Keynote Pager Question

[mfd12321]

I have seen a lot about hooking up the accessory outlet of a Motorola amp/charger to a light, speaker, bell etc. I really like this idea since I have come very close to sleeping straight through a few calls. Our department issues us keynote pagers and I would really like to be able to rig up a system like this but I have yet to find an amp/charger for the keynote and I'm starting to wonder if they actually make them. I do have a Minitor 3 pager from an old department and I know they make them for that model but I would have to reprogram it which looks kind of pricey and I'd like to see if there's any other options before I do all that.
Any ideas would be great
Thanks

 

[SteveC0625]

I have seen a lot about hooking up the accessory outlet of a Motorola amp/charger to a light, speaker, bell etc. I really like this idea since I have come very close to sleeping straight through a few calls. Our department issues us keynote pagers and I would really like to be able to rig up a system like this but I have yet to find an amp/charger for the keynote and I'm starting to wonder if they actually make them. I do have a Minitor 3 pager from an old department and I know they make them for that model but I would have to reprogram it which looks kind of pricey and I'd like to see if there's any other options before I do all that.
Any ideas would be great
Thanks

I've never heard of a charger-amp for the Keynote. If what I found on it is correct, it's an older pager, old enough that it uses crystals instead of synthesized frequency control.

The Minitor 3, 4, or 5 all have charger amps available. Lots of them on Ebay if you want to figure pricing.

If I was in your shoes, I would not bother with purchasing the programming stuff for that Minitor 3. It's much cheaper to just take it to a shop or find someone locally who can program it for you, especially since you probably are only going to have it programmed one time. Typical shop costs for this are about $15. That's a lot cheaper than $135 for the programming cradle.

 

[stmills]

The keynotes had a drop in charger available but not a charger amp. Audio output was an option available from the factory on a new/ factory refurbished purchase, if I recall this was a standard audio jack added to the top of the unit.

 

[mformby]

I am assuming you want to do this because you can't hear the Keynote when it goes off? Man, that is one of the loudest pagers I have ever heard. You do know that the large round knob on the top left is a volume control don't you? If you can sleep through that alert you are one sound sleeper. Secondary, it has been out of production for many years and is not narrow band capable. Is your department still wide band? Have you checked to see if it is even compatible with their system before you proceed spending money on such an old device?