks!
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If you want to make your radio Bluetooth compatible for streaming music, it would be easier than trying to use the phone in your car...
https://hackaday.com/2021/07/28/how-to- ... or-aux-in/
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The Grundig radio has a DIN plug so that's no issue. I really was interested in making the phone functional just because.
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