# BeoCom
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[[Image:Beocom 1000 telephone .jpg|thumb|300px|Beocom 1000 from Bang & Olufsen displayed at [Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology](/source/Norwegian_Museum_of_Science_and_Technology) in [Oslo](/source/Oslo).]]
[[File:Beocom 2000 telefon (1989) - Gideon Loewy.JPG|thumb|Beocom 1000, 1989-2000.[[https://beocentral.com/telephones Beocom 2000 in B&O Produkt Archive]]]]
thumb|Beocom 1401 by Austin Calhoon
'''BeoCom''' is a line of telephones manufactured by [Bang & Olufsen](/source/Bang_%26_Olufsen). Between the BeoCom 1 (also known in some markets as BeoCom 6000) and the BeoCom 2 phones there is much interoperability. The current versions of these telephones use independent wireless base stations known by the name BeoLine. The Mark 1 version of the BeoLine PSTN base can support up to six BeoCom handsets. the Mark 2 version of the Beoline PSTN base can support eight BeoCom handsets.
== BeoCom 1000 ==
BeoCom 1000 (as shown in image) was designed by Gideon Loewy (Lindinger-Loewy Industrial Design ApS., Copenhagen Denmark, now Scandinavian Design Consultant Company Ltd., Taiwan) in 1983, launched on the market in 1985 and withdrawn in 2003.[{{Cite web|title=BeoCom 1000 Corded Analogue Telephone|url=https://www.beoworld.org/prod_details.asp?pid=423|website=www.beoworld.org|access-date=2020-05-15}}]
== BeoCom 2000 ==
The BeoCom 2000 used an integrated Toshiba TMP47C452AN microcontroller and could store up to 20 phone numbers.[{{Cite web|title=Beocom 2000|url=https://beocentral.com/beocom2000|website=beocentral.com|access-date=2020-05-15}}]
== BeoCom 2200 ==
The BeoCom 2200, also named BeoCom Copenhagen was designed in 1986 by Lindinger-Loewy.[{{Cite web|title=BeoCom Model 2200 Telephone, 1986|url=https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18648519/|website=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum|language=en-us|access-date=2020-05-21}}][{{Cite web|title=The design evolution of the phone over the last 80 years is astounding|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/modern-evolution-of-the-phone-photos-2016-10|last=Garfield|first=Leanna|website=Business Insider|access-date=2020-05-21}}]
== BeoCom 1 ==
The BeoCom 1 is a model of [cordless telephone](/source/cordless_telephone) designed by [Henrik Sørig Thomsen](/source/Henrik_Sorig_Thomsen). The handset is 159 mm (6¼ inches) in length, 51 mm (2 inches) wide, and weighs 170 g (6 [oz](/source/avoirdupois)). It transmits its signals at 2.4 [gigahertz](/source/gigahertz).
The BeoCom 1 is the phone that is used to connect [Howie Mandel](/source/Howie_Mandel) to the Banker on the US version of [Deal or No Deal](/source/Deal_or_No_Deal_(US_game_show)).
An identical-looking model known as the BeoCom 6000 is sold in non-US markets, and it uses the [DECT](/source/Digital_Enhanced_Cordless_Telecommunications) standards. The round wheel on the phone formed an inspiration for Apple in the design of the first iPods.[{{Cite web|title=Apple's Inspiration For The iPod? Bang & Olufsen, Not Braun|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3016910/apples-inspiration-for-the-ipod-bang-olufsen-not-dieter-rams|last=Carr|first=Austin|date=2013-11-06|website=Fast Company|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-17}}]
== BeoCom 2 ==
The BeoCom 2 is a model of cordless telephone from 2002[{{Cite magazine|last=Walker|first=Rob|date=2011-09-27|title=Can the Cult of Bang & Olufsen Last?|language=en-US|volume=19|magazine=Wired|issue=10|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/09/ff_bando/|access-date=2020-05-17|issn=1059-1028}}] designed by David Lewis.[{{Cite web|title=BeoCom 2 Cordless Telephone|url=https://www.beoworld.org/prod_details.asp?pid=457|website=www.beoworld.org|access-date=2020-05-17}}] The handset is 321mm (≈1 foot) in length with base, and weighs 220 g (≈7.7 [oz](/source/avoirdupois)). It transmits its signals at 2.4 [gigahertz](/source/gigahertz) in North America, and using DECT frequencies elsewhere. Production of the North American model was discontinued in 2012.
== BeoLine PSTN and BeoLine ISDN ==
The BeoLine is the wireless telephone base station for the BeoCom handsets, designed to connect multiple handsets to an external telephone line. The BeoLine provides a simple [PBX](/source/Private_branch_exchange), which can route calls to different handsets, and can permit internal calls between handsets. Handsets and base station can share a common Phonebook of up to 200 names-and-numbers. The Mark 1 version of BeoLine was made in two variants: one to connect to a traditional analogue [PSTN](/source/PSTN) service, and one to connect to an [ISDN](/source/ISDN) service. The Mark 1 BeoLine can support up to six BeoCom handsets of different types (provided that the BeoLine software has been brought sufficiently up-to-date). The Mark 2 BeoLine can support eight BeoCom handsets, but only those of recent manufacture.
==References==
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== External links ==
{{commonscat|Bang & Olufsen Beocom phones}}
*[https://beocentral.com/telephones Telephones in B&O Produkt Archive]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061015203551/http://www.bang-olufsen.com/web2/systems/product.asp?section=systems&sub=tp&prodid=454 BeoCom 1 at Bang & Olufsen's website] (archive-link)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061004211146/http://www.bang-olufsen.com/web2/systems/product.asp?section=systems&sub=tp&prodid=557 BeoCom 2 at Bang & Olufsen's website] (archive-link)
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