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6.04 Record a suitable announcement message, e.g., "This
is Exchange 6-9970. You are being answered by an
automatic machine. This is a test record being used by the
Telephone Company to check the service. When you hear the
first tone signal, please leave a message commenting on the
performance. Do not hang up until after you hear the second
tone signal." While recording, use transmitter in the normal
manner and speak loudly enough to keep the volume indicator
(see Fig. 1) flashing brightly.
6.05 At the end of the message, immediately depress the
OFF button and hang up the telephone. This order
should be followed or the sound of the hangup will be recorded
on the record.
6.06 Always depress the OFF button immediately after the
last word of the announcement message. This results
in a record on which the groove stops at the end of the message
and permits the pickup arm to operate a switch that trips the
machine into its incoming recording cycle. This avoids having
the calling party wait for some time before hearing the first
tone signal.
6.07 When recording an announcement message, the large
turntable will stop automatically after 30 seconds, thus
preventing a longer message from being made. If the message
is incomplete when the turntable stops, it must be rerecorded
on an unused side of a record.
6.08 Remove the small record from the large turntable and
place it on the small turntable. Place the pickup arm at
the forward end of the bridge as far as it will go (see Fig. 1).
Remove the hand set from its mounting, depress the TEST
TALK OUT button, and listen to the announcement message
in the hand set receiver. Check to be sure that the message is
complete and intelligible. When listening to the announcement
message in this manner, the volume is automatically adjusted
to be less than will actuallv be transmitted to the line when the
machine responds to a call.
6.09 If the recorded announcement message is satisfactory,
proceed with a test of the incoming recording.
6.10 Place a large record on the large turntable. Place the
recorder head on the record so that the index mark
on the head coincides with the first mark on the cover shield
plate. If the test record is partially used, place the recorder
head over an unused portion. Depress the AUTOMATIC but-
ton. The READY lamp will light and the WARNING lamp
will go out. The machine is now ready to automatically answer
a call. The large turntable will make approximately one revolu-
