Someone wrote: <<I might add to Zen's list of real tape machine virtues the fact that you can use standard tapes in them,--- and they will record phone conversations if both parties are willing to put up with the (legally required) beeps every ten seconds. >> <<My Panasonic, which takes normal-sized cassettes, has also been bombproof.---etc>> Great machine, the dual full sized cassette machine. I had an earlier Panasonic that had instructions for eliminating the beep. It was "PROGRAM- something-something-AUTOSTORE" - When I got my latest unit, a KX-T2475, I found the same sequence made it beepless when recording, even though the information was not in the new owners manual. They did not change the chip set for different countries. I also believe that the rules for recording with beep or without are different in different states. Technically, Linda Tripp did nothing wrong when recording "because she did not know it was illegal to do so" - which is the rule in her home state. In other states, if one person knows it is being recorded it is all right.
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